![]() For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624. Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment. I will always think about how good they’re doing, how much they like their new home, and I’ll definitely come back and visit them.” Girl: “I will always think about these fish. Thanks to Krista Hodges and to students at Woolwine Elementary School for making the recordings used in this episode, and we let two Woolwine 7th-graders have some closing words about the value of the Trout in the Classroom program.īoy: “It gives you the experience that you see the fish in their actual habitat instead of just in a tank.” For over 20 years nationwide and over 10 years in Virginia, the program has helped provide elementary, middle school, and high school students with learning experiences about fish and other aquatic organisms, water quality, and local watersheds. ![]() The Association coordinates the Trout in the Classroom program in southern Virginia, while chapters of Trout Unlimited, the organization that began the program, bring it to schools in other parts of Virginia and across the United States. If you guessed, Trout in the Classroom, you’re right! You heard Krista Hodges, the education manager for the Dan River Basin Association, giving a trout life cycle presentation in February 2018 at Patrick County’s Woolwine Elementary School, and then leading Woolwine students in releasing trout fingerlings into the Smith River in April 2018. And when you get over there to release your trout, make sure you lean down close to the river and gently release it into the stream.” … And we’re gonna walk slowly up the river… So just take it nice and easy, and we’ll walk up and release them. Do you have any questions about your trout before we release them? I know we’ve already talked about the life cycle and all of that stuff at school. You guys have raised your trout to fingerlings, which is about the third stage of the life cycle, and you are going to release them into the Smith River. ![]() ”Īpril 2018: “All right, good morning everyone…. For you guys, you 3rd and then the older 6th and 7th, will be releasing your trout. … Now at about six months old, they’re about three-to-four inches long, and this is when they are released into the river environments. And here’s a hint: it starts in a classroom and ends up getting students out.įebruary 2018: “Now when you guys first received your trout, back in December, what were they? They were babies, right? They were actually called ‘eggs’ at that point. Have a listen for about 60 seconds to a guest voice, and see if you know what learning program about finned creatures is taking place. This week, that sound of the Smith River at Jacks Creek Covered Bridge in Patrick County, Va., opens an episode about fish in schools, but in this case, it’s human schools. This week, to mark the start of the school year, we repeat a September 2018 episode on a classroom program about aquatic life, water quality, and local watersheds. Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 8-12-19.įrom the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of August 12, 2019. ![]() For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.).
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