By Rebecca Thiele

A coalition of state and national environmental groups says it plans to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Lake Sturgeon. The fish is an endangered species in the state, but environmentalists say it needs federal protection.

According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, this species of fish is millions of years old and used to be abundant in the Great Lakes and Ohio River basin. But now, their numbers are low because of things like pollution and the construction of dams — which prevent Lake Sturgeon from reaching their spawning areas.

Mark Templeton with the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago is serving as counsel for the groups. He says unlike Indiana, some states haven’t listed Lake Sturgeon as an endangered or threatened species — which is why it needs the federal listing.

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