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It’s rare for the species to show up in the river. Sturgeon haven’t been able to spawn there for 150 years. -
The fish will be released into three northern Michigan rivers. -
![Three aging culverts in the Jordan River watershed will be replaced with timber bridges this fall. The culverts obstruct the river's flow, preventing certain species from passing upstream and threatening road safety during rain events. "We'll see a natural stream dimension return," said Kimberly Balke, program director at the Conservation Resource Alliance. "We won't have [a] huge impoundment area that's full of muck. ... That single culvert is acting like a dam, really, for how undersized it is." (Photo: Conservation Resource Alliance)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3bac02a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1141+0+111/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fbf%2F91c6be40465da4247412f28deff6%2Fdji-0236.jpg)
Three aging culverts will be removed — two of which are the last human-made obstructions on main stem of the Jordan River.
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![Three aging culverts in the Jordan River watershed will be replaced with timber bridges this fall. The culverts obstruct the river's flow, preventing certain species from passing upstream and threatening road safety during rain events. "We'll see a natural stream dimension return," said Kimberly Balke, program director at the Conservation Resource Alliance. "We won't have [a] huge impoundment area that's full of muck. ... That single culvert is acting like a dam, really, for how undersized it is." (Photo: Conservation Resource Alliance)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2cc8f8b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1141+0+111/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fbf%2F91c6be40465da4247412f28deff6%2Fdji-0236.jpg)