Lake Sturgeon Coordinator:  Gary Towns

E-mail: townsg@michigan.gov
Phone: (248) 359-9046

Office Information:
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Lake Erie Management Unit
26000 West Eight Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48034-5916

Lake Sturgeon Research / Activities

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Lake Sturgeon Coordinator:  Mike Thomas

E-mail: thomasmv@michigan.gov
Phone: (586) 465-4771

Office Information:
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station
33135 South River Road
Mt. Clemens, MI 48045

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• 2000 St. Clair Lake Sturgeon Study Performance Report

• 2000 Lake Sturgeon Activities

• Lake St. Clair/St. Clair R. Federal Aid Study

• 1999 Lake Sturgeon Activities

• Lake Sturgeon: Dinosaurs of the Great Lakes Video by Earthwave

Lake Sturgeon Research / Activities

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• 2006 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Poster - Mike Thomas - Does hook size matter?: Evaluation of two hook sizes for survey setlines in the St. Clair River

• 2004 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Poster - Emily Zollweg/John Weisser/Rob Elliott/Henry Quinlan/Jim Boase/Scott Koproski/Adam Kowalski/Nancy Auer/Ed Baker/Doug Carlson/Tim Haxton/Mike Thomas/Jerry Weise - Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Tributary Database and Geographic Information System Demonstration

• Contributed to the Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Tributary Database and GIS

• 2002 St. Clair Waterway Sturgeon Activities

• December 2002 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Proceedings download (pdf, 2.04 Mb)

• 2001 Lake Sturgeon Activities

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Lake Sturgeon Research / Activities

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• Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Resarch and Assessment Needs Workshop Proceedings

• 2006 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Presentation - Ed Baker - Lake Sturgeon Restoration Using Streamside Rearing Facilities on Four Lake Michigan Tributaries

• 2006 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Poster - Edward Baker/Patrick Forsythe/ James Crossman/Kim T. Scribner/Kregg M. Smith - Characteristics of spawning lake sturgeon in the Black River, 2001-06

• 2004 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Presentation - Rob Elliott/Ed Baker/Brad Eggold/Marty Holtgren - Overview of the Lake Michigan lake sturgeon rehabilitation plan conservation genetics and rehabilitation stocking section

• 2004 Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting Presentation - Patrick Forsythe/Kim Scribner/ Kristin Bott/Kregg Smith/Ed Baker - Spawning stock characteristics, egg deposition and post emergent survival in the lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens): The relative importance of potential barriers to recruitment.

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New Lake Sturgeon Coordinator:  Tim Cwalinski

E-mail: cwalinst@michigan.gov
Phone: (989) 732-3541 x5072

Office Information:
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Northern Lake Huron Management Unit
1732 M-32 West
Gaylord, MI 49735

Lake Sturgeon Research / Activities

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Fisheries Management Biologist for the Black River watershed (and others) in NE Michigan. Often involved with aspects of the Black Lake sturgeon harvest, spring tagging and rearing program, and population estimation.

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