PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Bonneville Hatchery is celebrating the “birthday” of its unofficial mascot Herman the Sturgeon on June 22. While Herman was said to have turned 89 last year, Herman’s true ...

Herman the Sturgeon — a 10 foot-long white sturgeon beloved in the Columbia River Basin — is celebrating his birthday Saturday, and the public is invited to the party at Bonneville Fish Hatchery in ...

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho raises juvenile white sturgeon at their hatchery near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Ecologists describe the sturgeon as a living dinosaur. The large ...

HELENA (AP) -- The state fish and wildlife agency intends to upgrade its Miles City fish hatchery to enhance production of pallid sturgeon, federally listed as an endangered specie. The Montana ...

Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and nearshore waters of Milwaukee when European immigrants settled the area. However, the fish were extirpated over much of their range ...

There are occasional reports from anglers of catching sturgeon approaching 60 inches in length. Some reports indicate that some of the fish are migrating upstream and downstream of Big Stone Lake.