NEW ORLEANS — The whooping crane — one of the world’s most endangered birds and one of the first animals on the U.S. endangered list — could be back in Louisiana’s wetlands as early as February under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal. Read more »
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AMMOLAND.COM
USFWS Proposes Reintroduction of Whooping Cranes into Louisiana
August 20th, 2010 | Related PressWashington, DC –(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today in the Federal Register it is seeking public comment on a proposed rule to reintroduce the endangered whooping crane into habitat in its historic range on the state-owned White Lake Wetland Conservation Area in …Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems, Whooping Cranes
ROCKPORT PILOT
Whooping Crane book shows ‘Moore’ to story
July 30th, 2010 | Related PressLeading Whooping Crane tours over the last few years sparked an idea in Capt. Tommy Moore’s mind, but he didn’t put pen to paper until last year when the project finally came to fruition. That project is the release of his first book The Lobstick …Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems, Whooping Cranes
CALGARY HERALD
Gulf oil spill crisis may take toll on endangered whooping cranes
June 24th, 2010 | Related PressCALGARY – The already endangered population of whooping cranes may be in further jeopardy if the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affects the birds’ winter habitat and food systems, says an expert with the Calgary Zoo. Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems, Whooping Cranes
HOUSTON CHRONICLE EDITORIAL
The Gulf’s hope is in Texas after oil spill
June 24th, 2010 | Related PressIt’s been more than six weeks since a horrific explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people and created the largest oil spill in United States history. In light of the tragic loss of human life and the devastating ecological implications of this epic …Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Wildlife to bare brunt of oil spill damage
June 24th, 2010 | Related PressCurrently, Texas biologists are hurriedly gathering baseline data on marine life along the beaches and adjacent surf to use in gauging impacts of any oil that reaches the beaches. Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems, Whooping Cranes
ICF BUGLE
It’s About Water
June 14th, 2010 | TAP In The NewsTAP member organization The International Crane Foundation’s newsletter, The Bugle, featured an article written by Vice President Rich Beilfuss on TAP, freshwater inflows, and the threat to the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock of whooping cranes. Download the PDF of the article. Read the entire article …Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems, Guadalupe Basin Water Management, TAP Progress, Whooping Cranes
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Counting Cranes
June 1st, 2010 | Related PressNearly grazing the treetops, a tiny red plane swoops in dizzying circles over the bogs and forests of Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park. As pilot Jim Bredy banks hard for another pass, he and his two passengers press their faces against the glass, squinting to …Read more »
Filed in: Coastal Ecosystems, Whooping Cranes
KAVU VICTORIA
NRC holds Information Session on Nuclear Power Plant
April 23rd, 2010 | Related PressExelon’s push for a nuclear power plant in victoria left some residents with mixed opinions Thursday when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held an information session to explain the process to residents. Read more »
Filed in: Guadalupe Basin Water Management
VICTORIA ADVOCATE
Support, concerns expressed at meeting addressing nuclear in Victoria
April 23rd, 2010 | Related PressJohn and Sue Gibbs own property along the Guadalupe River, right next door to the site of a possible nuclear power plant. They don’t like the idea of being neighbors with the plant. And they won’t be throwing the energy company a welcoming party if …Read more »
Filed in: Guadalupe Basin Water Management