Trout Egg Delivery in Local Schools

Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District and Portland Water District staff met at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Casco Fish Hatchery to pick up 6,000 brook trout eggs for 11 schools to raise in their classrooms before releasing into local streams this spring.

Despite the extreme cold this week, the trout are already "strongly eyed" (large and dark) inside the egg, meaning they'll likely start hatching before February Vacation instead of after.