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Salmon & Steelhead Classroom Aquarium Education Salmon Egg Delivery Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
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Updates It's that time of the year again and we'll be making our annual delivery of salmon eggs to over 20 classrooms on Wednesday, November 14th. As always, the program’s success depends totally on GBF members being available to deliver the eggs. This is a very simple process and entails picking up eggs at the Nimbus Hatchery and taking them to the various classrooms. It only takes a few hours at most and is a very rewarding program to participate in as anyone who has ever delivered eggs and faced an interested group of students will attest.
To keep this program at a high level we need your help. No experience is necessary and we always match up a new volunteer with someone who's done it before. A signup sheet will be at the November monthly meeting If you have any interest at all in participating or have any questions about this great program, contact Frank Stolten at 725-6894.
Salmon & Steelhead Trout Classroom Education Program In-Service Training Session at Nimbus Hatchery - Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 http://www.dfg.ca.gov/caep/index.html
There will be a sign up for GBF volunteers for this program at the August 9, 2007 general meeting. On Saturday Sept. 8th there will be an in-service training given to new Teachers for this program at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery Visitor Center from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (may end earlier).
While we don’t require our volunteers attend this in-service training session, it is highly recommended. We deliver eggs to classrooms twice a year: once in November for Salmon and again in February for Steelhead. This program is open to all GBF members and we invite your participation. If this interests you or if you have any questions about the program call Frank Stolten 725-6894 or Rick Radoff 624-2107 for more information.
GBF Classroom Egg Program California Classroom Aquarium Education Program (CAEP) (click link) GBF Volunteer Participation Invited
It's a simple but very effective program. Students observe and study first-hand the fish's development from the egg stage until they become fry, usually within 4 - 6 weeks. Once the fry reach plantable size, the class takes a field trip to the Sacramento River where they are released. Students learn about the lifecycle of anadromous fish and the multitude of threats to their survival. Many of these factors such as erosion control, pollution, water quality and availability, and protection of the resource also affect human quality of life. We hope the lessons learned in studying fish will become lasting impressions that some day, when the students become adults, will result in wise decisions being made regarding the future use of our natural resources. That’s why this special program is important and what it’s really all about.
GBF founders Rick Radoff and Frank Stolten co-chair this historic GBF conservation program, coordinating the club's inventory of 75+ aquariums, helping teachers get set up, and scheduling GBF volunteers to deliver steelhead and salmon eggs. GBF provides aquariums, chillers and eggs to more than 75 teachers who currently participate in CAEP at local and regional schools in Sacramento, Placer, Nevada and Eldorado counties. Since its inception in 1989 by GBF, more than 25,000 students have participated in this remarkable program. Each year Steelhead Trout eggs are delivered on the second Wednesday in February, and Chinook Salmon (King Salmon) eggs are delivered on the second Wednesday of November.
The program’s success depends totally on GBF members volunteering to deliver salmon and steelhead eggs to the classrooms. This is a very simple process and entails picking up eggs at the Nimbus hatchery and taking them to the various classrooms. It only takes a few hours at most and is a very rewarding program to participate in, as anyone who has ever taken eggs to a classroom and answered questions from an interested group of students will attest.
To keep this program at a high level we need your help. In-service training sessions are usually held at the Nimbus Hatchery on a Saturday in September and another in January from 9:00AM to 3:00PM. (Bring a sack lunch). Egg deliveries are usually the 2nd Wednesdays of November and February depending on the timing of the run. Egg pick-up will be at 08:00AM at the Nimbus Hatchery (enter through the rear driveway to parking behind the hatchery). GBF's program leaders will then assign volunteers to teams and provide maps to the schools for their deliveries, which are usually completed by noon.
If any GBF Member would like to participate, or if you have any questions about this great program, contact Frank Stolten at 916-725-6894. Interested teachers can send Rick Radoff a written letter requesting participation in an upcoming in-service session, usually held in October and January.
Click this link to the DFG site for more information: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/oceo/caep/
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Recognizing
that the future protection of our fisheries and water resources ultimately
lies in the hands of today’s youth, Granite Bay Flycasters has helped organized an educational
program which involves raising salmon and steelhead eggs in school
classrooms. Granite Bay Flycasters donates fully-equipped aquariums and a
250 page curriculum to classrooms that vary from third grade through high
school, and in conjunction with the California Dept. of Fish and Game,
supplies them with fertilized salmon eggs in the fall, and steelhead eggs in
the winter. Teachers are required to attend a 1-day in-service training
session, usually held in October and/or January at the Nimbus Hatchery prior to participating in the program.
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