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Fisheries biologist Pat Higgins leads a field trip of fifth through eighth grade students on a filed trip to the North Fork Battle Creek to collect aquatic data and to learn about the stream. Photo by Diane Higgins.


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Pat Higgins hands an aquatic insect sample to Manton Elementary School K-4 students visiting the North Fork Battle Creek to learn about the stream and how to collect scientific information. Photo by Diane Higgins.


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Manton School teacher shows class how to collect aquatic invertebrates on the North Fork Battle Creek. Photo by Diane Higgins.


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Students from Manton Elementary School visit the South Fork Battle Creek to learn about aquatic science and how to collect data. Students from 6-8th grades helped supervise and instruct younger students. Photo by Diane Higgins.


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Manton Elementary School students collect aquatic insects using kick net samples on the South Fork as part of an aquatic field trip that used the creek as a "living lab". Picture by Diane Higgins.


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Teacher's aids from help Manton Elementary School students wade the South Fork Battle Creek to learn about fish and aquatic science. Photo by Diane Higgins.


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Fisheries biologist Pat Higgins cleans a kick net after a sample as Manton Elementary School students examine the sample. Photo by Diane Higgins.


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Cray fish that was part of the South Fork Battle Creek samples. Photo by Diane Higgins.