By Hugh Miller
Despite the recent challenges, we did it!! Yes, with lots of help, we managed to successfully deliver steelhead eggs to nearly all required STEP "certified" classes so they could participate in this year's STEP incubation activities.
It didn't look so good at the beginning of April, though. Some of us were about to come "unglued." First, we recognized, going into April, that we, along with California State Fish and Game, had just processed, in March, a large number of class permits for "certified" classes, totaling 107 classes. These classes were asking to participate in this year's STEP incubation activities and they were located within a geographical area of six counties. It was the largest number of class-permits to be processed. So, going into the month of May, which is normal time for eggs to be available, we were facing a "tall (logistics) order." Several members helped with the permit-signing routine of all 107 applications before the papers were sent to California Fish and Game for final signature.
Last Updated (Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:35)
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Principal Teaching STEP
By Gary Stebbins, Middle School Principal
STEP (Salmon & Trout Education Program) in 2003-2004
At this time of year, we look forward to the coming busy months of our STEP activities. Certainly, we have a lot of planning and organizing to do at this time. We do know that we will be having a STEP Workshop for new STEP teachers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, scheduled February 7th and 8th. We certainly look forward to being partners with such a well-respected environmental organization. There's a possibility, that we will conduct a second Workshop in January at a Felton/Boulder Creek site. There's been a lot of work done on a new STEP curriculum. This demanding curriculum work has been going on for approximately two years. It is our hope that the new curriculum will be ready for our Workshop/s. Beyond that, we need to process several permits for both the intended Workshops and for the expected distribution of steelhead trout eggs to certified STEP classes. You will recall that we had a busy time, last year, distributing eggs to 100 classes in six counties.
If you wish to get involved in any of these activities, please contact either Becky Fitch 408-379-4679, email
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Last Updated (Sunday, 28 February 2010 12:46)
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By Hugh Miller and Becky Fitch
STEP Egg Deliveries (Article written in June 2003)
We did it! Yes, our STEP Team of volunteers successfully completed all required STEP Egg Deliveries to Classrooms. Many thanks are in order to these dedicated members who volunteered their personal time to this challenging, important part of our STEP activities. For a moment, now, it's time for them to step back and appreciate the enormity, success and fun of their efforts. The STEP students, for sure, showed their appreciation for the efforts of the delivery-team with their smiles and exclamations (like "cool!") as the they witnessed a delivery-member enter a classroom with a delivery of steelhead trout eggs. We can expect, as in past years, that "Thank-you" letters from the students will follow. For sure, the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project, STEP students and STEP fish all say a sincere "thanks" to the Delivery-Team. (Special thanks are in order for the many members of GE Elfuns and San Jose Flycasters who helped in this effort).
Last Updated (Wednesday, 03 March 2010 10:35)
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By Hugh Miller and Becky Fitch
Steelhead are Alive and Well Again at Rogers Middle School! This year Rogers Middle School principal Gary Stebbins has returned to the classroom to teach one period a day. His class, Environmental Studies, consists largely of STEP (Salmon and Trout Education Program) curriculum and activities. He remarked, recently..."With all the budget woes and other challenges facing education, it is nice to spend one period a day with the kids so I can reflect on what it is I am in this business."
Activities in the class range from the typical STEP studies to more involved field trips and outdoor studies. With funding from the City of San Jose's Watershed Grant program, Dr Stebbins was able to also participate in several field trips including a Discovery Voyage on San Francisco Bay. "Understanding the important role of the watershed ecosystem is very important to the understanding of the salmon and trout life cycle," says Stebbins. "My students know more about this subject than most adults.
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