{"id":28748,"date":"2018-03-09T11:17:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=28748"},"modified":"2025-01-13T13:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:17:42","slug":"sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm","title":{"rendered":"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sturgeon spearing season just took place in Wisconsin. This year it spanned 15 days; the season can last up to 16 days, but will sometimes end the first weekend, depending upon how many avid fishers get lucky\u2014and on how clear the water in Lake Winnebago is at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the season was poised to begin on February 10, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sturgeon biologist Ryan Koenigs <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydodge.com\/sturgeon-spearers-aided-water-clarity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that the average visibility was only about 6-to-7 feet, \u201cwell below the threshold\u201d for anyone but the exceptionally skilled\u2014or exceptionally fortunate\u2014to spear a sturgeon. For this reason, DNR team members predicted the season might well stretch on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koenigs corresponded with EM about the preparations for Sturgeon spearing season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs the sturgeon biologist, I manage all of the assessment work that we do of our sturgeon population, particularly during the spring spawning migration and annual spear fishery in February,\u201d explains Koenigs. \u201cWe handle between 1,500-2,000 spawning adult fish each year during the spring spawning run, and collect biological data from all harvested fish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is part of the state&#8217;s conservation program, guarding the sturgeon, the lake, and the watershed against overuse. Sturgeon spearing is a tradition dating back to the Native American tribes who first inhabited the region, and it is culturally important to the state and its people. There is only one other place to spear sturgeon in the US (at least in season): Michigan&#8217;s Black Lake. And while the shallower upriver lakes near Lake Winnebago might present with better clarity, there is reportedly nothing quite like chainsawing a hole in several feet of ice on Lake Winnebago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koenigs stays busy in between seasons, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHabitat management is part of the job as well, we are constantly looking for spawning sites that need some maintenance work and new sites where we can create spawning opportunities for the species,\u201d Koenigs details. \u201cThe DNR has a water quality program that researches and tracks most of the trends, so fisheries focuses on the population assessments, regulations, and habitat. Of course with habitat everything is interwoven together. Water clarity is the biggest predictor of spearing success, for pretty clear reasons, so it\u2019s important for us to know clarity to project how the season will go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koenigs and his team are able to predict how the spearing season is likely to go based on weather, water clarity, and experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[T]his year under ice cover the mild weather stretches have adversely impacted water clarity in two main ways: first with direct runoff\u2014we had 0.5\u201d of rain about a month ago, coupled with snow melt runoff that brought turbidity into the lake,\u201d Koenig describes. \u201cSecond, a lack of snow cover on the lake\u2014snow blocks sunlight, so not having snow cover allows light to penetrate the ice and algal blooms to occur.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, when it comes to the actual spearing season, lack of clarity isn&#8217;t a signal of poor water quality\u2014just bad luck for hopeful fishers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_28751\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28751\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_ice_shanty-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sturgeon\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of ice shanties lined the shore of Lake Winnebago once sturgeon spearing ended in 2008. (Credit: By Royal Broil (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)]<\/p><\/div><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI just want to clarify though that the water clarity doesn\u2019t hurt the sturgeon themselves,\u201d Koenigs clarifies. \u201cRather, the poor water clarity results in reduced visibility for the spearers themselves to see the fish and harvest the fish. This is not a new phenomenon, water clarity has been variable through time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Management challenges around Lake Winnebago<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spearing the ancient-looking sturgeon is certainly one of the things that makes Lake Winnebago unique, and resource management in the region reflects the varied demands that you&#8217;d expect from a one-of-a-kind watershed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Hudak is a Water Resources Management Specialist with the Bureau of Water Quality. He spoke to EM about the day-to-day challenges in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLake Winnebago is the State\u2019s largest inland waterway and a focal point for recreational opportunities,\u201d explains Hudak. \u201cIt is a unique shallow water lake that aside from the sturgeon population, has an excellent walleye, perch, and white bass fishery, and a perch fishery along with many other recreational opportunities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department is responsible for protecting the State\u2019s water resources and does so by implementing the Water Quality Bureau\u2019s Strategic Plan. The strategy has a specific approach for surface water monitoring and assessment with multiple goals and objectives. Lakes, rivers, and streams are assessed using representative data collected with standardized biological, chemical, and physical metrics. This data is assessed against water quality standards and used by water quality managers to protect and restore the quality of Wisconsin\u2019s surface waters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With data in hand, water quality managers can utilize the information to develop water quality management plans. The plans are the beginning stage for working with partners to address water quality concerns in a watershed. One of the ways the DNR team balances the needs of the many users of these recreational waterways with the scientific goals and clean water regulations they work with is by dividing the work among local biologists. Hudak is one of five of the local biologists in the Lake Winnebago drainage, and his focus area is rivers and streams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_28752\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28752\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_winnebago-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sturgeon\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lake Winnebago at sunset. (Credit: By The original uploader was Royalbroil at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5)])<\/p><\/div><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local biologists benefit from a wealth of knowledge about their focus regions and specialty areas; for example, the lakes biologists work closely with Lake Districts and Associations regarding lake specific issues. As a streams and rivers biologist, Hudak typically faces different issues, such as working with Counties or local partners addressing