Siri Harrison

Jun 12, 2024 | commonsnews.org | Robert Smith |Fran Lynggaard Hansen |Siri Harrison |Kevin O'Connor

BELLOWS FALLS-It has taken two years since researchers first began accumulating evidence, but on June 7, scientists announced that shortnose sturgeon are living in the Connecticut River as far north as the hydroelectric dam in Bellows Falls. Sturgeon exist in the fossil record going back 250 million years and, for thousands of years, have been native species in the Connecticut River.