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Fish Stocking Event at Jamaica Pond

Thursday May 4, 2023

Eleven-year-old Laren Coleman of the South End launches a bucket of hatchery trout during the April 27 fish stocking event at Jamaica Pond hosted by Governor Maura Healey and Boston Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods. The youngster was part of a bucket brigade that transported 1,000 trout down to the water at the spring fish stocking. The state provides the fish for the pond overseen by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Photo by Jon Seamans.
Eleven-year-old Laren Coleman of the South End launches a bucket of hatchery trout during the April 27 fish stocking event at Jamaica Pond hosted by Governor Maura Healey and Boston Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods. The youngster was part of a bucket brigade that transported 1,000 trout down to the water at the spring fish stocking. The state provides the fish for the pond overseen by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Photo by Jon Seamans.  


Boston Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods and Governor Maura Healey team up to help stock Jamaica Pond on April 27. City and state officials were joined by students from the John F. Kennedy Elementary and Curley K-8 Schools for the annual spring event stockin  


Students from the John F. Kennedy Elementary School form a bucket brigade with MassWildlife staff to transport 1,000 trout down to the water at Jamaica Pond on April 26. Photo by Jon Seamans.