How Science and Tradition are Saving Sturgeon | Great Lakes Now

By 2000, only a few dozen lake #sturgeon were still spawning in #Michigan’s Big Manistee River. The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians wanted to help, but standard scientific practices of the time violated many of the Tribe’s cultural values. To help the #fish, the Tribe would have to devise an entirely new way of raising nmé. #GreatLakesNow #GreatLakes #Conservation #Indigenous #Science #Documentary =========================================== Website: https://greatlakesnow.org Facebook:   / greatlakesnow   X: https://www.x.com/greatlakesnow Instagram:   / greatlakesnoworg   Newsletter: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/great-l... To learn more about supporting Detroit PBS and Great Lakes Now, visit https://www.detroitpbs.org/ =========================================== “How are science and tradition saving sturgeon?” was produced by Great Lakes Now/Detroit PBS. Produced and Written by Kathy Johnson Narrated by Laura Weber Davis Edited by Bill Allesee Camera Greg Lashbrook Drone David Ruck Additional Material ‪@PolkaDotPerch‬ Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

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Kings in the North: Lake Sturgeon Recovery in the Red River

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These Giant Stones Were Sealed for 185 Million Years – Here’s What We Found Whilst Fossil Hunting!

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The Fight to Save Lake Whitefish | Great Lakes Now | Full Episode

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