Bev
Paulan served as O.M.'s
Supervisor of Field Operations from 2005 until January
2010. Now she helps as a crane tracker when needed. Bev
is from Antioch, IL. She has a college degree in biology
and is also a pilot who knows how to fly ultralights and
other planes. She had her own charter plane service for
15 years. Bev also worked
as a teacher at
a wildlife rehabilitation center. She has a college degree
in biology.
She
was known as "Chick Mama" because she
was involved with each year's chicks from hatch in
Maryland to release
in Florida after migration. As a member of the winter
monitoring team she stayed in Florida
after the chicks arrived. She helped watch over the
young cranes as they became wild and free. Then
she traveled to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland
to start all over again with new chicks hatched for the ultralight-led
migration.
In
mid-January, 2010, Bev left Operation Migration to take a
ppilot job with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Part of her new job will be tracking bears, wolves—and
sometimes the Eastern flock's Whooping cranes! Bev is
stationed near Necedah NWR.
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