A Fish Story
The Return of the Sturgeon
Innovative, decades-long effort brings extirpated species back to the Milwaukee River. Second in a series.
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Fingerling lake sturgeon swim in one of the four open-air basins filled with circulating Milwaukee River water in August 2023. In a typical year, about 1,000 fingerling sturgeon are reared here from fertilized eggs over the course of May to September. In 2023, illness caused about half the fish to die
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Fingerling lake sturgeon swim in one of the four open-air basins filled with circulating Milwaukee River water in August 2023. In a typical year, about 1,000 fingerling sturgeon are reared here from fertilized eggs over the course of May to September. In 2023, illness caused about half the fish to die. Photo by Kareem Benson-White.
