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What We Do
The Learning From Lake Sturgeon project is co-created research effort between WCS Canada and Moose Cree First Nation Resource Protection that began in 2016.
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Since 2018, we’ve included Moose Cree youth in our lake sturgeon fieldwork on the North French and Mattagami Rivers. The youth program experience includes learning important fieldwork skills, like fish sampling, using a GPS, and other research technology from the lake sturgeon team — all while out on the land in the Moose Cree Homeland.
RESEARCH
We catch-and-release lake sturgeon. We take various measurements, such as length and weight. We take photos of each fish, to document any cuts or injuries. We also take blood samples, and remove small pieces of fin, to help us assess fish health and condition, and we work with research partners for the laboratory analyses of these samples. We also put tags in some of these fish, to transmit information back to underwater receivers, and learn where the fish are moving in the river. We can track each of our fish for many years.
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN LEARNING?
We have been learning a lot about lake sturgeon behaviour, health, and contaminant exposure in the rivers of the Moose Cree Homeland. We recently created a booklet explaining some of our findings so far!
MÎKWEC TO Our Financial Contributors
MÎKWEC AS WELL TO the ontario wildlife foundation, the j.p. bickell foundation, and an anonymous donor WHO HAVE MADE THIS WORK POSSIBLE
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