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The fish spawn in the shallows of the Wolf river, as they swim upstream. In order to protect the spawning locations of the sturgeon from poaching when the fish are the most vulnerable, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources formed a citizen sturgeon guard called Sturgeon For Tomorrow in the early 1990s. They volunteer to watch over the ...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow and various tribes, are looking for volunteers to guard mature lake sturgeon as they swim ...
Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and nearshore waters of Milwaukee when European immigrants settled the area. ... its spawning grounds in nearby Wolf River and ...
The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga female captured in the Volga Delta in 1827, measuring 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) long and weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb). Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders, migrating upstream to spawn but spending most of their lives feeding in river deltas and estuaries.
Fishing for lake sturgeon in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan is not a threat to the ancient species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) concluded in its decision not to list the giant fish ...
Silver River (Baraga–Houghton counties), drains to Sturgeon River; Silver River (Keweenaw County), drains to Lake Superior; Siskiwit River; Slate River (Baraga County) Slate River (Gogebic County) Snake River; South Branch Little Sugar River; Spruce River; Spurr River; Stout Creek; Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta counties) Sturgeon River (Baraga ...
A public information meeting on the future of sturgeon spearing will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, at the Stockbridge High School Gym, 110 School St., Stockbridge, with local ...
Sturgeon Bar (or Sturgeon's Bar) is a small island in the Detroit River. [2] It is in Wayne County , in southeast Michigan . Its coordinates are 42°04′07″N 83°11′17″W / 42.06861°N 83.18806°W / 42.06861; -83.18806 ( Sturgeon Bar ) [ 1 ] , and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 571 ft (174 m) in