Anna Benjamin releases a bucket full of trout into Sullivan Run during the “Fisheries Science Trout Release Day” at Alameda Park on Saturday, May 9. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Release day Saturday is the culmination of school project
BUTLER TWP — Sullivan Run got some new residents Saturday morning, May 9.
Students of all ages from Butler Area School District help release trout into the stream that runs through the lower part of Alameda Park each year, which is the culmination of a program about a year in the making. Dave Andrews, instructional coach for student engagement in Butler Area School District, leads the fisheries science program that gives students the chance to help raise rainbow trout each year, the final day of which is release day.
Several youths and some parents attended the release Saturday morning, and used buckets to transport trout from their tank into the stream.
Andrews also helps maintain Sullivan Run through the Connoquenessing Watershed Alliance, and said last year that the stream is healthy and teeming with fish species.
“We did a study and found there were nine species of fish in this creek,” he said in 2025.
Hayes Dunn, left, watches his dad, Harold Dunn, pour trout into Sullivan Run along with Murphy Dunn and Hallee Dunn during the “Fisheries Science Trout Release Day” at Alameda Park Saturday, May 9. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Murphy Dunn, left, helps Hayes Dunn carry a bucket of trout to be released into Sullivan Run during the “Fisheries Science Trout Release Day” at Alameda Park Saturday, May 9. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Joshua Pistorius releases a bucket full of trout into Sullivan Run during the “Fisheries Science Trout Release Day” Saturday, May 9, at Alameda Park. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Rob McGraw
Anna Benjamin releases a bucket full of trout into Sullivan Run during the “Fisheries Science Trout Release Day” Saturday, May 9, at Alameda Park. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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