- Date
- 2003-07
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationfishingenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 2003 Beaver Beacon recalled a rare six-foot sturgeon caught and released near Beaver Island in 1975, then described a proposed DNR restoration program using collected eggs and sperm, hatchery pens, and genetic testing. The feature framed sturgeon recovery as a long-term possibility rather than a completed program.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper feature combining local recollection with an attributed restoration proposal; it does not establish a complete historical catch record, population estimate, stocking result, or later recovery.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “Vanishing Sturgeon.”Recounts Charlie Martin’s 1975 release of a six-foot sturgeon into Lake Geneserath and describes the DNR’s proposed egg-and-sperm collection, hatchery rearing, and genetic-testing approach to rebuilding lake-sturgeon populations. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the July 2003 conservation feature.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s vanishing lake sturgeon prompt a restoration discussion in 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sturgeon-conservation-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “Vanishing Sturgeon.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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