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Newsletter – Fall 2017
Monday, September 17th, 2018Grus Americana newsletters available on line.
Wednesday, September 5th, 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.
Newsletter – Spring 2017
Monday, March 5th, 2018New Grus Americana newsletter available on line.
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017Newsletter – Fall 2016
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017Record nesting season in Wood Buffalo National Park
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
Happy New Year!
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017Grus 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 help support whooping crane conservation, a bargain at only $20.
The newsletter contains items such as: how the WCCA was able to participate in a project to secure wintering habitat for whooping cranes on the Texas coast and how you may be able to help support additional purchases of this fast dwindling resource in the future.
We also have important updates on all the wild populations of whooping cranes including the natural Aransas Wood Buffalo Population and the three introduced populations (Eastern Migratory and the Florida and Louisiana Resident populations).
An exciting new children’s book about the bond between a human and a crane is introduced.
There is also an update in the sentencing of an individual who shot two whooping cranes in Eastern Texas and how the WCCA helped solve the case by providing a reward to the informants.
Older issues of Grus Americana can be viewed free at our Newsletters link.
Aransas/Wood Buffalo Report
Dr. Wade Harrell of the US Fish and Wildlife Service has provided the WCCA with the following report on surveys of the Aransas/Wood Buffalo whooping crane population and current habitat conditions on the wintering grounds:
Newsletter – Spring 2016
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016Winter 2015/16 Whooping Crane Survey Results
Friday, April 22nd, 2016Aransas 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 observed on the Aransas National Wildife Refuge and surrounding area, another 9 birds were outside of the primary survey area bringing the population to about 338 birds.
See their full report.
Wintering Whooping Crane Update, March 29, 2016
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016Wade 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 get back up to Wood Buffalo National Park for another breeding season.
Read the full report on the US Fish and Wildlife Services website.
