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Protocol And Results From The First Season Of Captive-Rearing Whooping Cranes For A Non-Migratory Release In Louisiana, Glenn H. Olsen, Jane N. Chandler
Protocol And Results From The First Season Of Captive-Rearing Whooping Cranes For A Non-Migratory Release In Louisiana, Glenn H. Olsen, Jane N. Chandler
Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop
The principal historic range of the whooping crane (Grus americana) consisted of the tall grass prairies and wetlands of southwest Louisiana, Texas, and parts of Mexico (Allen 1952). Whooping cranes migrated there from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakotas, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and breeding grounds of the remnant flock in and near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.
Historical Notes On Whooping Cranes At White Lake, Louisiana: The John J. Lynch Interviews, 1947-1948, Gay M. Gomez, Roderick C. Drewien, Mary Lynch Courville
Historical Notes On Whooping Cranes At White Lake, Louisiana: The John J. Lynch Interviews, 1947-1948, Gay M. Gomez, Roderick C. Drewien, Mary Lynch Courville
Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop
In May 1939 biologist John J. Lynch of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey conducted an aerial survey that documented the existence of a non-migratory population of whooping cranes (Grus americana) near White Lake in southwest Louisiana. Lynch found 13 cranes, including 2 pre-fledged young, confirming breeding. Lynch’s survey occurred, in part, because fur trappers and alligator hunters working in the White Lake marshes had informed the biologist of the cranes’ presence and habits. Lynch continued his contacts with these knowledgeable marsh users, and in 1947 and 1948 interviewed at least 7 individuals. In 2001, M. L. Courville, …
Whooping Cranes Breeding At White Lake, Louisiana, 1939: Observations By John J. Lynch, U. S. Bureau Of Biological Survey, Roderick C. Drewien, John Tautin, Mary Lynch Courville, Gay M. Gomez
Whooping Cranes Breeding At White Lake, Louisiana, 1939: Observations By John J. Lynch, U. S. Bureau Of Biological Survey, Roderick C. Drewien, John Tautin, Mary Lynch Courville, Gay M. Gomez
Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop
On 15 May 1939, Jo1m J. Lynch of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey located l3 whooping cranes (Grus americana), including 2 prefledged young, during an aerial survey near White Lake in southwestern Louisiana. His observation was the last historic record of whooping cranes breeding in the wild in the United States, and it confinned the presence of a nonmigratory breeding population along the Gulf Coast. While reviewing old U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service files at the National Archives in 1999, we located Lynch's original 1939 field note, 2 letters, 5 photographs, and a draft manuscript describing the …
Whooping Cranes In Southwest Louisiana: History And Human Attitudes, Gay M. Gomez
Whooping Cranes In Southwest Louisiana: History And Human Attitudes, Gay M. Gomez
Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop
When whooping cranes (Grus americana) inhabited southwest Louisiana's coastal marshes, residents viewed them as a food source and a crop pest, and shooting was commonplace. Local attitudes have changed as a result of education, stricter law enforcement, and decreased dependence on wildlife for subsistence, but hunting remains widespread. A 1977 proposal to reintroduce whooping cranes to southwest Louisiana generated strong opposition from the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission (now Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries), based on concerns about critical habitat and its likely impact on waterfowl hunting and other traditional marsh uses. These concerns remain, though …