Blackfoot River Fish Identification Lesson
designed by Alyssa Daniels, Lincoln School

Students will study native and non-native fish in the Blackfoot River. They will practice identifying the different species. They will also learn how the river system of a watershed must be connected to enable fish to migrate. Students will travel to the Blackfoot River with a fish biologist to electro-fish (shock) fish and move them from isolated pools in the dried up river bed to the main flowing river downstream. They will identify and count the live fish as they release them. They will record the data and present it in an Excel graph.
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Identifying Montana Trout
design by Bader Consulting,
mbader@montana.com
fish art copyright Joseph Tomelleri, courtesy Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Can you tell the difference between a bull trout and a brook trout? Learn to identify one of Montana's signature species here.