Bringing
Whoopers Back
(detailed information about the whooping crane reintroduction project)
Migratory
Whooping Crane Reintroduction - Project Description
Facts
Protocol for Whooping Crane Reintroduction
Project describes the methods and techniques that are and will be
used to rear and reintroduce whooping cranes
Direct
Autumn Release: A
new technique for reintroducing young cranes
Questions and Answers about the Spring Migration
Questions and Answers about the
Reintroduction Project
Map of Nonessential Experimental Population
Area
Whooping Calls and Vocalizations an important
component of the reintroduction project
Sandhill Crane Study - information, journals, and photos about the study conducted during
2000
What to do if you see a whooping crane
Statements explaining major project events
June 12, 2007 Statement: Statement on
Swap of Eggs at Wild Whooping Crane Nest in Wisconsin
Winter 2006-2007: Winter Storm Loss of 2006 Year Class
June 2007: Review of Unusual Mortality
of 17 Juvenile Whooping Cranes on February 1 & 2, 2007
April 17, 2007 WCEP Statement on the Cause of Death
of 17 Juvenile Whooping Cranes
March 15, 2007 Review of Unusual Mortality Event
Spring 2006: First Wild-hatched Chicks from the Reintroduced Eastern Migratory Flock - The
reintroduced flock produces its first
wild-hatched chicks
Below are links to the daily updates from the fall ultralight-led migrations for 2001 thru 2003
2003
Fall Migration - Daily Updates
2002
Fall Migration - Daily Updates
2001 Fall Migration - Daily Updates
Whooping
Crane Migration Class of 2001
Status
Report on the First Cohort of Migratory Whooping Cranes Reintroduced
Into Eastern North America - September 13, 2002
2002
Spring Migration
A
Light Hearted, Bird's Eye View of the 2001 Fall Migration
Project Update from August 2001 thru 2002
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center is where the whooping crane chicks are hatched and reared
before they are flown to Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. Patuxent's
website provides photos and information about the whooping crane captive
rearing process. Video and vocalizations are available on their
website.
Crane
Information
Whooping
Crane Recovery Activities in North America
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
Whooping Crane Numbers Worldwide
Total Numbers as of August 2007
Whooping
Crane Numbers 2002 thru 2007
Whooping Crane Recovery Plan
Whooping Crane Recovery Plan: Third Revision (March 2007) - (USFWS)
Whooping
Crane Recovery Plan: Second Revision (Feb. 11, 1994) - pdf file (USFWS)
Whooping Crane Recovery Pamphlet
Whooping
Cranes: The Road to Survival - a pamphlet describing whooping
crane appearance, natural history, and recovery actions (USFWS)
Neat
Facts About Whooping Cranes
Links to other Whooping
Crane Websites in North America:
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
Whooping
Crane Reintroduction Project - Region 3 of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
North
America's Wild Western Flock of Whooping Cranes
The
Wild Whooping Crane Flock in Canada (Environment Canada)
Alberta,
Canada Fish and Wildlife's Whooping Crane pages
See also the Whooping Crane Recovery Activities (above)
Florida's
Reintroduced Resident Flock of Whooping Cranes
Current
Status and History and Update on Florida non-migratory Whooping Crane
Flock - Whooping Crane Conservation Association
Crane
Species Worldwide
International Crane
Foundation
North
American Crane Working Group (Sandhill and Whooping Cranes)
Everyday Things You Can Do
-
No time to volunteer and unable to make a donation? Follow
this link for suggestions on things that we all can do everyday to protect
whooping cranes and our earth's diversity.
Get
Involved!
Interested
in helping the whooping crane reintroduction project?
We can use your help!
Kids
and Teachers
"Journey
North!" Whooping
Crane Reintroduction activities and curriculum developed by "Journey
North" for kids and teachers
International Crane Foundation's
Kid's Pages
Media
Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership's Media Points of Contact.
Project
Information:
fact sheets, sounds, and more
High Resolution
Photos
 Project Photos
Photos from the 2002 migration
Photos from the 2001 migration
2003
Photos from Operation Migration, Inc.
Video
News
Releases
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
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
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
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
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
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
First
"Class of 2002" Endangered Whooping Cranes Reach Wisconsin
April 15, 2003
2002
Ultra Light-Led Endangered Whooping Cranes
Reach Home -- Will Join Four From Last Year's Migration (November 30, 2002)
“Lucky
Number Seven” is First Whooping Crane to Make 1,300 Mile Solo Flight
- News Release, November 22, 2002
Media Update: First Leg of Migration
Proves Challenging - October 13, 2002
Second
Whooping Crane Flock Heads to Florida Behind Ultralights - October 13,
2002
Final
Group of Experimental Whooping Crane Chicks Arrive at the Necedah National
Wildlife Refuge - June 28, 2002
Second
Flock of Experimental Whooping Crane Chicks Arrive at Necedah National
Wildlife Refuge - June 12, 2002
Experimental
Flock of Whooping Cranes Return to Central Wisconsin (April 19, 2002)
Experimental
Flock of Whooping Cranes on Their Way North (April 10, 2002)
Second
Whooping Crane Killed by Bobcat (Jan. 23, 2002)
2001
Whooping
Cranes Acclimating to Chassahowitzka (Dec. 20, 2001)
Whooping
Crane Killed by Bobcat (Dec. 18, 2001)
Whooping
Cranes Arrive in Florida (Nov. 25, 2001)
Whooping
Cranes Cross Into Indiana (Nov. 3, 2001)
High
Winds Result in Loss of One Whooping Crane
(Oct. 25, 2001)
Wayward
Crane Returns to Migration (Oct. 19, 2001)
Weather
Delays Whooper Migration Progress (Oct. 18, 2001)
Lift
Off!
Ultralight-led whooping cranes start historic migration (Oct.
17, 2001)
Weather
Delays Migration Another Day (Oct. 16, 2001)
Ultra-light
led whooping crane historic migration flight delayed due to weather
(Oct. 15, 2001)
Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership Announces the Death of a Whooping Crane
(Sept. 14, 2001)
Young
Whooping Cranes Trained at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
(July 2, 2001)
In
Bold Experiment, Ultralight to Lead Whooping Cranes from Wisconsin to
Florida
(June 20, 2001)
Ultralight-led
Sandhill Cranes Return to Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (May 1,
2001)
Migration
Study Sandhill Cranes: Update March 22, 2001
Sandhill
Cranes From Last Year's Sandhill Cranes Migration Study with Ultralight
aircraft Have Left Their Wintering Area (March 16, 2001)
U.S
Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes Reintroduction of Migratory Whooping
Cranes to the Eastern United States (March 9, 2001)
Partners
The Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership Partners
Video
Nov.
10 and 11, 2001 video (RealPlayer) of how the migration team looked
for and found the whooping crane that left the migrating flock (courtesy
of Sunshine Productions HC)
Oct.
31, 2001 video
of the migration with narration (courtesy of Sunshine Productions HC)
Whooping
Crane Training from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (Sept. 5, 2001)
(courtesy
of Sunshine Productions HC)
Quicktime Version (1.82MB)
RealPlayer Version (380KB)
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