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Digging Up Some Data on Shovelnose Sturgeon
Four-Year Study Conducted in View of Tulsa Skyline.
By Jena Donnell, Wildlife Diversity Information Specialist

Digging Up Some Data

on Shovelnose Sturgeon

Four-Year Study Conducted in View of Tulsa Skyline

By Jena Donnell, Wildlife Diversity Information Specialist

GOOGLE EArtH

Much of the shovelnose sturgeon collection was accomplished within easy view of the downtown Tulsa skyline, including near the Interstate 44
bridge over the Arkansas River, depicted here in this Google Earth view.
JASON SCHOOLEy/ODWC EriC BrENNAN/ODWC

With a flattened head, sturgeon are well-adapted for life at the bottom Shovelnose sturgeon are rare in Oklahoma and are considered to be one
of prairie rivers. of 55 fish species of greatest conservation need.

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