On Wednesday, April 20th, 2022, Mr. Chambers’ Biology II class, and two students from the WOO program collaborated with biologists from the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks (KDWP) on a project to assess the biological communities on a short stretch of the South Fork Ninnescah just north of Pratt County Lake.
Students had an opportunity to sample the macroinvertebrate community using dip nets and collected fish using an electroshocking technique.
The project is part of an animal diversity unit in the Biology II curriculum. Support for the project is provided by biologist…