COMMENTARY: Sturgeon vs salmon: Prioritizing native Great Lakes species - Great Lakes Commission

Lake Sturgeon – Huron-Clinton Metroparks

May 21, 2025 By: Erin Parker, Interpretive Services Supervisor When you hear the word migration, it probably brings to mind the arrival of songbirds in the spring or perhaps the movement of monarch butterflies on their southward journey in the fall. But few people would immediately think of fish when they think about something like migration! The Lake Sturgeon is just such a fish, one that migrates during the year from rivers and streams to the …

COMMENTARY: Sturgeon vs salmon: Prioritizing native Great Lakes species - Great Lakes Commission

The conflict between supporting native lake sturgeon versus non-native salmon is coming to a head on the Big Manistee River in Michigan. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.