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2005 Lake Sturgeon Restoration Program at Genoa National Fish Hatchery
Midwest Region, April 20, 2005
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Spring has sprung on central Wisconsin rivers and that means Lake Sturgeon are making their annual spawning runs in the larger tributaries of the Lake Winnebago, Mississippi River, and Wisconsin River systems. Genoa National Fish Hatchery, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is once again collecting gametes from this ancient species for restoration efforts across the Upper Midwest. Crews from Genoa NFH began collecting fertilized eggs in mid-April as part of a cooperative project involving the USFWS, the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to restore lake sturgeon populations of the Menominee Reservation in Northeast Wisconsin. This long term restoration program, which has been in place since the mid-1990's, has produced thousands of fingerling lake sturgeon for tribal waters. In addition to this program, Genoa NFH produces tens of thousands of fingerling lake sturgeon annually for restoration programs in northern Minnesota and Missouri involving multiple state and tribal cooperators. For more information on these or other fishery programs at Genoa National Fish Hatchery contact Doug Aloisi or Roger Gordon at 608-689-2605, (roger_gordon@fws.gov ).

Contact Info: Midwest Region Public Affairs, 612-713-5313, charles_traxler@fws.gov



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