2024 Sturgeon Release | Courtesy: Doug Strickland / Tennessee Aquarium

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Tennessee Aquarium’s Lake Sturgeon reintroduction program, and a public release is scheduled to happen Thursday, October 23.

Since the year 2000, the Tennessee Aquarium and its partners with the Southeast Lake Sturgeon Working Group have raised and released a whopping 430,000 state-threatened Lake Sturgeon into the Tennessee River and Cumberland River watersheds.

This is all in an effort to restore this ancient fish to its native waterways.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary, a public release will be held October 23 at 12 p.m. into the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga at Coolidge Park, 100 River Street.

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