his past week, Congressman Pete Stauber made a visit to the Royal Dutchman Resort east of Baudette, MN on the Rainy River.  Kevin and Jenn Hinrichs have positioned their resort as a fishing resort focusing on sturgeon.  The Congressman was in the area to learn more about the robust sturgeon fishery and economy around it, while showing support through opposition to the possibility of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listing the sturgeon on the endangered species list.

In a nutshell, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has until June 30 to decide if lake sturgeon should be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the agency to require sturgeon to be federally protected, and a judge imposed a deadline for a decision.

Others involved in supporting this effort to add Lake Sturgeon to the endangered species act are Fishable Indiana Streams for the Hoosiers, Hoosier Environmental Council and Prairie Rivers Network.

“We had a good visit,” explained Kevin Hinrichs.  “We discussed…READ MORE

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