Migratory
Whooping Crane Reintroduction
Project Information, News Releases,
and High Resolution Photos
Statement: WCEP statement on Class of 2008 winter site decision (Feb. 7, 2008)
Whooping
Crane Recovery Activities: April 2007
thru October 2007
Media Points of Contact for the Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership
Project
Information: fact sheets, sounds, and more
High Resolution
Photos
 Project Photos
Photos from the 2002 migration
Photos from the 2001 migration
2008 Media Advisories and News Releases
News Release: Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Arrive at Florida Wintering Grounds (January 27, 2008)
2007 Media Advisories and News Releases
News Release: Young Whooping Cranes Will Learn Migration Route From Their Elders (November 1, 2007)
News Release: Seventeen Endangered Whooping Cranes
Take to the Sky on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida (October 13, 2007)
Statement: Statement on
Swap of Eggs at Wild Whooping Crane Nest in Wisconsin (June 12, 2007)
News Release: Whooping Crane Recovery Plan Revised (May 30, 2007) View the Whooping Crane Recovery Plan
News Release: Kohlers and Windway Capital Corp. Flight Team Honored for Support of Whooping Crane Reintroduction (May 9, 2007)
Statement WCEP Statement on the Death of Crane 15-06 (May 1, 2007)
Statement WCEP Statement on the Cause of Death
of 17 Juvenile Whooping Cranes (April 17, 2007)
News Release - Wild Whooping Cranes Returning to Wisconsin for Summer Season (March 16, 2007)
Statement - Why are the WCEP whooping cranes kept in the pen at the winter release site? (Feb. 13, 2007)
News
Release - One Endangered Juvenile Whooping Crane Discovered Alive in Florida (Feb. 4, 2007)
News
Release - Loss of Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge After Storms Hit Central Florida (Feb. 2, 2007)
2006 Media Advisories and
News Releases
After Record-Breaking Ultralight-led Journey, Historic Group of Whooping Cranes Arrives at Florida Wintering Grounds (Dec. 19, 2006)
Wild Whooping Cranes Arrive in Florida (Nov. 10, 2006)
Sixth Group of Endangered
Whooping Cranes
Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida (Oct. 5, 2006)
News Release - First
Chicks of the Ultralight-led "Class of 2006" Arrive at Wisconsin’s
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (June 27, 2006)
First Wild Whooping Crane Chicks
Hatch in the Midwest in Over 100 Years (June 23, 2006) Photos
of the whooping crane chicks.
News Release
- Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership
Celebrates New Additions as Reintroduced Cranes Become Parents (May
10, 2006)
News Release
- A Sure Sign of Spring: Wild Whooping Cranes
Return to Wisconsin (March 24, 2006)
2005 Media Advisories and News Releases
December
13, 2005 - Fifth Generation of Ultralight-led
Whooping Cranes
Reaches Florida Wintering Grounds
December
12, 2005 MEDIA ADVISORY: Whooping Crane Flyover
Location has been changed to the Dunnellon/Marion County Airport
Nov.
22, 2005 As Winter Approaches the Midwest,
Wild Whooping Cranes Head for Florida
Oct.
14, 2005 Fifth Group of Endangered Whooping
Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida
July
2005 - Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Welcomes Whooping Crane Chicks of the “Class of 2005”
April
8, 2005 - "Class of 2004" Endangered
Whooping Cranes Arrive in Wisconsin
2004 Media Advisories and
News Releases
Dec. 12, 2004
- They Did It Again! Whooping Cranes and
Ultralights Reach Florida
Nov.
22, 2004 - Just Ahead of the Ultralight-led
Cranes, Wild Whooping Crane Completes Fall Migration
Oct. 10, 2004 - The migration begins!
October
5, 2004 Media Advisory: Whooping Cranes Start
Migration - On Your Mark, Get Set, Migrate!
August
8, 2004 News Release: Three Yearling Whooping
Cranes Complete Interrupted Northward Migration, While Another Crane is
Located After Months MIA
June
16, 2004 News Release: Wisconsin’s Necedah
National Wildlife Refuge Welcomes First Whooping Crane Chicks of the “Class
of 2004”
May
27, 2004 News Release: Whooping Crane Reintroduction
Project Meets with Success-and Surprises-but These Endangered Birds Still
Face Many Dangers
April
20, 2004 News Release: First
"Class of 2003" Endangered Whooping Cranes Arrive at Wisconsin’s
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
April
1, 2004 News Release:"Class
of 2003" Endangered Whooping Cranes Begin Unassisted Migration
March
24, 2004 Media Advisory: Whooping Cranes
Confirmed in Wisconsin
2003 Media Advisories and
News Releases
Fall 2003
News
Release: Third Group of Endangered Whooping
Cranes Completes Ultralight-led Migration, Reaching Winter Home at Florida's
Chassahowitzka NWR - Dec. 8, 2003
Media
Advisory: First
Wild Whooping Cranes of 2003 Reach Florida after Unassisted Migration
- November 17, 2003
News
Release: Rare
Bird Reintroduction Project Scores a Hat Trick: Third Group of Endangered
Whooping Cranes Leaves Wisconsin for Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida
October 16, 2003
Summer
2003
Endangered Cranes Returned to Wisconsin after
Summer Vacation in South Dakota August 20, 2003
Third
Flock of Whooping Crane Chicks Arrives at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
in Wisconsin to Prepare for Migration June 20, 2003
Spring
2003
First "Class of 2002" Endangered
Whooping Cranes Reach Wisconsin April 15, 2003
Updates
'Fall
2004' updates
on training the new flock of whooping cranes at Necedah National Wildlife
Refuge (provided by Operation Migration, Inc.)
'Summer
2004' updates on 2001, 2002, and 2003 whooping crane flocks (provided
by the International Crane Foundation)
Archives
2003 Fall Updates on Ultralight-led
Migration
2003
Fall Updates for the 2001 and 2002 Flocks
 November
17, 2003
November
13, 2003
November
9, 2003
Oct.
26 - Nov. 1, 2003
Oct.
19 - 25, 2003
2002-2003
Winter Updates on Reintroduced Whooping Cranes
2002
Migration
2002
News Releases
2001
Migration
2001
News Releases
Photos
from the 2001 Migration
Video
from 2001 Migration
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