BILLINGS – A bevy of scientists has helped Montana’s most threatened fish avoid blinking out. Declared an endangered species in 1990, there are only about 100 wild adult pallid sturgeon living ...

When the sturgeon was listed in 1994, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established a recovery team to devise methods to protect or increase the fish’s population.

We're fishing for Scaphirhynchus albus, the pallid sturgeon. They call it the "Dinosaur of the Missouri," although whether for its age or its appearance is a tossup.

Yes, they live a very long time, but so do pallid sturgeon, says Cody Nagel, a fish biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The oldest specimen he’s ever come across was a 72-year-old from ...

Despite its perseverance, the white sturgeon, native and unique to Northwest Montana for millions of years, was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1994. Thirty years later ...

The Hell Creek Formation is a rock formation that covers parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming that is known for holding many fossils from the Cretaceous period, which lasted ...

Sturgeon Bay is one of nine locations named as one of the Top Spring Fishing Spots across the country for 2023 by the FishingBooker website, which claims it is the world’s largest platform for ...

Want to catch a freshwater fish over 100 pounds? Learn where, when, and how to catch lake sturgeon in Wisconsin, Minnesota & Michigan.

Big sturgeon like the one Dawson Erickson landed have been all over the internet this spring. Landing the fish would have been nearly impossible without help, Dawson's dad, Kevin Erickson, said.

DNR data show fish, including lake sturgeon, smallmouth bass and steelhead, are utilizing a new structure to bypass Kletzsch Falls and move up the Milwaukee River. Paul A. Smith.