Lake sturgeon populations have plummeted in the Great Lakes watershed. Here’s how First Nations are collaborating with scientists to save an ancient relative.

ᖁᓛᓂ ᓄᓇᓪᓗᐊᑕᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᕆᑦᑐᖅ ᓇᓄᕐᓄᑦ, ᑐᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐸᕕᓴᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᑎᑦᑎᒐᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ.

The northern tip of mainland Canada is a paradise of caribou, polar bears and Arctic char as yet undisturbed by mining. The residents of Taloyoak, Nunavut, are fighting to keep it that way.