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With the school year creeping towards summer break, local school groups are looking for a fun, educational place to go and break away from their regular class work. This means a lot of tours, activities, and a few classroom visits are coming our way. We have a few tours here and there throughout the year, but they are almost weekly during the latter portion of the school year. With nice weather and children eager to learn, it is a lot of fun!
On April 22, a group from Lead Hill public schools came to kick off the school tours. Fish Biologist, Creed Chapman lead them through the hatchery, explaining the fish production process from egg to stocking. He also touched upon some of the mussel propagation done at the hatchery. The tour ended with some fun fish feeding in the display raceway where our trophy trout reside. On April 23, Creed traveled to Norfork High School to give a presentation to an EAST class. He explained the day to day processes at the hatchery, informed the students of general education requirements for fish and wildlife jobs, and talked about the importance of networking with professionals in the field.
We look forward to the numerous tours and activities scheduled for the next few months. For many of the areas students, knowledge regarding fish and wildlife careers is hard to come by. It feels good to share what we do here and show them a small slice of what careers in this field can be like. Hopefully, we inspire some future Fish and Wildlife Service professionals!
