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Will Wisconsin Whoopers Win Out After Woeful Winter?

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Monday, May 14, 2007   


An effort to restore Wisconsin's whooping crane population has faced a series of blows, but organizers say there's still hope. Sixteen cranes died in a freak February storm in their Florida wintering ground. More recently, unseasonable weather led four pairs of birds to abandon their nests in the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. But Charlie Luthin with the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin says he's optimistic that many of the remaining 57 wild cranes will successfully nest this month, and he says they'll be joined by whoopers raised in captivity.

“There are birds that are nesting as we speak. The progeny of those birds in captivity will be brought to Necedah after about 30 days. We want to have 125 birds in the wild, or a minimum of 25 wild nests of whooping cranes.”

Whooping cranes in captivity have two ways to learn their migration routes. Some are guided with ultra-light aircraft, and others are released into the wild and follow other whoopers or sandhill cranes.

Luthin adds that the loss of birds this winter was a big disappointment, but he says wildlife restoration often faces setbacks, and in the long run, he thinks whooping cranes will make a comeback.

“We're not daunted by these setbacks. We're really encouraged by all of the successes we've had to date, and we look forward to a really good year. We're very dedicated to this project, so we're moving forward.”



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