{"id":11416,"date":"2025-03-06T09:27:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/?p=11416"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:21:36","slug":"center-for-water-policy-video-lake-sturgeon-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/center-for-water-policy-video-lake-sturgeon-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Water Policy Video: &#8220;Bringing Back the Giants: Sturgeon Restoration in the Milwaukee Estuary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The lake sturgeon population in the Great Lakes has dropped to less than 1% of historic numbers, but dedicated efforts are underway to change that from organizations like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/milwaukeeriverkeeper.org\/\">Milwaukee Riverkeeper<\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/people\/deng-dong-fang\/\">\u00a0Deng Aquaculture Lab<\/a>\u00a0at UW-Milwaukee\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/\">School of Freshwater Sciences<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/riveredgenaturecenter.org\/\">Riveredge Nature Center<\/a>. 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