Biology program opportunities for LRHS students

 

Last updated 7/16/2014 at 10:25am



Lake Roosevelt High School students interested in gaining job skills for fishery biology will have an opportunity this summer through a six-week program grant from the Bonneville Power Administration.

Those interested can pick up an application at the school district office and must return it by Wednesday, July 23.

Six students will be selected under the program and receive hands-on training in several fisheries related activities, including crew trap monitoring, weir trap monitoring, PIT tag array monitoring, making biological measurements, creel monitoring, fish otolith extraction and tissue sampling.

Students will also observe and receive training on PIT tagging and fisheries habitat analysis to include dissolved oxygen, pH and conductivity testing and how the results of these measurements impact fisheries.

In total, students will spend some 108 hours in the field, or six hours per day, three days a week.

The lessons gained will be brought back into the classroom this fall. With the support of a science teacher, those participating will prepare storyboards, project reports and presentations detailing the various experiences.

Additional information will be provided at a mandatory orientation Monday, July 28.

 

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