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People of the SturgeonThe Secrets of Sturgeon - This playlist consists of clips for the audiobook version of People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's love affair with an ancient fish. Read more...
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Aquaculture
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Fish and Fisheries
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Playlist for People of the Sturgeon
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Chapter 1 Clip 2 (50) — 9/8/2011
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Ron Bruch, another of the book's lead authors, talks about the justification for People of the Sturgeon amid the sounds of opening day for spearfishing.
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Chapter 1 Clip 3 (1:00) — 9/8/2011
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The voice of EarthWatch radio joins with Kathy Kline to share historical and biological information about sturgeon.
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Chapter 2 Clip 1 (0:53) — 9/8/2011
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The Lake Winnebago sturgeon population avoided the overfishing issues that collapsed other sturgeon communities. Kathy Kline explains why.
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Chapter 2 Clip 2 (0:56) — 9/8/2011
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Why are fish populations regulated and controlled by the state? You'll understand after listening to this clip.
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Chapter 2 Clip 3 (0:53) — 9/8/2011
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The debate over loosening restrictions on ice fishing has always been contentious...dating back to the Great Depression.
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Chapter 3 Clip 1 (0:53) — 9/8/2011
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When can you have a spear in the fishing shack? Wisconsin's "Mr. Sturgeon," Ron Bruch, runs it down.
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Chapter 3 Clip 2 (0:58) — 9/8/2011
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The Menominee tribe's preferred strategy for spearing sturgeon, as described by a visiting Dominican missionary in the 1830s.
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Chapter 3 Clip 3 (0:58) — 9/8/2011
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The ritual of sturgeon spearing: "Like trying to shoot a duck while looking up through a chimney." Listen to the sounds of a successful catch.
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Chapter 4 Clip 1 (1:15) — 9/8/2011
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Vern Gebhart of Hilbert, Wisconsin carves sturgeon decoys as a hobby. As he notes, it takes 20 to 30 hours to make each one.
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Chapter 4 Clip 3 (1:20) — 9/8/2011
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"If you can carve duck decoys, carve me a sturgeon decoy." Appleton's George Schmidt, who carved his first sturgeon decoy way back in 1955, talks about his "hobby".
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Chapter 5 Clip 1 (0:42) — 9/8/2011
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State fish biologists gather to catch, tag and measure sturgeon. Including a team from Georgia that's hoping to repopulate the Tennessee River.
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Chapter 5 Clip 2 (0:55) — 9/8/2011
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"The more you work with these critters, the more you love 'em." Despite a failed experiment in sturgeon-egg husbandry, the enthusiasm of Wisconsin fish biologists isn't dampened.
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Chapter 5 Clip 3 (0:59) — 9/8/2011
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The group Sturgeon for Tomorrow raises money to support activities like the Sturgeon Guard, who patrol the Wolf River during spawning season. Through 2008, the group's five chapters have raised a whopping $750,000.
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Chapter 6 Clip 1 (1:08) — 9/8/2011
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The Wolf River is home to the sturgeon--or, as the Menominee call it, nama'o. Trace the river's origin from a trickle in Northern Wisconsin to the heart of Lake Winnebago.
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Chapter 6 Clip 2 (0:55) — 9/8/2011
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"It's been self-rewarding:" Standing at the base of Sullivan Falls, Kathy Kline interviews Don Reiter about the genesis of the Menominee tribe's plans to restore the sturgeon population.
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Chapter 7 Clip 1 (1:22) — 9/8/2011
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UW Sea Grant aquaculture specialist Fred Binkowski takes to the air, using radiotelemetry to track the movements and location of tagged sturgeon as part of a 25-year rehabilitation and restocking project.
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Chapter 7 Clip 2 (1:20) — 9/8/2011
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Is it an earthquake? The sound of an impending storm? No--it's the thunderous sound of sturgeon spawning.
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Interlude 1 (1:12) — 9/8/2011
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Wondering who's providing the great background music for the People of the Sturgeon audiobook? Allow us to introduce you to Graminy.
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Interlude 2 (1:01) — 9/8/2011
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The Menominee tribe have an immense respect for the sturgeon. Here's a clip of the sounds and music of an authentic Menominee pow-wow.
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