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Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit wants sturgeon on Endangered Species List

April 29, 2026

Even as the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) announced its second attempt to place lake sturgeon on the federal Endangered Species List (ESL), a Wisconsin ...

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Even as the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) announced its second attempt to place lake sturgeon on the federal Endangered Species List (ESL), a Wisconsin retired sturgeon expert called the effort “nothing but a bunch of hooey.” On Monday, April 17, the CBD notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it intends to sue the ...

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