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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Plans to Gut Protections for Whooping Crane
The Center for Biological Diversity press release, December 13, 2021 Buried in the Biden administration’s unified regulatory agenda released last week is a plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to weaken or end protections for several iconic species, … 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
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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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Changes to the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership: Q&A
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) is a group of non-profit organizations and government and state agencies formed to restore a migratory population of Whooping Cranes to eastern North America. WCEP is just one element of a diverse strategy to … Continue reading
4th Wheeler NWR Festival of the Cranes a success
This year, approximately 4,500 individuals attended the 4th annual Wheeler NWR Festival of the Cranes, in Decatur, Alabama the weekend of January 9th – 10th, 2016. What easier way to learn about North America’s rarest and tallest bird then at … Continue reading
Accused shooter of 2 Whooping Cranes pleads not guilty
The International Crane Foundation submitted comments to the United States Attorney scheduled to hear the case of the accused shooter of two Endangered Whooping Cranes killed on January 11, 2016 in Beaumont, Texas (click here to read ICF’s full statement). … Continue reading
Two Endangered Whooping Cranes Shot in Texas
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) announced today that two Whooping Cranes of the Louisiana flock (which numbers about 30 birds) were shot and killed on January 10, 2016 in Hardin Co. Texas. There is one identified suspect. Read the ICF … Continue reading
Do you give a whoop?
The following was provided by Lizzie Condon, Keeping Whooping Cranes Safe Coordinator of the International Crane Foundation The International Crane Foundation, along with organizations involved in the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, has a new program designed to increase awareness and … Continue reading
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Tagged bring back the cranes, I Give a Whoop, identification guide, protect Whooping Cranes, The International Crane Foundation, TOS, WCEP, Wheeler Festival of Cranes, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Whooping Crane, Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, Whooping Crane outreach program
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Don’t shoot the Whooping Cranes Kentucky’s Sandhill Crane hunting season begins Dec. 12, 2015 and continues through Jan. 10, 2016, or until 400 Sandhill Cranes have been killed. Whooping Cranes may associate with Sandhill Cranes so caution must be used … Continue reading
Reward offered in shooting of Whooping Crane in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana The crane was found just south of Zaunbrecher Road and north of Gueydan on November 2, 2014 with an apparent bullet wound to her upper left leg. The bird … Continue reading
Posted in KY Coalition for Sandhill Cranes
Tagged conservation, eastern population, Hopkins Co., identification guide, Louisiana, migratory wildlife, Operation Migration, Sandhill Crane, sandhill season, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, The International Crane Foundation, USFWS reward, waterbird, wetland restoration
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