Dawn Pittman, with USGS, explains that identifying tags are being that are being inserted into the sturgeon raised at Seneca Zoo before they are released into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.Sturgeon raised at the Seneca Zoo before they are released into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.Dawn Pittman, with USGS, tags a sturgeon, raised at Seneca Zoo before it is released into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.Dawn Pittman, with USGS, weighs and measures a sturgeon raised at Seneca Zoo, before it is released into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.The Seneca Zoo, USGS and local residents releasing sturgeon raised at the zoo into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.A sturgeon, raised in the Seneca Zoo, is released into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.Sudan Gordon and Neftali Colon Jr., Seneca Zoo Urban Ecologists, release sturgeon raised at the zoo into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.Eliecer Angulo releases a sturgeon raised at the Seneca Zoo into the Genessee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.The Seneca Zoo, USGS and local residents releasing sturgeon raised at the zoo into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022.
The Seneca Zoo, US Geological Survey, and NY Department of Environmental Conservation released sturgeon into the Genesee River in Rochester, N.Y. on Oct. 1, 2022. The zoo has been raising sturgeon since 2003 as part of an initiative to reintroduce them to their native habitat after the effects of decades of pollution and overfishing nearly caused their extinction.
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