Group Name: Guided by Marc White, Riveredge’s Senior Naturalist and Ecologist, your visit will include an introduction to several of Riveredge’s volunteer-based conservation projects and a tour of North America’s only volunteer operated Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) streamside rearing facility. 2008 is the 3rd year in a 25-year effort to re-establish a Milwaukee River breeding population of the largest and longest-lived animal native to the Great Lakes. The trip will include visits to the Riveredge Creek and Ephemeral Pond State Natural Area and hiking along the upper reaches of the Milwaukee River through a high-quality example of Wisconsin maple-beech-basswood forest. Hiking includes ~1.65 miles over gently rolling terrain (an electric cart is available on request).