SAGINAW BAY STURGEON RESTORATION

The Saginaw Bay Sturgeon Restoration Program and its partners have been working since 2017 on a significant project to restore lake sturgeon in the Saginaw Bay system.  This follows major partner investments in restoration projects, research, dam removal and education. A long-term effort to reintroduce this ancient fish to the region, whose numbers stand at less than 1% of its historic population, the project has seen great success rearing and releasing fingerlings into four

What: Premiere of Dinosaur Fish film (23 minutes) with a Q/A panel When: 7-8pm on Friday, December 12, 2025 Where: Delta College Planetarium | 100 Center Avenue, Bay City, MI, United States, Michigan 48708 How: Event is free and open to the public The Saginaw Bay Sturgeon Restoration Program and its partners have been working since 2017 on a significant project to restore lake sturgeon in the Saginaw Bay system.  This follows major partner investments in restoration projec

Clean water is important for many things. What is the number one ingredient in beer?! Water. But not just any water — it has to be clean, healthy water. Clean water is vital not only for Lake Sturgeon, but also for the communities, businesses, and traditions that depend on it. To celebrate the 2025 sturgeon release, local brewers across the Saginaw Bay Watershed have stepped up with commemorative beers, each specially named in honor of these ancient fish and the rivers they l

Community members and conservation partners are invited to help release young lake sturgeon into the Saginaw Bay watershed on September , 2025. Attendees at these no-cost riverside release events will reintroduce more than 100 native sturgeon into each tributary of the Saginaw River system (e.g., Cass, Flint, Shiawassee, and Tittabawassee rivers).  The Lake Sturgeon release d in September come from lower Lake Huron near the upper St. Clair River. The U.S. Fish and Wildl

Barrister Brewing and Friends of the Shiawassee River Celebrate Lake Sturgeon Reintroduction with Special Beer Release and Community...

Community members and conservation partners are invited to help release young lake sturgeon into the Saginaw Bay watershed on August 22,...

A resident of Chippewa Nature Center for almost a year, their adopted sturgeon was recently released into the Tittabawassee River as part...

https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Steve-Griffin-Sturgeon-s-local-comeback-continues-17436165.phpEfforts are underway to restore...

More sturgeon to be released into Saginaw Bay Watershed during public events on Aug. 19 Local, state, and federal partners invite the...

A new project using a sophisticated system of receivers across Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron will help guide researchers in their efforts to...

Program partners have announced an important new milestone in the effort to restore the Saginaw Bay region’s sturgeon population: Since...

Some lucky lake sturgeon will be getting a new life this weekend during three events in the Saginaw Bay watershed. Young lake sturgeon...

BAY CITY, MI - A project to restore the Saginaw Bay’s lake sturgeon population just received a financial boost. The Conservation Fund...

A great day along the Cass River in Frankenmuth on May 5 as Mrs. Liddle and her class at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church & School released...

Chippewa Nature Center hosts lake sturgeon Sturgeon eventually will be released into Tittabawassee River Victoria Ritter, vritter@mdn.net...

The lake sturgeon is having a moment in Michigan. After humans nearly erased it from the Great Lakes, this fascinating fish species is on...

After spending a happy 8 months in Mrs. Liddle's classroom, Stewart the Sturgeon was successfully released into the Cass River at...

The first juvenile sturgeon on record was caught in the Saginaw River in February. Is it one of our released sturgeon? Well, without a...

After more than 100 years, Lake Sturgeon call the Saginaw River their new home Blog coming soon!