The Center for Water Policy’s 2024-26 Water Policy and Science Communications Fellow Cami Armendariz won “Best Short Video” in the 2026 Planet Forward Storyfest competition! Cami’s video “Bringing Back the Giants: Sturgeon Restoration in the Milwaukee River Watershed” examines how a collaborative partnership between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Riveredge Nature Center works to restore Wisconsin’s historic lake sturgeon population. Storyfest judges said the short video showed “amazing ability for voices and imagery to tell the story of why and how the restoration of sturgeons is so vital.”
Watch Cami’s film on her YouTube channel.
Congratulations Cami, and sincere thanks to Milwaukee Riverkeeper and Professor Dong Fang Deng at UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences for their critical contributions to sturgeon restoration in the Milwaukee River Watershed! Explore these collaborative sturgeon restoration efforts by watching the Center for Water Policy’s film on our YouTube page.