LDWF Adds Three Juvenile Whooping Cranes To Its Experimental Population
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) added three whooping cranes last week to its experimental population as it seeks to re-establish the state’s whooping crane population.
Four juvenile cranes, hatched and reared at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center in New Orleans, part of the Audubon Nature Institute, were received at LDWF’s White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) near Gueydan on Wednesday (Nov. 10). Unfortunately, one of the cranes died just a few days after its release.
The annual release of juvenile cranes was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
LDWF and Audubon Nature Institute have been longtime leaders in whooping crane conservation in Louisiana and are continuing to expand their partnership with the goal of developing a self-sustaining population of whooping cranes in Louisiana.
LDWF and Audubon are committed to the long-term growth and stability of the whooping crane population. That commitment is supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Cameron LNG, Coypu Foundation and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation.
Since 2011, Chevron has invested in LDWF’s whooping crane reintroduction project. In addition to Chevron’s financial contributions, their employees have also given volunteer hours.
https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/ldwf-adds-three-juvenile-whooping-cranes-to-its-experimental-population
