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Think Tank: Empty nest and dabbling in chemistry
It couldn’t be more obvious. The fry are ready to leave the nest. The trout in our virtual trout tank at the Trailside Museum are very active, hungry and ready for more space. Today we lowered one corner of the basket to let the brave fish swim out and search for food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo3gB_J8JMc&feature=youtu.be The increase…
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Think Tank: Chilling in the Cross River and still finding bugs
It’s a chilly 30 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City’s East of Hudson watershed today. Ihor Szholar, from Croton Watershed Trout Unlimited, and I took a short hike from the Trailside Museum to the Cross River. Equipped with a kick net, waders, small bucket, and hopes for finding what we came for: Benthic stream Macroinvertebrates.…
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Killer instincts? Not yet!
The NYC and Watersheds TIC virtual trout tank fry have lost their yolk and are swimming up to the surface of the tank. These important clues tell us that they are ready for food. Trout in the Classroom fry eat fish food called meal and crumbles. They are made from cuttings from seafood harvested for consumption.…
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Trout fry — not the cooking kind — on a rainy day
The NYC and Watersheds Trout in the Classroom virtual trout tank fish have lost their yolk sacs and we can officially call them fry. They are not exactly ready for food, but they are certainly more curious and adventurous on this rainy day. I’m not sure if the tank trout can hear or see the…
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Remembering Jim Greene, the best of TU volunteers
I first met Jim Greene as a relatively new employee of Trout Unlimited. He was an incredibly energetic earnest, and gregarious man. We went to lunch and I listened to how he and others—Jim would always insist on crediting others—helped to grow the Trout in the Classroom program in Maryland from a handful of schools to…
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Adipose fins are meant to be
The NYC and Watersheds Trout in the Classroom virtual trout tank's alevin are looking great and especially active today. At closer look we noticed that they have developed strong fins. Eight fins to be exact. Why are these fins so important? Not only does every fin have a function and purpose, ichthyologists also rely on meristic characters, or countable structures, such as the numbers…
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Support TU’s youth programs through GRTU 100 for 100 Challenge
TU's youth outreach has never been more crucial as kids are stuck inside, suffering from Zoom fatigue and screen-bound for hours on end
To sustain Trout Unlimited's conservation legacy it is vital we pass the baton to people like Andrew Dang. Andrew is a former Youth Leadership Council member and TU teen leader. He received the Youth Leadership Award at the 2019 TU Annual Meeting. We asked Andrew about his origins with conservation and TU. "My love for conservation grew from my…
