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May 8, 2024 · The hatchery tanks were filled with their first batch of fish in August 2020. Patrick Steele, a science teacher and hatchery manager at Palisade High School, speaks during the school hatchery’s annual release celebration Friday, May 3, 2024, at Riverbank Park in Palisade. Steele helped create the endangered fish hatchery program at the high ...
May 17, 2024 · After three years of FWS employees spawning fish to deliver to the high school, it was decided that it was time for the students to get involved from the very beginning. Palisade High School Endangered Fish Hatchery technicians took a trip to Ouray National Fish Hatchery to learn how to spawn razorbacks and had a nearly 100% survival rate.
May 16, 2024 · Patrick Steele, a science teacher and hatchery manager at Palisade High School, speaks during the school hatchery’s annual release celebration Friday, May 3, 2024, at Riverbank Park in Palisade. Steele helped create the endangered fish hatchery program at the high school. (Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun)
May 6, 2024 · The school’s endangered fish hatchery, which began in 2020, released its thousandth razorback sucker Friday during its annual release celebration. The program is part of a greater effort to restore populations of the native fish — an effort that helps pull water west in Colorado to benefit ecosystems, farmers, communities and industries ...
May 16, 2024 · Kiera Stephen, part of Palisade High Schoo’s hatchery program, smiles while juggling a slippery fish during the release of Razorback Suckers into Colorado River, including PHS’ 1000th total fish released as part of the school’s hatchery program on May 3, 2024.
May 8, 2024 · Students of Palisade High School collaborated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to release 1,000 razorback sucker fish into the Colorado River on Friday. Reflecting on their involvement in ...
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May 16, 2024 · May, 2024- Palisade, Colorado–Hear how Palisade High School in Colorado is helping a huge, cool Colorado native: the Razorback Sucker! Teacher Pat Steele and student Kiera Stephen share their connections to this fish, take us on a tour of the Palisade High School Fish Hatchery, and celebrate their 1000th Razorback Sucker released.
