11/5: Ultralight leads cranes

Undertoad · 11-05-2001, 09:50 AM

A group of highly-endangered whooping cranes lives in Wisconsin at the Necedah national wildlife refuge. Problem: how to get them to migrate south for the winter successfully - especially to go to a place where they'll be safe.

Answer: LEAD them south via ultralight aircraft.

It seems as if last year's attempt to do this worked well - the cranes returned on their own - so this year they are doing it again, and you can track the results yourself at www.bringbackthecranes.org or at www.operationmigration.org.

A pic of last year's operation:

11-05-2001, 09:50 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/5: Ultralight leads cranes A group of highly-endangered whooping cranes lives in Wisconsin at the Necedah national wildlife refuge. Problem: how to get them to migrate south for the winter successfully - especially to go to a place where they'll be safe. Answer: LEAD them south via ultralight aircraft. It seems as if last year's attempt to do this worked well - the cranes returned on their own - so this year they are doing it again, and you can track the results yourself at www.bringbackthecranes.org or at www.operationmigration.org. A pic of last year's operation:

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