Record-breaking number of nests counted
Record number of Whooping Crane nests in Wood Buffalo National Park and surrounding area. Recent surveys conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Service on the whooping crane breeding grounds have revealed...
View ArticleNumber of whooping cranes rising in the N.W.T.
The world’s number of whooping cranes are steadily on the rise, according to biologists at Wood Buffalo National Park. There are now an estimated 300 cranes in the flock, which is up from 16 in the...
View ArticleBiologists wrap up annual WBNP whooping crane studies
The Canadian Wildlife Service reports that at least 32 whooping cranes have fledged in Wood Buffalo National Park and surrounding area in 2014. For more detail please see the article in the Northern...
View ArticleWanted: Volunteers
The Whooping Crane Conservation Association is currently seeking interested people to fill upcoming vacancies on our Executive. All executive positions, including those of the Trustees, are volunteer...
View ArticleEarly Winter Vacation
The first whooping cranes to return to the wintering grounds at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge did so in mid September, about a month earlier than usual. For more detail please see the article in...
View ArticleWhooping Crane Recovery Activities
Download the Whooping Crane Recovery Activities Report (2013 breeding season – 2014 spring migration) by Wade Harrell (US Fish & Wildlife Service) and Mark Bidwell (Canadian Wildlife Service)...
View ArticleHalf of future whooper habitat could be lost
Critical Whooping Crane wintering habitat in short supply and threatened. Read about the latest research by Elizabeth Smith of the International Crane Foundation and Felipe Chavez-Ramirez of the Gulf...
View ArticleWintering Whooping Crane Update
Update from Wade Harrell, U.S. Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator. Read Now… WANTED The Whooping Crane Conservation Association is currently seeking interested people to fill upcoming vacancies on...
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Wintering Whooping Crane Update, February 22, 2015
Wade Harrell, U.S. Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator. It continues to look like a banner year in terms of habitat conditions, with the Refuge having a greater amount of freshwater on the landscape...
View ArticleWhooping Crane Numbers Look Good
308 Whooping Cranes at Aransas. An additional 6 birds were observed outside the survey area indicating that the Aransas/Wood Buffalo Flock may have as many as 314 individuals – see the latest News...
View ArticleWintering Whooping Crane Update
Wade Harrell, U.S. Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator provided us with this update.
View ArticleWintering Whooping Crane Update
Check out the December 22, 2015 update on Wintering Whooping Crane’s, by Dr. Wade Harrell, U.S. Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator.
View ArticleWintering Whooping Crane Update, March 29, 2016
Wade Harrell, U.S. Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator Whooping crane spring migration has begun. It has been a tremendous winter season here at Aransas NWR, but the whooping cranes seem to be ready to...
View ArticleWinter 2015/16 Whooping Crane Survey Results
Aransas National Wildife Refuge Matthew Butler and Wade Harrell of the US Fish and Wildife Service have just released the results of this past winters whooping crane surveys. A total of 329 birds were...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Grus Americana (Fall 2016) The latest issue of Whooping Crane Conservation Association newsletter, has been mailed to members, to obtain a copy please go to our Membership link to join the WCCA and...
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Record nesting season in Wood Buffalo National Park
A record number of whooping crane nests have been found in Wood Buffalo National Park during the 2017 nesting survey carried out by Parks Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada. This year’s...
View ArticleNew Grus Americana newsletter available on line.
The Fall 2016 Newsletter has been posted. The Spring 2017 Newsletter is now available to members. If you are not a member, please join the Whooping Crane Conservation Association to get your copy....
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