non-point sources of pollution in the watershed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLake Winnebago is at the confluence of two major drainage basins, the Upper Fox and Wolf River. I cover a six county area from Lake Winnebago up to the north side of where Green Bay begins,\u201d Hudak remarks. \u201cThere is a diverse mix of land-use in this area. The Northern portion of Wolf is largely undeveloped forest land while the Upper Fox is highly dominated by agricultural land use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone on the team shares the common mission to protect and enhance the aquatic ecosystem, and to ensure clean, safe water by adhering to state and federal requirements for water quality and environmental protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRestoring degraded waters and protecting high quality waters is a fine line,\u201d Hudak muses. \u201cWe&#8217;ll probably never get anything back to pre-settlement conditions, but we strive to meet our goals and attain standards to have all waters meet their designated uses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf we don&#8217;t have the information or data, we won\u2019t understand the condition of the resource then we can&#8217;t make scientifically informed decisions to manage this unique resource,\u201d concludes Hudak.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":28750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,32],"tags":[448,60,587,346,109,588],"class_list":["post-28748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-lakes-reservoirs","tag-dnr","tag-featured","tag-lake-winnebago","tag-lakes-reservoirs","tag-news-ticker","tag-sturgeon"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Environmental Monitor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-09T15:17:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-13T17:17:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_man.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karla Lant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karla Lant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karla Lant\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b\"},\"headline\":\"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-09T15:17:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-13T17:17:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\"},\"wordCount\":1145,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.fondriest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Sturgeon_man.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"DNR\",\"featured\",\"Lake Winnebago\",\"Lakes &amp; Reservoirs\",\"news ticker\",\"sturgeon\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Articles\",\"Lakes &amp; Reservoirs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\",\"name\":\"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.fondriest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Sturgeon_man.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-09T15:17:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-13T17:17:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b\"},\"description\":\"As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.fondriest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Sturgeon_man.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.fondriest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Sturgeon_man.jpg\",\"width\":2100,\"height\":1576,\"caption\":\"Man with Lake Sturgeon fish. (Credit: By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain])\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Environmental Monitor\",\"description\":\"Application and technology news for environmental professionals\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b\",\"name\":\"Karla Lant\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/60e8c0668d383b138552b06b36f51c157a5568de8402f8dead418c4bc55c2fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/60e8c0668d383b138552b06b36f51c157a5568de8402f8dead418c4bc55c2fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/60e8c0668d383b138552b06b36f51c157a5568de8402f8dead418c4bc55c2fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karla Lant\"},\"description\":\"Karla Lant is a professional freelance science writer and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. She also covers other scientific and medical stories as well as technology.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/karlalant\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago","description":"As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago","og_description":"As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm","og_site_name":"Environmental Monitor","article_published_time":"2018-03-09T15:17:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-13T17:17:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2100,"height":1576,"url":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_man.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Karla Lant","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karla Lant","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm"},"author":{"name":"Karla Lant","@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b"},"headline":"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago","datePublished":"2018-03-09T15:17:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-13T17:17:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm"},"wordCount":1145,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_man.jpg","keywords":["DNR","featured","Lake Winnebago","Lakes &amp; Reservoirs","news ticker","sturgeon"],"articleSection":["Featured Articles","Lakes &amp; Reservoirs"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm","name":"Sturgeon Stakeout and Other Management Challenges Around Lake Winnebago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_man.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-09T15:17:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-13T17:17:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b"},"description":"As a sturgeon biologist makes spearing season go smoothly, local biologists protect water quality and recreational use around Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/sturgeon-stakeout-management-challenges-around-lake-winnebago.htm#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_man.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Sturgeon_man.jpg","width":2100,"height":1576,"caption":"Man with Lake Sturgeon fish. (Credit: By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [Public domain])"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/","name":"Environmental Monitor","description":"Application and technology news for environmental professionals","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51170f7bfa3a05b94cea6f517ce4e79b","name":"Karla Lant","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60e8c0668d383b138552b06b36f51c157a5568de8402f8dead418c4bc55c2fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60e8c0668d383b138552b06b36f51c157a5568de8402f8dead418c4bc55c2fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60e8c0668d383b138552b06b36f51c157a5568de8402f8dead418c4bc55c2fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Karla Lant"},"description":"Karla Lant is a professional freelance science writer and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. She also covers other scientific and medical stories as well as technology.","url":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/author\/karlalant"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28748"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39149,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28748\/revisions\/39149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}