May 06, 2021 11:30 PM EDT
(Photo : US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Johnson and the alleged 100-year-old giant sturgeon
Catching The Sturgeon
A three-person crew captured the 240-pound lake sturgeon on April 22 near Grosse Ile, just south of Detroit. The massive fish, which measured nearly 7 feet long, was characterized by the agency as a true-life river giant.
On a long line extending deep into the Detroit River, the massive aquatic species was captured using frozen round goby, tiny, soft-bodied fish that act as tasty snacks for sturgeon, as bait. Using a net, the fishing biologists took about six minutes to get the big fish into their port.
Trump will auction drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post
Jan. 6, 2021
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The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with the Brooks Range as a backdrop.U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service photo
WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials will auction off oil and gas leases in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, capping Republicans decades-long quest to drill in one of the nation s most vast unspoiled wild places. The move marks one of the most significant environmental rollbacks the president has accomplished in his term.
But with low oil prices and an increasing number of banks saying they would not finance Arctic energy projects, major oil companies did not try to buy the leases. That left the state agency, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, as the main bidder. The agency put up all but two of the winning bids, which went to two small energy firm