White Oak Conservation is pleased to announce that two Whooping Crane chicks have hatched, marking the first time White Oak has successfully bred this critically endangered species.
Category: Whooping Crane
In the News – April 2018
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
Whooping Crane Outreach Program Assistants help create communities that care about cranes
The International Crane Foundation has been working in Alabama for three years and began a new outreach campaign in Indiana this year.
In the News – March 2018
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
International Crane Foundation captive flock grows by six Whooping Cranes
Three pairs of breeding Whooping Cranes recently moved to Crane City at the International Crane Foundation, relocating from the Whooping Crane Program at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland.
A Helping Hand to our Neighbors in Port Aransas, Texas
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey to the Central Texas Coast last summer, we knew we wanted to do as much as we could to help rebuild this region – for both people and wildlife.
End of an Era – Our Deepest Gratitude to the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
In 1964, a juvenile Whooping Crane with a broken wing was retrieved from Wood Buffalo National Park in subarctic Canada. He was named CAN-US by the two countries fervently working to save the last remaining Whooping Cranes. At that time, the outlook for Whooping Cranes was bleak.
Setback for Wisconsin Wetlands As Legislation Passes in State Assembly and Senate
The Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate passed legislation that will impact up to 100,000 acres of “isolated,” non-federal wetlands in our state. This legislation will now go to Governor Walker’s desk for his signature.
Whooping Cranes will soon return to Wisconsin
Sixteen young Whooping Cranes released in 2017 successfully migrated south for the winter. Restoration partners are now eagerly awaiting the birds’ return and hoping the coming breeding season exceeds the promising results achieved last year.
A Risky Climate for Cranes, Wetlands and Our World
I was working in Zambia when word came that the United States would pull out of the international Paris Agreement on climate change. Listening to this news with a group of Zambian colleagues, I was saddened. In Zambia, and nearly everywhere we work around the world, climate change is treated as a life or death matter.