For the past three winters, scientists have stocked whitefish eggs in the Jordan River in Antrim County. The hope is that whitefish — which haven't spawned in rivers in over a century — can hatch, drift downstream, then feed and grow in nutrient-rich river mouths as food dwindles in Lake Michigan.
Ellie Katz joined a team from the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians as they searched for the tiny larval whitefish late into the night.
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Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editing: Steve Junker
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
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