TROUT VIDEOS
Videos about:
- the life cycle of a trout
- redd building and counting
- How Wolves Change Rivers documentary
- the Artifishal documentary
- trout population sampling
- the “chop and drop” method for improving trout habitat
- the problem of inadequate culverts
- macroinvertebrates
- dissecting trout
- swim-up
- etc.
GUY MEROLLE’S PHENOLOGY VIDEOS. Here’s a link to Guy Merolle’s special pandemic-shutdown nature video series. You’ve got to check them out! They’re charming, delightful, and informative. It may inspire to ramp up your video production activities.
NOVEMBER 2018 TIC WORKSHOP VIDEOS. And there’s this! CLICK HERE. A page of videos from our November 2018 TIC training workshop. These cover the six-month cycle; processes that happen at the hatchery, including spawning; tank and equipment set-up; water chemistry and pre-cycling; and “March Madness,” when fish have to learn to feed.
TROUT STOCKING. Below is a recording of the 1/24/23 Zoom meeting with Lee Simard, of Vermont F&W, when Lee spoke about stocking trout in Vermont, why and where the F&W Department does it, and a number of other topics.
LIFE CYCLE VIDEOS
REDDS
Redd construction and counting
Here are four videos (in addition to the two above) that explain or illustrate redd construction and identification.
HATCHERY SPAWNING. Here’s a video about how spawning takes place at a hatchery.
TIC AT ELM HILL. Here’s a six-minute video assembled by Tiffany Tucker, who teaches 1st grade at the Elm Hill School in Springfield, Vermont. Enjoy!
An amazing documentary: How Wolves change Rivers
“Trophic cascade” may become one of your favorite new phrases!
Artifishal documentary
Yvon Chouniard, founder of the Patagonia company, is an avid outdoorsman and enthusiastic fisher-person. Now he’s thrown his financial resources and name behind a project to raise awareness about the dangers posed by aquaculture and hatchery-based stocking programs.
Check it out! It may change the way you think.
DamNation
Here’s another Patagonia-produced documentary about the issues associated with dams and their removal.
SWIM-UP VIDEOS. Here is a YouTube video that may help you recognize swim-up behavior.
Dissection videos
Here are two videos that demonstrate the process of dissecting a trout.
Macroinvertebrates
Here are several videos that provide information on macroinvertebrates, their collection, classification, and sensitivity to pollution
AND MORE! Other interesting videos that you and your students might enjoy
