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ChicagoEquity and Environmental JusticeFeature-ChicagoFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsQuizSturgeon
Restore, Release: The Great Lakes Now Episode Quiz
-Test your knowledge on the Spectacle Reef lighthouse, Pullman neighborhood and lake sturgeon.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsSturgeonWisconsin
Sturgeon Restoration: Starting anew in Sturgeon and Saginaw bays
-In the bays where lake sturgeon no longer spawn, Indigenous groups and researchers are hoping to change that.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsin
Sturgeon Restoration: Streamside hatcheries on the Manistee, Milwaukee and Maumee rivers
-By some rivers, seasonal facilities are popping up, with the goal of improving lake sturgeon survival rates and successful natal imprinting.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeonWisconsin
Sturgeon Restoration: Studying Michigan’s and Wisconsin’s current flourishing populations
-In the few locations in the Great Lakes where lake sturgeon still spawn successfully, restoration efforts are focused on studying and managing those existing populations or boosting low populations.
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I Speak for the Fish: Setting sturgeon free
-In this month’s column, Kathy Johnson describes her encounters with baby sturgeon and reintroducing them to the Great Lakes watershed.
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Raising Fish: An inside look at how one hatchery is helping to restore native Great Lakes species
-Raising lake sturgeon, walleye and whitefish requires knowledge of biology, engineering, physics, mathematics and a stomach impervious to strong fish smells.
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See the Sturgeon: The many ways to see, touch and appreciate sturgeon around the region
-Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Fest celebrates a multi-year lake sturgeon restoration program and is just one of a long list Great Lakes Now has compiled on sturgeon-related activities to explore this summer.
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Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesJames ProffittLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingSturgeon
Conservation Coordination: Black Lake sturgeon fishing highlights contrasts between Native and state approaches
-Sturgeon fishing, over in a morning for most Michiganders, extends over a longer period of time for Michigan’s Tribes.
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APDetroit RiverFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologySturgeon
Hold on! 240-pound fish, age 100, caught in Detroit River
-The 240-pound, nearly 7-foot-long sturgeon, assumed to be a female, was quickly released back into the river after being weighed and measured.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureJames ProffittLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreational Hunting and FishingSturgeon
Short Season: Sturgeon spearing plays big role in conservation efforts for the ancient fish
-This year, sturgeon season on Michigan’s Black Lake lasted just over two hours.