Messalonskee Middle School students release 250 tiny brook trout fry into Messalonskee Stream on Wednesday in Oakland.
Messalonskee Middle School students Megan Quirion, left, and Sara Hamilton raise cups on Wednesday containing tiny live brook trout their class raised from eggs before releasing them into Messalonskee Stream in Oakland.
Trout Unlimited member Willie Grenier wears fly fishing gear over his shirt after demonstrating fly fishing techniques Wednesday to Messalonskee Middle School students in Oakland.
Messalonskee Middle School student Parker Brunelle holds up a white sucker fish taken from Messalonskee Stream on Wednesday in Oakland by fisheries biologists during a field trip on which students released tiny brook trout they raised from eggs. Next to Brunelle is Nathan Milne.
Fisheries biologists Jason Seiders, left, and Scott Davis show a variety of fishes and an eel to Messalonskee Middle School students Wednesday along the shore of Messalonskee Stream in Oakland. Students learned about fish ecology and fly fishing and released live brook trout.
One-inch brook trout fry swim in a bucket Wednesday before being released into Messalonskee Stream in Oakland by Messalonskee Middle School students who raised the fish from eggs.
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