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Social distancing during COVID-19
Please continue to do your part and stay home but if you have to go out for essentials remember to keep a Whooping Crane of space, or more, between yourself and others! Social distancing should be practiced in combination with … Continue reading
$10,000 reward offered for information on shooting of endangered Whooping Crane in Jefferson Davis Parish
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division is seeking information on the shooting death of an endangered Whooping Crane in Jefferson Davis Parish in November 2019. Agents said the dead crane was found in a rice and crawfish field … Continue reading
Raising public awareness of Whooping Cranes one decade at a time
After the disappointing November 2019 ruling of “probation” for the poacher responsible for the 2018 shooting death of adult male Louisiana Whooper, L8-11 – the first Whooping Crane with his partner, L7-11, in the new Louisiana non-migratory flock to nest and … Continue reading
Public hearing and comment period for changes to the Sandhill season, is NOW!
Time is running out for those opposed to the proposed changes to the Kentucky Sandhill Crane season. Unfortunately, due to lack of public comment in March 2018 when the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources District Commissioners met, some of the … Continue reading
Posted in KY Coalition for Sandhill Cranes
Tagged application period, crane harvest, expansion, Green River Lake, Kentucky, permits, regulations, Sandhill Crane, season
KDFWR Commission approves proposed changes to Kentucky’s Sandhill season
With the approval by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) Commission (5 to 3 in favor of) on March 23, 2018, the amendment process will be the same as it was in 2011. KDFWR will file the … Continue reading
Contact your District Commissioner about changes to the Kentucky Sandhill season
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) is now considering a proposal to expand the Sandhill Crane hunting season. The KDFWR Wildlife Committee has forwarded the suggested changes to the full Commission which will consider them during its meeting … Continue reading
Posted in KY Coalition for Sandhill Cranes
Tagged Cecilia, KDFWR, Kentucky sandhill crane season, sandhill cranes
Reward climbs to $15,600
Yesterday the Center for Biological Diversity added $5,000 to the reward for information leading to a conviction or fine in the latest illegal killing of #4-11, an endangered Whooping Crane in Indiana. “It’s a sad injustice to all of us … Continue reading
$10,000 reward for info leading to arrest and conviction in Greene Co. Whooper shooting death
Indiana Conservation Officers have partnered with Indiana Turn in a Poacher (T.I.P.), Friends of Goose Pond, the International Crane Foundation and Operation Migration to offer a substantial reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the … Continue reading
DNR asks public for help to stop shootings of EMP Whoopers – 5 deaths in Indiana attributed to poaching
January 2017: Female No. 4-11, shot and killed Indiana Department of Natural Resources officials reported that the remains of No. 4-11, a 5-year old female Whooping Crane of the Eastern Migratory Population (EMP), were found January 5, 2017 in a … Continue reading
Posted in KY Coalition for Sandhill Cranes
Tagged DAR, Direct autumn release, Eastern Migratory Population, Endangered Species Act, Goose Pond, Greene County, Indiana, Indiana 67, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Operation Migration, poaching, The International Crane Foundation, WCEP, Whooping Crane, Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership
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