LOS ANGELES : Students Breed Fish for MacArthur Park Lake
Even though the MacArthur Park lake stands empty, a handful of students at five East Los Angeles schools are already hard at work to make sure there will be plenty of fish in the pond once it is refilled.
The students are breeding bluegills so the lake can be restocked when work on the Metro Red Line is completed and water is allowed to flow into the lake.
Aquariums and fish were donated by Los Angeles County Transportation Commission planners who work on rail projects that serve downtown and East Los Angeles. The group also recruited biology professors from the Claremont Colleges to introduce environmental concepts to the young fish farmers.
Students taking part in the program attend Glassell Park, St. Mary’s Catholic School, 2nd Street, Sheridan and Soto schools. Students will be invited to release the fish in the restored MacArthur Park lake next summer.
The lake was drained for construction of the segment of the Red Line that will run below the lake and head north on Vermont Avenue and west on Wilshire Boulevard.
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