Lisbon HS Marine Biology Project‏

Lisbon - Lisbon High School announces a Marine Biology service learning project.  This years’ LHS marine biology classes, and students at the Lisbon Community School have been raising endangered Atlantic Salmon.  Students were granted a permit to release the salmon in the Little River in Lisbon in attempts to help reintroduce salmon into the Androscoggin River Watershed.  High School students have decided to team up with two fourth grade classes at the Lisbon Community School to add a service learning component to their salmon rearing project.   During the week of May 17  teams of LHS students will be guest speaking at LCS helping to prepare the fourth grade students for their field experience at the Little River.

(Photos Courtesy of Olivia Griset)

  Each marine biology class will be mentoring a fourth grade class on Wednesday, May 19th and another class on Thursday May 20th to participate in the release and to be involved in a water quality testing activity.  The release day event will take place from 11:00 a.m. until 12:15 pm at the Little River in Lisbon.  Volunteers are needed and community members are invited to attend!  This is an incredible opportunity for older students to share their knowledge with younger students, and for both groups of students to give back to their environment by raising and releasing these endangered fish in an ideal site in Lisbon!  

FMI contact Olivia Griset by emailing ogriset@lisbonschoolsme.org or call 353-3030, or Monica Millhime, mmillhime@lisbonschoolsme.org or call 754-0021.