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    AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeon

    I Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish

    February 27, 2023 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    Sunfish offer a special opportunity for people, particularly families with children, to develop a lifelong love affair with nature and fish — no worm required.

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    AuthorsBrian OwensFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeon

    Lake sturgeon added to endangered list, but things are looking up

    February 13, 2023 - by Brian Owens, Great Lakes Now

    Lake sturgeon were once incredibly abundant in the Great Lakes, but the Great Lakes population is estimated to be less than 1% of its historical numbers.

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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

    January 25, 2022 - by Maya Sundaresan

    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

    November 8, 2021 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    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

    October 29, 2021 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    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

    October 21, 2021 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    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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  • Fish, Birds and Animals
    Fish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsSturgeon

    I Speak for the Fish: Setting sturgeon free

    October 18, 2021 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    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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    Feature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsSturgeon

    Raising Fish: An inside look at how one hatchery is helping to restore native Great Lakes species

    September 7, 2021 - by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now

    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

    July 21, 2021 - by Noah Bock

    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

    May 14, 2021 - by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now

    Sturgeon fishing, over in a morning for most Michiganders, extends over a longer period of time for Michigan’s Tribes.

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