Kootenai River White Sturgeon

The Kootenai River white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus is 1 of 18 land-locked populations of white sturgeon known to occur in western North America.

Kootenai river white sturgeon. Many changes have taken place in the Kootenai River the most dramatic when Libby Dam in Montana turned it into a regulated river. Kootenai River white sturgeon during spring may be synchron-ized with the arrival of females from downstream staging reaches. Kootenai Tribal elders have passed down the history of the beginning of time.

Help from our Kootenai River White Sturgeon Recovery Team. Based on this assumption egg disinfection trials were initiated using wild Kootenai River white sturgeon. White Sturgeon Kootenai River system.

Fish and Wildlife Service with input from Canadian agencies is in the implementation phase. Endangered Species Act on September 6 1994. Found in Idaho Montana and British Columbia is one of the sturgeon species in serious peril.

Distinct population segment of the white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus hereafter Kootenai sturgeon. White sturgeon are found from California to Alaska and their inland populations like the Kootenai River population are landlocked. Kootenai River white sturgeon Kootenai sturgeon occur in Idaho Montana and British Columbia Canada and are restricted to approximately 1677 River Miles RM of the Kootenai River extending from Kootenai Falls Montana located 31 RM below Libby Dam Montana downstream through Kootenay Lake to Corra Linn Dam at the outflow from Kootenay Lake in British Columbia.

2000-12-21 Kootenai River white sturgeon occur in Idaho Montana and British Columbia and are restricted to approximately 270 river kilometers km 168 river miles mi of the Kootenai River extending from Kootenai Falls Montana located 50 river km 31 mi below Libby Dam Montana downstream through Kootenay Lake to Corra Lynn Dam at the outflow from Kootenay Lake in. The Kootenai White Sturgeon Recovery Plan developed by US. Over 2 consecutive years post-fertilized eggs were disinfected with iodine at.

Recovery planning processes are under way for white sturgeon populations in the Nechako upper. 2006-06-12 It is thought that white sturgeon iridovirus WSIV is transmitted vertically from adult white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus to progeny and that wild adults are carriers of this virus. Iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.