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Grus Americana Newsletter

The latest issue of Grus Americana (April 2022), the newsletter of the Whooping Crane Conservation Association, has been mailed to members, to obtain a copy please go to our Membership page to join the WCCA and help support whooping crane conservation, a bargain at only $20.

The newsletter contains items such as:

  • Whooping Cranes in Record Numbers on the Platte River
  • What do Whooping Cranes eat during their Platte River stopover?
  • President’s Note
  • Whooping Crane Shooting Deaths in Oklahoma under Investigation
  • Letter from the WCCA to the US Department of the Interior concerning plans to down-list the conservation status of the Whooping Crane
  • Aransas—Wood Buffalo Whooping Crane Population Summary 2016-2021
  • Eastern Migratory Population Update
  • Louisiana Whooping Crane Update
  • Florida Whooping Crane Update
  • Dr. Roderick C. Drewien July 30, 1939 – July 28, 2021
  • An opportunity for members and friends of the WCCA to contribute to whooping crane recovery

Previous issues of the newsletter Grus Americana can be viewed free in our Newsletters archive.