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In January 2006, the Mollohan
Foundation awarded the Lincoln County Agricultural Education
Department a $5,000 community outreach grant. Lincoln County
High School will open in the Fall of 2006 and a new
agriculture education curriculum will be available for
student to experience hands-on learning activities within
agriculture that expand on basic skills taught in other core
subjects.
Upon completion of the agriculture program, Lincoln County
students will have acquired the necessary knowledge, skills,
and attitudes to enter and succeed in agripreneurship,
employment which require agricultural knowledge and skills,
and/or college or technical school. This program will
provide students with an outlet to engage in opportunities
not taught in a traditional classroom environment. One such
opportunity is the Aquaculture Sciences Curriculum.
Aquaculture science is the study, research, reproduction,
production, and the management issues of fish, fish species,
and fish habitats. In addition, Hydroponics is also
integrated into Aquaculture science. Hydroponics is the
study and production of plants that grow in an all-water,
non-soil, medium.
The Lincoln County Agricultural Education Department will
use the grant to purchase some equipment for the aquaculture
classroom. The money will fund the Trout Hatchery and a
Delta Star Chiller, necessary to chill the water in the
trout hatchery. The trout hatchery will utilize 500 gallons
of water and will be used in the study of trout production,
reproduction, and lifespan. This grant money will help
establish the foundation and fundamentals necessary to
implementing an aquaculture program.
For more information about the Lincoln County Agricultural
Education Department or the Aquaculture Science Program,
please contact Ryan Saxe, Agriculture Science Education
instructor, at 304.824.3033 ext. 274.
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