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A bipartisan group of Wisconsin's congressional delegation has urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to exempt lake sturgeon in the state from any potential listing under the federal Endangered ...
The Wisconsin congressional delegation said the importance of the prehistoric fish is rooted in the Menominee Tribe’s strong cultural ties to the lake sturgeon.
Lake sturgeon fishing and spearing seasons as well as other management programs in Wisconsin and other states will continue under a decision announced Monday by federal officials.. After a years ...
The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.
The sturgeon which spawn annually in the springtime in the Wolf River and its parent, the Fox River, between approximately April 15 and May 5, as they swim upstream from Lake Winnebago. It is estimated that the extent of the Lake Sturgeon has dropped to about one-tenth of its population in the state since year 1800.
Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. [3] The population was 9,646 at the 2020 census . Located at the bay of Sturgeon Bay for which it is named, it is the most-populous city on the Door Peninsula , a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher of Green Bay on Monday introduced a bill designed to keep lake sturgeon in Wisconsin off the federal Endangered Species List.
There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at