FCMS students stock trout as part of stream project

These Fannin County Middle School students, along with their teachers and assistant principal, released rainbow trout into the Toccoa River just before the end of school. Shown are, from left, front, Jacquelyn Cline, Kendrick Pack, Zane Perkins, Alex Ware, Alex Barber, Jayden Collins, Cash Ades, Corey O’Quinn, and Stewie Gustin; and, back, Exploratory teachers Tori Arp and Althea Gobble and Assistant Principal Matt Rosenberger.

Alex Ware waits as Exploratory Teacher Althea Gobble catches a rainbow trout fingerling to be released into the Toccoa River at Tammen Park. The trout were raised in the classroom by Fannin County Middle School students taking part in a long range project to complete the stream and habitat restoration of Mineral Springs and Weaver creeks.

Kendrick Pack, foreground, and Alex Barber are careful to make sure the small rainbow trout they raised in their Fannin County Middle School classroom are safely released into the Toccoa River.

Jayden Collins carefully releases a fingerling rainbow trout into the Toccoa River at Tammen Park.

Jacquelyn Cline, left, and Jayden Collins tested the Toccoa River waters to make sure the water holding their rainbow trout was compatible for the tiny fish to be relocated. Both the temperature and PH levels of the two sites had to be compatible to safely move the fish.