March 25, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Ron Mitchell,
585-586-1670
Spring Photo Opportunity
Thousands of brown and rainbow trout, raised at the
Fish Hatchery at Powder Mills Park, will be released into Irondequoit
Creek on Tuesday morning, March 30, 2010. The trout are
being released in anticipation of the April 1 Riedman Foundation Opening
Day Trout Derby to benefit the Fish Hatchery at Powder Mills Park.
Photojournalists are encouraged to attend this unique photo opportunity
which signals the start of spring. There will also be opportunity to
interview hatchery staff and community volunteers, many of whom have
been volunteering at the hatchery for decades.
Media interested in covering the release, should assemble at the
Fish Hatchery building, 115 Park Road, between 7 and 11:00 a.m.
The Fish Hatchery at Power Mills Park expects is to release some 14,000
trout throughout the 2010 fishing season. The fish will be released in
the stretch of Irondequoit Creek that passes through Powder Mills Park.
The April 1 Opening Day Trout Derby to benefit the Fish Hatchery
at Powder Mills Park will take place between 7 a.m. and noon.
Applications can be downloaded at
www.fishpowdermill.org.
For more information, or to schedule an interview with hatchery
staff or volunteers, contact Ron Mitchell, Hatchery Manager at
585-586-1670.
The Fish Hatchery at Powder Mills Park was closed in mid-December 2002
due to Monroe County budget cuts. In late 2003, the Riedman Foundation
stepped forward to partner with the County to reopen the 76-year-old
hatchery. Under the arrangement, the Foundation provides the funding for
staff, maintenance and operational support, as well as make capital
improvements.