Initiative: Species Reintroduction
In July, the year’s first two chicks fledged in the Eastern Migratory Population!
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
This rule change directly threatens the continued recovery of the Endangered Whooping Crane, one of the first species protected by the Endangered Species Act
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
This year’s chicks are getting bigger in the Eastern Migratory Whooping Crane population!
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
From 2019-2024, our team monitored 81 Whooping Crane nests across Wisconsin to determine the main predators of the population’s eggs.
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
In May, chicks have started hatching in the Whooping Crane Eastern Migratory Population!
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
In April, the Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population began nesting in Wisconsin!
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
The International Crane Foundation is deeply concerned following the recent illegal shooting of a Whooping Crane in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana — the second such incident in the parish in less than two months. It is the third time in just over two years that a Whooping Crane has been poached in the parish.
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
During March, most Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population arrived on their typical breeding/summering grounds in Wisconsin!
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
The two populations of North America’s migrating Whooping Cranes exhibit vastly different behaviors on their journey south. The remnant Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population (AWBP) migrates about 2,500 miles along the Central Flyway to reach their historic wintering grounds in coastal Texas. The Eastern Migratory Population (EMP), a reintroduced population established in 2001, was originally taught to fly to coastal Florida to salt marshes that mimic the conditions of the wintering habitat in Texas.
Initiative: Species Reintroduction
During January, most of the Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population were still on their wintering grounds and doing well.
