WCEP NEWS RELEASE

Weather Delays Whooper Migration Progress

October 18, 2001

Adams County, Wisconsin: Windy conditions in Adams County, Wisconsin have delayed the second day of the whooping crane migration study.

"We'd hoped to move another twenty-one miles south," said Joe Duff, lead pilot for Operation Migration, "but the weather isn't cooperating."

Last night at 5:20 p.m. the tracking and capture team retrieved bird #4 at Wisconsin Department of Natural Recources's Meadow Valley State Wildlife Area, and brought it by truck to the Adams County site. Plans now are to give the bird a second chance to rejoin his flockmates on the migration.

Though cellular phone coverage can be spotty at Stop One, media can call:

Bob Manwell 612-868-9851
Chuck Underwood 904-910-6254
Join Guilfoyle 612-810-6797

Daily updates are recorded as soon as information becomes available by calling 608-565-4412 or 612-713-5311. New photos, stories and information is available on the partnership website at www.bringbackthecranes.org

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