Whooping Crane
Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP):
Partners
in Bringing Back the Cranes
WCEP:
Who Does What? |
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| Project Part | Which Partner Does It? |
Who's in Charge? |
| Breeding, Incubation, Hatching, Rearing, Health Care before the chicks are transported from Maryland to Wisconsin for "Flight School." | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) in Maryland |  |
| Rearing,
Imprinting, Early Conditioning to the ultralight body during "Ground
School" in Maryland before the chicks
are transported to Wisconsin |
Operation
Migration (OM) and PWRC |
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| Summer
"'Flight School" at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin |
OM and PWRC |
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| Migration from Wisconsin to Florida | OM and PWRC |
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| Winter
Monitoring of chicks in Florida at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge ("Chass") and St. Marks NWR |
Operation Migration and International Crane Foundation (ICF) |
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| Tracking of the older Whooping Cranes in the new Eastern Flock | ICF and USFWS |  |
| Direct Autumn Release (DAR) Program | ICF and USFWS |  |
Information Courtesy of Operation Migration
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