Program Highlight — Trout in the Classroom: Connecting Students to Calumet County’s only Cold-Water Trout Stream

Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is a nationally recognized program and curriculum aiming to bridge classroom education with the natural world, fostering environmental stewardship in the process. In 2016, community reconnection to Stony Brook began with bringing the Trout in the Classroom program to Chilton School District (CSD). Since then, Oshkosh Area School District has joined CSD in adopting this valuable program that teaches students how to raise trout and assess their habitat conditions in Stony Brook.

Project Update: Friends of Stony Brook and LNRP Complete Phase Three Restoration

With generous support from the Fund for Lake Michigan, Friends of Stony Brook (FOSB) and the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) recently completed phase three of the effort to restore Stony Brook. The effort was in collaboration with the Town of Stockbridge which cost-shared and installed a “fish-friendly” culvert on Long Road…

Project Update: LNRP and ROOTS Make Significant Investments in 2022

Phase Three project sites include the Cities of Algoma and Kewaunee, two City Parks in Manitowoc – Silver Creek Park and Lower Schuette Park, the Village of St. Nazianz, the Town of Two Creeks; and two Manitowoc County Parks – Maribel Caves and Lower Cato Falls…

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Partner Profile — Friends of Stony Brook

The Friends of Stony Brook held its first field event Wednesday, August 18 showcasing some of the restoration work that has transpired on the Tim Sohrweide property. Since 2016, students from the Chilton Area School District have been rearing trout in the classroom and releasing them into the section of Stony Brook Creek adjacent to the Sohrweide farm…

LNRP Receives DNR Support to Launch Two New Watershed Groups

Friends of Stony Brook (FoSB) will engage stakeholders, build a steering committee, and develop a vision to create a fully functional cold-water stream that supports trout populations with improved water quality….