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 STURGEON FEST 2013

 

A great fall weekend event for the family with activities for the kids, a live reptile and amphibian show, an arts and crafts fair and special recognition of the environmental organizations committed to clean rivers, land preservation, and environmental sustainability.  

Because sturgeon can live as long as 125 years, you and your family can follow your sturgeon for life.  Each certificate has a unique tag number. Should your fish be found, you will be notified.

 


 
 

OTHER PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Bonestroo, Inc. - Northern Environmental Technologies, Inc., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, Milwaukee River Revitalization Council, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

 

 

Where is my Sturgeon?

Where is YOUR sturgeon?  Find out if your sturgeon has been spotted!

Do you need to register your sturgeon pit tag number...click the link above.

 

Sturgeon Fest Schedule 2013  

 
 Schedule of Events: TBD
 
       
 
 

 Location:

 New location this year!

Lakeshore State Park

Milwaukee (near Discovery World and Summerfest)

500 North Harbor Drive Milwaukee, WI  53202


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Sponsor a Sturgeon:

 
 

Sturgeon sponsoring opportunities will be availble closer to the date of the event.

 

       

 

 

  Sturgeon in the News!!

 
 
Our DNR partners caught two sturgeon in the Milwaukee River in the old North Ave. dam area while electrofishing for northern pike.  The fish were most likely from batches that were released prior to the start of the sturgeon project at Riveredge. Nevertheless it's still good news since they've demonstrated that the fish are surviving and can navigate back up the Milwaukee River again.  In a few short years the fish that have been raised here at Riveredge will hopefully do the same.
 
 
October 8, 2010- The Wonder of Sturgeon's Return to the Milwaukee River by Susan Bence - Lake Sturgeon have long been part of the great lakes ecosystem and, up until the late 1800's, used the Milwaukee River as spawning grounds...
 
 
October 1, 2010 - Gus Gnorski, of Fox 6, interviews multiple staff and volunteers regarding the up-and-coiing Sturgeon Fest and Release.  Se the interviews here!  Video 1 Video 2  Video 3 
 
September 29, 2010 - Larry Meiller - 100929 F: After 11, Larry Meiller gets a preview of Sturgeon Fest this Saturday in Thiensville, WI.  His guests are Mary Holleback of the Riveredge Nature Center in Newburg, and Brad Eggold of the DNR in MIlwaukee.
 
September 28, 2010- UWM 89.7 Lake Effect Interview: Lake Sturgeon are making a come back in the Milwaukee River, and we learn about this year's mass release in Thiensville...Listen to it here!
 
 
 
 
 
 
        
 
 
 Sturgeon Rearing Facility (SRF):
  

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 Sturgeon Fest Video and Photos
 
 View the 2009 Sturgeon Video by Krier Foods, Inc.
 
 
      
 
 
 

 

 

Riveredge Nature Center
Riveredge Nature Center
4458 West Hawthorne Drive
Newburg , WI , 53060 United States
(262) 375-2715

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