Red River’s lake sturgeon in Minnesota show signs of spawning

The Red River’s lake sturgeon restoration effort is seeing fruits of its labor with signs of spawning taking place after decades of work.
Reports of lake sturgeon in the Red River date back to fur-trading days when settlers were still moving west across the landscape.
“Imagine being at a fur fort at the confluence of a tributary with the Red, and you’ve been paddling freight canoes all day, which is not exactly light work, but they had trouble getting to sleep because the sturgeon spawning and leaping was so loud,” said Nick Kludt, the Minnesota DNR’s Red River specialist.

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