About Whooping Cranes & Their Recovery

The whooping crane is an endangered species. There are three wild populations of whooping cranes in North America:

• One population winters in the coastal Texas marshes and summers at Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. It is the remnant of the wild population.

• A population has been re-introduced in Florida. This population not migrate.

• The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) re-introduced a population that summers in Wisconsin and migrates to the southeastern U.S. for the winter.

Whooping Crane Recovery Reports

Each report includes summaries of recovery activities for all the wild populations of whooping cranes in North America (Aransas/Wood Buffalo, non-migratory Florida, and eastern migratory).

 

November 2007 - September 2008

April 2007 - October 2007

October 2006 - April 2007

April 2006 - September 2006

October 2005 - March 2006

April 2005 - September 2005

October 2004 - March 2005

April 2004 - September 2004

October 2003 - March 2004

April - September 2003

September 2002 - March 2003

March 2002 - August 2002

September 2001 - February 2002

March - August 2001

WCEP Annual Reports

Summaries of the Partnership's efforts to re-establish a migratory flock of whooping cranes in the eastern United States.

WCEP Annual Report for 2007

WCEP Annual Report for 2006

WCEP Annual Report for 2005

WCEP Annual Report for 2004

WCEP Annual Report for 2003

WCEP Annual Report for 2002

Whooping Crane Numbers in North America:

Whooping Crane Numbers - August 2007

Whooping Crane Numbers 2002 thru 2007

Whooping Crane Recovery and Management Plans

Whooping Crane Recovery Plan: Third Revision - March 2007 (USFWS)

Whooping Crane Recovery Plan: Second Revision - February 11, 1994 (USFWS) PDF File

 

Wisconsin Whooping Management Plan

Whooping Crane Fact Sheet and Pamphlet

Whooping Cranes:  The Road to Survival - a pamphlet describing whooping crane appearance, natural history, and recovery actions (USFWS)

 

Neat Facts About Whooping Cranes

Whooping Cranes in Canada

The Wild Whooping Crane Population in Canada (Environment Canada)

Alberta, Canada Fish and Wildlife's Whooping Crane pages

Florida Non-migratory Population

Current Status, History and Update on the Florida non-migratory Whooping Crane Population - Whooping Crane Conservation Association

Crane Species Worldwide

International Crane Foundation

North American Crane Working Group (Sandhill and Whooping Cranes)

 

Links to Other Whooping Crane Websites

Whooping Crane Reintroduction Project - Region 3 of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

International Crane Foundation's Whooping Crane Page

National Wildlife Federation's Whooping Crane Pages

North American Crane Working Group:   Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

Whooping Crane Biologue (pdf version) - fact sheet (USFWS)

Whooping Crane Conservation Association

Whooping Crane Information on USFWS National Website

Wisconsin DNR whooping crane page

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