The goal is to restore a wild, self-sustaining lake sturgeon population in the urban river that runs up the northeast side of ...

That included the Milwaukee River, where it's likely no sturgeon spawning has taken place since 1843, when a dam was built across the river near North Avenue. Fortunately, the species fared much ...

Black Lake sturgeon season ended after just a few minutes, setting a record for the fast sturgeon season ever.

The agency found listing the sturgeon as threatened or endangered may be warranted based on threats from dams and hydroelectric facilities, along with river dredging and channelization. Other threats ...

But the longevity of the sturgeon in the Kootenai River is waning: It hasn't reproduced in real numbers in at least 30 years due to habitat change caused by Libby Dam, which shut its gates in 1975.

Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago river system, in particular, has become a brood source for lake sturgeon elsewhere: Eggs are taken from the river and sent to hatcheries, which then release the ...