DNR Fisheries Biologist Kasey Yallaly and her team conducted a trout count on the Trimbelle River June 22, as part of Ellsworth Public Library’s Trimbelle Nature Day. Attendees watched as DNR team members shocked and surveyed 320 meters of stream, the site of a previous trout habitat restoration project in 2007. The group collected trout with a tow barge stream electrofishing unit that sent electricity into the water to stun the fish, who were then netted, put into a tub, measured and counted before being released. Photos courtesy of Caroline Herfindahl

Dr. Dean Hanson (retired from the University of Minnesota) and Heidi Sundet, Ellsworth Public Library Clerk, assist Jack and Isla Thayer at the Ellsworth Public Library’s Trimbelle Nature Day, held on June 22 at the Trimbelle Rec Area off County Road O. Photo courtesy of Caroline Herfindahl