Volunteers from five PA TU chapters spent two January days packaging 1,326 bags of trout food and 442 egg shipment boxes-- enough to serve 430 teachers running aquariums in 60 Pennsylvania counties through the PA Trout in the Classroom Program.
By the time those trout are released this spring, 57,000 students will have received hands-on education about watersheds, habitat, and conservation.
On January 7, members from Columbia County, Donegal, Forbes Trail, Penns Creek, and Spring Creek chapters gathered at the hatchery.
Together with PFBC staff, they prepared 1,326 food bags and set up for the main event.
Five days later, an even larger group assembled: volunteers from Donegal, Forbes Trail, Penns Creek, Penns Woods West, and Spring Creek chapters joined by PFBC staff, teachers, staff from Senator Cris Dush and Senator Scott Martin's offices, members of the Lackawanna County Conservation District, and several TIC educators.
Their mission: package 442 egg boxes for shipment to classrooms across Pennsylvania.
Why does this matter?
Because programs like Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom don't run on autopilot-- they run on volunteers who donate their time to connect the next generation to the resources we're fighting to protect.
To learn more, visit the PA Trout in the Classroom Program website.
For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the PA Council of Trout Unlimited website. Click Here to sign up for regular updates (top of page). Like them on Facebook. Follow PATU on Twitter. Click Here to become a member. Click Here to support their work.
(Reprinted from PA Council of Trout Unlimited e-newsletter.)
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[Posted: February 18, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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