2025 Restore the Wild Artwork Exhibition

Name: 2025 Restore the Wild Artwork Exhibition
Start: 2025-03-07T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Main Street Station, Richmond, VA

Schedule

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Main Street Station, Richmond, VA | Richmond, VA

The Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) invites the public to join in celebrating the winners and entries of the 2025 Restore the Wild Artwork Competition at a special reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 2025 at The Gallery at Main Street Station in Richmond.
The subject focus of 2025’s artwork is the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), fish passage and clean water habitats. Atlantic sturgeon seem like a relic of the past, with their huge size and armor-like appearance, and they’re inextricably linked with Virginia’s history, having played an important role for Native American and colonial human populations. Due to over-harvest and water pollution, they were rarely seen in Virginia’s tidal rivers since the mid-1900s, and efforts to revitalize their populations have been underway for more than 50 years. They were listed as federally endangered in 2012, but in recent years sturgeon have been seen breaching and swimming in the James and other rivers again.
In case you can't make the 7th, the exhibition will be open from March 7 - 28 for viewing by the public. DWR and partners look forward to seeing you there!