Around 800 rainbow trout, raised at MassWildlife’s Belchertown hatchery, were released into Onota Lake in Pittsfield with the help of the public during an Earth Day fish stocking event on Thursday, April 21, 2022.
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MassWildlife aquatic biologist Leanda Fontaine fills each visitor’s bucket with rainbow trout from a special holding tank on a truck Thursday. The buckets are then rushed to the water and released into Onota Lake in Pittsfield as part of a special Earth Day fish stocking event. Thursday, April 21, 2022.
MassWildlife aquatic biologist Leanda Fontaine fills each visitor’s bucket with rainbow trout from a special holding tank on a truck Thursday. The buckets are then rushed to the water and released into Onota Lake in Pittsfield as part of a special Earth Day fish stocking event. Thursday, April 21, 2022.
MassWildlife aquatic biologist Leanda Fontaine picks out a rainbow trout to be stocked in Onota Lake on Thursday.
Around 800 rainbow trout, raised at MassWildlife’s Belchertown hatchery, are released into Onota Lake in Pittsfield with the help of the public during an Earth Day fish stocking event on Thursday.
Around 800 rainbow trout, raised at MassWildlife’s Belchertown hatchery, are released into Onota Lake in Pittsfield with the help of the public during an Earth Day fish stocking event. Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Two rainbow trout fly through the air as they are released into Onota Lake in Pittsfield on Thursday.
Bucket by bucket, visitors helped to release around 800 rainbow trout into Onota Lake in Pittsfield during an Earth Day fish stocking event with MassWildlife.
MassWildlife Western District Manager Andrew Madden helps turn newly released rainbow trout toward deeper waters during an Earth Day fish stocking event at Onota Lake in Pittsfield. The public assisted in stocking the lake with around 800 rainbow trout raised at the department’s hatchery in Belchertown. Thursday, April 21, 2022.
A large crowd gathers on Earth Day to help MassWildlife stock Onota Lake with around 800 rainbow trout raised at the department’s hatchery in Belchertown.
Stephanie Zollshan
Photojournalist
Stephanie Zollshan has been a photojournalist for The Berkshire Eagle since 2011. She is a Boston University graduate whose work has been featured in publications around the world. Stephanie can be reached at szollshan@berkshireeagle.com.
