News Releases

Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership Releases Five Year Strategic Plan: Moving Toward a Sustainable Eastern Migratory Population

February 1, 2011

The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) today announces the release of a comprehensive Five Year Strategic Plan for the... Read more

Wildlife Agencies Investigating the Deaths of Three Whooping Cranes in South Georgia

January 5, 2011

CALHOUN COUNTY, GA – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources are investigating the... Read more

Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Arrive at First Wintering Destination in Florida

December 16, 2010

ST. MARKS, FL – Five endangered whooping cranes and their surrogate parents, three ultralight aircraft, arrived yesterday at their wintering... Read more

Young Whooping Cranes Will Learn Migration Route from their Elders

October 29, 2010

NECEDAH, WI – Eleven young whooping cranes were released October 25 on central Wisconsin’s Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. The cranes... Read more

Tenth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida

October 11, 2010

NECEDAH, WI – Eleven young whooping cranes yesterday began their ultralight-led migration from central Wisconsin’s Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). ... Read more

News Releases

Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership Releases Five Year Strategic Plan: Moving Toward a Sustainable Eastern Migratory Population

Wildlife Agencies Investigating the Deaths of Three Whooping Cranes in South Georgia

Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Arrive at First Wintering Destination in Florida

Young Whooping Cranes Will Learn Migration Route from their Elders

Tenth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida

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