Devin Nunnari, Author at Signal Akron

A juvenile lake sturgeon sits in a bucket prior to being reintroduced to the Cuyahoga River Saturday at Cascade Valley Metro Park in Akron. Known as a "living fossil," the fish species is native to Lake Erie — it is hoped that it will again spawn in the Cuyahoga River as it did in the past.

Lake sturgeon, a ‘living fossil,’ are reintroduced into the Cuyahoga River in Akron

by Ken Evans and Devin Nunnari September 20, 2026September 19, 2026

Hundreds of fingerling lake sturgeon, referred to as “living fossils,” were reintroduced into the river by Summit Metro Parks via long fish slides at Cascade Valley Metro Park. It’s the second public release in Northeast Ohio of the scaleless fish, which is native to the Great Lakes and features rough, rubbery skin, segmented body plates and a distinctive flat nose.

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