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October 6, 2022The 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.
Newsletter – June 2021
June 2, 2021Grus Americana
April 2, 2021The latest issue of Grus Americana (June 2020), 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 Getting Their Day in Court regarding shootings
- Jim Lewis retires from Treasurer position
- Concerns about Whooping Cranes migrating in larger-than-normal flocks
- Aransas/Wood Buffalo population summary 2015-2019
- Update on the Eastern Migratory Population
- Update on the Louisiana Whooping Crane Population
- Update on the Florida Whooping Crane Population
- Cheniere Foundation Donates $100,000 to CBBEP’s Coastal Bird Program
- 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.
Newsletter – June 2020
June 2, 2020Flock Update: December 2019
December 9, 2019Maximum size of wild whooping crane populations in winter 2018-19.
| Population | Male | Female | Unknown | Total | Breeding Pairs |
| Aransas-Wood Buffalo | 504 | 87 | |||
| Eastern Migratory | 45 | 52 | 3 | 100 | |
| Louisiana Non-migratory | 36 | 38 | 74 | ||
| Florida Non-migratory | 11 | ||||
| Total in wild populations | 689 |
Number of whooping cranes held in captivity as part of the Species Survival Program (SSP) in December 2019. Institutions denoted with a star are designated by the International Whooping Crane Recovery Team and the SSP as captive breeding centers.
| Institution | Male | Female | Total |
| International Crane Foundation, Wisconsin* | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| Audubon Zoo, Louisiana* | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| Calgary Zoo, Alberta* | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Virginia* | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| White Oak Conservation Center, Florida* | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium, Texas | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Abilene Zoo, Texas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacksonville Zoo, Florida | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Milwaukee County Zoo, Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Omaha Zoo, Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sylvan Heights Bird Park, North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zoo New England, Massechusetts | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dallas Zoo, Texas* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total in captive population | 78 | 75 | 153 |
Total Wild and Captive Populations 842
Whooping Crane population data courtesy of the Canadian Wildlife Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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September 18, 2019The latest issue of Grus Americana (Spring 2019), 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:
- Reducing the risk of crane collisions with power lines
- George Gee – Trustee Emeritus
- musings about Robert Porter Allen
- Aransas/Wood Buffalo population update
- update on the Eastern Migratory Population
- update on the Louisiana Whooping Crane Population
- 2019 Wood Buffalo fledgling count
- Ontario whooping crane shooting and Reward offered
- Trustee Emeritus Dayton Hyde passes away.
- 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.
Newsletter – August 2019
August 1, 2019Newsletter – Fall 2018
September 18, 2018Grus Americana newsletters available on line.
September 5, 2018The latest issue of Grus Americana (Spring 2018), 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:
- WCCA contributes to the purchase of additional winter habitat at Aransas;
- an opportunity for members and friends of the WCCA to contribute to whooping crane recovery;
- effects that Hurricane Harvey had on whooping cranes and their winter habitat;
- 2018 nesting season in Wood Buffalo National Park;
- update on the Eastern Migratory Population;
- update on the Louisiana Whooping Crane Population and
- Louisiana whooping crane shooting.
The Fall 2017 newsletter and older issues of Grus Americana can be viewed free in our Newsletters archive.
