Topic: Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate Impacts to Sturgeon: Conservation, Preservation, and Maintenance (View All Topics in the Plan)

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority

Continue efforts to sustainably manage harvest, including developing and enforcing harvest regulations.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority

Continue sea lamprey control and monitoring efforts.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority

Target invasive species control efforts (especially for round goby) in those areas with sturgeon spawning beds.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority

Explore landscape water retention projects to protect habitat against extreme runoff events and low flow/high temperature events (e.g. increase and/or...

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food Water
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority

On regulated streams, pulse flows during critical times (e.g. lower flows coupled with high temperatures), sourcing from below the thermocline.

Cultural Resources Ecosystems Food Water