Ryan Mayton crouches over, his eyes intent on the tiny pool of water at his feet.
“I’ve got it,” he says, plunging his cupped hands into the waters of Wiley Creek.
Classmate Kory Brown congratulates his friend as other students seated just yards away on the rocky stream bed, are busy with magnifying glasses, identifying the catch.
The students are members of a Lebanon Union High School zoology class taught by Lynden Brown. Its core…