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-long ...

COLUMBUS – Reintroduction efforts for state-endangered lake sturgeon expanded to the Cuyahoga, Sandusky, and Scioto rivers in 2025, according to t (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. As part of a large, ...

FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- As the 2024 sturgeon spearing season rolls on, many are thinking about an upcoming June 30 federal ruling that could put the prehistoric fish on the endangered ...

GLAND, Switzerland (21 July 2022) – International conservation organisations are calling on governments to “stop turning a blind eye” to the extinction of sturgeon and paddlefish as the world’s first ...

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 ...

STOCKBRIDGE, Wis. (WLUK) --Eight state lawmakers, including Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Glenn Grothman, as well as Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, ...

Federal wildlife officials have announced that Lake sturgeon no longer require protection under the Endangered Species Act. The decision concludes the petition from the Center of Biological Diversity ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lake sturgeon don't need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to ...

Despite the promising recovery of lake sturgeon in Wisconsin, the fish face an uncertain future due to changing weather ...

FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin (WGBA) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering putting lake sturgeon on the endangered species list. Sturgeon spearers on Lake Winnebago say this isn’t necessary, ...

New report finds 1/3 of sturgeon caviar and meat products were sold illegally in lower Danube region With all but one of Europe’s remaining sturgeon species facing extinction, a new report details the ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran Dec. 14 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A public information meeting on the future of sturgeon spearing will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan.