Press Releases & Newspaper Articles

Following are a variety of newspaper articles and press releases written about white sturgeon and other related issues.  

Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative - Articles about the work and history of the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative, and sturgeon in general:

• September 9, 2022: Mystery of dead sturgeon in northern B.C. have scientists asking for help - CBC News.
• September 7, 2022: People asked to report sturgeon deaths in Nechako region - BC Gov News (BC Gov Press Release) • (PG Citizen Article) • (My Nechako Valley Now Article)
• November 7, 2020: Otter dung reveals secrets of missing sturgeon in B.C. river - CBC News.
• November 3, 2020: CBC Daybreak North Interview on how otters are affecting Nechako River sturgeon.
• November 3, 2020: Grad Student Explores How Often River Otters Eat Young Nechako Sturgeon - Environmental News Network
• October 31, 2020: UNBC student dives deeper into declining White Sturgeon population - MyPGNow and My NechakoValleyNow
• October 30, 2020: Otters munching on sturgeon released for conservation purposes - CKPG
• October 30,2020: Grad student explores how often river otters eat young Nechako sturgeon - UNBC
• November 2018: CBC Daybreak North interview on otter predation on juvenile sturgeon.
• November 2018: At-risk white sturgeon preyed upon by otters in the Nechako watershed - Omineca Express
• August 2018: Cupcake caught in First Nation fishing net in Stuart Lake - first verified Conservation Centre raised fish in Stuart Lake!
• April 13, 2018: The next step for sturgeon is extinction - Omineca Express
• March 2018: Recovery of Nechako White Sturgeon to Involve More Programs from SD91 - MyNechakoValleyNow
• January 2018: Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery - Resource Connector North Magazine

School Curriculum Program Grades 4 to 7 - Read about the Healthy Watersheds for Sturgeon curriculum level school program.  This program became operational in 2014 and is available free of charge to all elementary schools in SD91:

• November 3, 2014: Sturgeon Curriculum - Omineca Express. 

Release Events Past and Present - Read about our Save Our Sturgeon (SOS) release events where hatchery born sturgeon are released into the wilds of the Nechako River:

• June, 2024: Sturgeon Release Event - CKPG News
• May 11, 2016: NWSRI releases sturgeon with help from students - My Nechako Valley Now
• Fall 2015: Sturgeon Release Event - BC Nature
• May 6, 2015: Students Support Sturgeon Survival - PG Citizen
• June 1, 2011: SOS Save Our Sturgeon Event - Omineca Express

Conservation Facility -  The conservation facility for Nechako white sturgeon began its first broodstock program on April 28, 2014. Read about the first year of operations in the news:

• December 11, 2015: CNC Staff and Students volunteer at Sturgeon Conservation Center
• May 2014: Thank You for helping us spawn fish - Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
• August 1, 2014: Spawning Success - Omineca Express. 
• August 25, 2014: Hatchery Sturgeon Die-Off - Omineca Express.
• August 27, 2014: Hatchery Sturgeon Numbers - Omineca Express.
• November/December 2014: Hatchery Fish Update - Outdoor Edge BC Magazine.
• December 16, 2014: Scaling Hatchery Fish for future identification - Omineca Express.

Read about the dedication of our Community and Technical working group members towards a Nechako White Sturgeon Conservation Facility.  Our monumental efforts were realized in a public announcement on Wednesday April 10^th at 11 am at Riverside Park in Vanderhoof.   

• April 11, 2013: Success! Hatchery Approved for Endangered Sturgeon - Globe and Mail
• March 6, 2013: Council Pleas for Recovery Facility  - Omineca Express
• Dec. 9, 2012: Urgency Rises for a Recovery Facility  - Omineca Express
• Oct. 12, 2012: Opinion piece S. Hume Nechako sturgeon forgotten - Vancouver Sun
• Sept. 26, 2012: Recovery Facility Needs Matched Funding - Lake District News
• Aug. 24, 2012: Recovery Facility Funding Cuts - Prince George Free Press
• July 17, 2012: Recovery Facility for Sturgeon Stalled - Prince George Citizen
• Oct. 5, 2011: Recovery Facility Grant Unsuccessful - Omineca Express

Emergency Sturgeon Release Boat Kit Project - Read about one of our most successful live sturgeon release projects to date.

