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.
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Crane City Renovations Bring New Life to Crane Enclosures
This winter we finished the fifth phase of renovations to our breeding facility Crane City. Yes, fifth – Crane City is extensive and houses around 70 birds. This multi-year effort is focusing on needed improvements to the cranes’ enclosures, including new siding and flight netting, reinforced fencing and roof repairs, and upgraded water hydrants and electrical.
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.
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.
New information regarding Siberian Crane poisonings in Yellow River delta, China
We’ve received updated information regarding the Siberian Cranes found earlier this month poisoned near their staging area on the Yellow River delta in central China.
Jason Sauey
Jason C. Sauey is CEO of the Nordic Group of Companies, a family-held holding company of primarily three operating companies: Flambeau, Inc.; Seats, Inc.; and Columbia ParCar. Flambeau is a… Continue reading Jason Sauey
Eleanor Hoagland
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Help keep Endangered Whooping Cranes safe in the New Year
We had a lot to celebrate this past year, and one of those things is Whooping Cranes! Whooping Cranes are one of the rarest bird species on earth, with only about 750 individuals in the global population.
Notes from the President: Finding Balance
I ride a unicycle and often find myself thinking about balance. I’ve learned I can do all sorts of surprising things when firmly balanced on one wheel… playing hockey, riding marathon distances, or winding down a mountainside on bumpy dirt trails. Conservation is likewise about finding balance in challenging circumstances – that elusive balance that results in win-win solutions for people and wildlife and thereby builds broad public support for conservation.
Travels with George: Sunrise at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Along the coast of Texas, the morning of Dec. 5, 2017, was perfect. Clear star-filled skies merged into a gorgeous sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico, amidst a calm that reflected Whooping Cranes and White Pelicans in mirror-like waters of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.