Whooping Crane Recovery Plan

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 2/11/1994
• Author: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Title: Whooping Crane Recovery Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 1. (continued)
Other populations column lists the Louisiana no nmigratory population 1938 -1949, and
P
a
Rocky Mountain Population (RMP) 1975 to 1993. dhe second s the adjusted occur in a number asumn,
the one in parenthesis is the original count an was 14 and 3,
explained in Boyce (1987). The 1945t the refuge in the winter of 1946 Consequently, it
but 22 adult - plumaged birds returned
is evident that some birds were not counted in 1945.
Saskatchewan, in 1922 (Hjertaas 1989), anon 1939 (Lynch 1956, Gomez 1992)6 The
nonmigratory Louisiana population occurred
nesting area of AWP was discovered in 1954 in W o,thNorthwest
t hwe t Territories, Canada
(Figure 1), and this population is the only historical one
In the 19th century, there were several migration routes. t he two most
grounds important
lllino ss
(Allen 1952:103) were "...those between Louisiana a
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba, and the other from Texas and the Rio Grande
Delta region of Mexico to nesting grounds in North Dakota, the Cana ai ent y followed the
D 9
Northwest Territories." A route through west Texas into Mexico acranes regularly travelled
route still used by sandhill cranes, he central ntlenordhighlandsr e'g on (Allen 1952).
with them to wintering are
AWP
-
Other Populations
Total
Winter
Adult
Young
Subtotal
1976 -77
57
12
69
3
6
3
2
75 80
1977 -78
62
10
72
75
6
3
84
1978 -79
68
7
6
76
8
7
91
98
1979 -80
70
72
6
78
15
5
86
1980 -81
1981 -82
71
2
73
13
0
4
87
1982 -83
67
6
73
75
10
13
17
105
1983 -84
68
7
15
86
21
12
119
128
1984 -85
1985 -86
71
81
16
97
27
4
1
131
1986 -87
89
21
110
134
20
16
0
150
1987 -88
109
25
19
138
14
0
152
159
1988 -89
1989 -90
119
126
20
146
13
0
0
159
1990 -91
133
13
8
146
132
13
12
0
144
145
1991 -92
1992 -93
124
121
15
136
9
0
1
152
1993 -94
127
16
143
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Other populations column lists the Louisiana no nmigratory population 1938 -1949, and
P
a
Rocky Mountain Population (RMP) 1975 to 1993. dhe second s the adjusted occur in a number asumn,
the one in parenthesis is the original count an was 14 and 3,
explained in Boyce (1987). The 1945t the refuge in the winter of 1946 Consequently, it
but 22 adult - plumaged birds returned
is evident that some birds were not counted in 1945.
Saskatchewan, in 1922 (Hjertaas 1989), anon 1939 (Lynch 1956, Gomez 1992)6 The
nonmigratory Louisiana population occurred
nesting area of AWP was discovered in 1954 in W o,thNorthwest
t hwe t Territories, Canada
(Figure 1), and this population is the only historical one
In the 19th century, there were several migration routes. t he two most
grounds important
lllino ss
(Allen 1952:103) were "...those between Louisiana a
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba, and the other from Texas and the Rio Grande
Delta region of Mexico to nesting grounds in North Dakota, the Cana ai ent y followed the
D 9
Northwest Territories." A route through west Texas into Mexico acranes regularly travelled
route still used by sandhill cranes, he central ntlenordhighlandsr e'g on (Allen 1952).
with them to wintering are