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21 <br />In 1985, a plan for Federal-State Cooperative protection <br />whe e fwhoop Whooping g crCanes occurred Lew approved <br />by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 13 States <br />1992). The cooperative plan describes erdisease outbreaks, envi onmentalcranes <br />are observed in hazardous situations due to avian <br />contaminants, or hunting activities, or when �n to whooping cranes, iespec ally du, rng dead. <br />Plan objectives are to provide added protection <br />migration, and to increase the opportunities to in 1987. <br />recover and rehabilitate birds found injured or <br />sick. A similar plan was implemented in Canada <br />A whooping crane health management workshop <br />ants organized in <br />he veterinary and awldlife <br />Wildlife Health Research Center and ICF. p <br />disease specialists working with whooping cranes. and wild flocks and management <br />or pre - release and <br />were established for disease monitoring and <br />pre- transfer disease screening. Unpublished d inc including avian tulbercufosis, Eastern Equ ne <br />Research needs were identified and prioritized <br />Encephalitis (EEE), and crane herpes. Development A Health Advisory Teadm was pestablished twith a <br />on whooping crane mortality was initiated <br />dvisors <br />clinical and research veterinarian identified to coordinate <br />et periodically to evaluate paogress <br />to the recovery team. The group should continue <br />and address future needs. <br />H. AWP Management And Research have been <br />Migration Monitoring: Although a number of migration sightings <br />1973 Archibald reported nand <br />compiled over the years (Allen 1952, