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The Neosho National Fish Hatchery Visitor Center, which opened its doors to the public in December 2010, achieved Gold status according to the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system. It is the first facility within U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fisheries program to receive this prestigious rating. Read more about this here: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/neosholeed.htm

Sturgeon Identification | Missouri Department of Conservation

Sturgeon Species MDC  Of the three species of sturgeon found in Missouri, only the shovelnose is a legal game fish. The lake and pallid sturgeons are endangered species. Learn to tell the difference between the three.

Sturgeon ID Video  Click on the video link to see how MDC fisheries biologist Craig Gemming describes some of the main physical characteristic differences between the pallid, shovelnose and lake sturgeon.
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