Manistee River Lake Sturgeon: 20 Years of Restoration
September 17 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
$10
Fisheries biologist Corey Jerome will sharing an overview of 20 years of Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI) Big Manistee River Nmé restoration efforts. This plan incorporates both cultural and biological criteria for establishing goals for restoration of the Big Manistee River nmé population. An LRBOI Cultural Context Task Group, composed of Tribal members and Tribal government staff, addressed the cultural context. Tribal biologists developed the biological criteria to be consistent and ultimately driven by the cultural context. Through the implementation of the Nmé (Lake Sturgeon) Stewardship Plan an overview of where Big Manistee River streamside stocking has been over the years, documented juvenile/adult recruitment, and characterization of the adult spawning population.
Corey Jerome is a Fisheries Biologist with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Natural Resources Department and has been leading lake sturgeon restoration and rehabilitation within the Manistee River and the 1836 ceded territory for Little River Band of Ottawa Indians since 2012. Was first introduced to the rehabilitation that Little River was conducting during the summer of 2007 as a summer seasonal technician while completing bachelor’s degree in Fisheries Management at Lake Superior State University.
Adults $10, Museum Members FREE