Pallid Sturgeon Puzzle: Fisheries Crew Work To Put All The Recovery Pieces Together - Northern Plains Independent

Pallid Sturgeon Puzzle: Fisheries Crew Work To Put All The Recovery Pieces Together - Northern Plains Independent

For many reasons, 2023 was the “Holy Grail Year” for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ pallid sturgeon recovery efforts in the Yellowstone River drainage. That’s fisheries manager Mike Backes’ term for it. Fisheries crews were able to validate the spawning of two wild heritage females with a wild heritage male and an unknown male in the Tongue River after capturing larvae that matched