• September 30, 2016: More water know-how to kids and better life to sturgeon in Vanderhoof - Omineca Express
• January 14, 2015: Boat Kit Project a Success - Opinion 250
• January 19, 2015: Boat Kit Project Saves Sturgeon - Omineca Express
• Oct. 5, 2011: Emergency Sturgeon Release Boat Kit Project - Prince George Citizen
• Oct., 2011: Emergency Sturgeon Release Boat Kit Project - Omineca Express
• Sept. 28, 2011: Emergency Sturgeon Release Boat Kit Program - NWSRI Press Release
• March 17, 2011: Emergency Sturgeon Release Boat Kit Project - Omineca Express

Spawning Habitat Experiment & Geomorphology Projects - read about placing cleaned and sorted gravel at the only known Nechako white sturgeon spawning grounds.

• April, 2016: Spawning bed gets spring cleaning - Omineca Express
• June 10, 2015: Sediment Transport & Larval Habitat Quality - Omineca Express
• June 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Boats Please Slow Down - Prince George Citizen
• April 25, 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Project - NWSRI Press Release
• March 2, 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Crew Hired - Omineca Express
• Feb. 9, 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Project - Omineca Express
• Feb. 9, 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Project - PG Free Press
• Feb. 1, 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Project - Prince George Citizen
• Jan. 27, 2011: Spawning Habitat Research Project - NWSRI Press Release

Lawsuit Filed – on 26 September 2012 Ecojustice and 4 other conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Federal government’s significant delays in finalizing the recovery strategies for four species, including the Nechako white sturgeon. 

• Sept. 26, 2012: Lawsuit filed Recovery Strategy Delays - Ecojustice background report
• Sept. 26, 2012: Lawsuit - Delay in Final Recovery Strategy - Globe & Mail
• Sept. 26, 2012: Lawsuit - Delay in Final Recovery Strategy - BC Business

Other Nechako white Sturgeon in the News:

• Oct. 25, 2015: Roundtable brings groups together to improve Nechako watershed - Prince George Citizen
• Sept. 22, 2010: Juvenile Captures & Conservation Facility - Omineca Express
• Sept. 16, 2010: 2010 Juvenile Captures - NWSRI Press Release
• June 1, 2007: Releasing Anna the Sturgeon - Media Advisory
• Nechako River Sturgeon closure - Backgrounder press release

News Stories

2014 May 04 - Click this link to watch a CKPG news story on the May Sturgeon Release Event held in Vanderhoof at Riverside Park: Release Event http://ckpg.com/young-sturgeon-released-into-nechako

2014 April 30 - Click this link to watch a CKPG TV new story featuring some of the NWSRI members in action: Broodstock Program http://ckpg.com/repopulating-the-endangered-nechako-sturgeon-video

2013 Click this link to view a CKPG News Story on the Recovery Facility: http://ckpg.com/vanderhoof-hatchery-made-permanent-video

2012 Click this link to view a CKPG News Story on the Emergency Sturgeon Release Boat Kit Program: http://ckpg.com/news/19373-saving-nechako-white-sturgeon-video.html

2012 Click this link to view CTV news interview with Tribal Chief Terry Teegee on the Nechako River (Oct. 10 2012): http://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=780986&binId=1.821957

2007 Click for the statement made by then MLA John Rustad in the Legislative building on February 14.

2006, August 24, the white sturgeon populations of the Nechako, Upper Fraser, Kootenay and Columbia were officially designated as endangered under the Federal Species at Risk Act. 

 
 

 

 

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