CLINTON HILL — THIRTY-SIX THIRD GRADERS from Public School 56 Lewis H. Latimer in Clinton Hill traveled to Westchester County to release more than 30 juvenile trout they had raised in their classroom since October, the Department of Environmental Protectionannounced on Wednesday.
The fingerlings entered the Cross River at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, a waterway feeding the city’s Cross River Reservoir. The outing marked the culmination of the eight-month Trout in the Classroom conservation program, run by DEP and Trout Unlimited since 2002.
A young student shows off a trout in a cup. Photo: NYC Water
DEP Commissioner Lisa Garcia praised the program, saying, “The Trout in the Classroom program teaches students from pre‑K through high school about where their drinking water comes from and the importance of protecting the watershed lands that provide the world‑class water we enjoy every day.”
More than 140 teachers enrolled statewide this cycle, incubating eggs supplied by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Children from Public School 56 Lewis H Latimer School gather in Westchester County to release trout. Photo: NYC WaterStudents raised trout in their classrooms in Brooklyn. Photo: NYC Water
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