A lake sturgeon that was tagged in a Wisconsin river years ago has traveled so far down the Mississippi River that it’s taken biologists from two different states to track it. In a Facebook post on ...
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has expanded its efforts to reintroduce lake sturgeon, an endangered species in the state, to three additional rivers. Juvenile lake sturgeon were ...
The hope is that lake sturgeon will develop “site fidelity” to the rivers where they are stocked, essentially developing a homing instinct, of sorts. Nick Kludt, Red River fisheries specialist for the ...
Reintroduction efforts for state-endangered lake sturgeon expanded to the Cuyahoga, Sandusky and Scioto rivers in 2025. As part of a large, regional partnership, the 6- to 8-inch-long juvenile ...
Iowa DNR seasonal worker Trevon Zeman stands at the bow of a boat looking to net sturgeon during an electro-fishing river survey for endangered species in the Cedar River below the dam at ...