Trout in the Classroom at WVES Update

As part of the Rey Center's school science program at Waterville Valley Elementary School, the students raised brook trout from eggs. After four months of caring for brook trout and watching them go from eggs to fry, the moment came on May 13th for the students to release the trout into the Mad River. In the words of Ray Kucharski, "432 Brook Trout graduated from the Waterville Valley Elementary School to the Mad River. About 50 of their schoolmates remain at WVES for graduate studies." The students will feed and watch the remaining 50 fish grow until the end of the school year. The pictures below capture the excitement of release day.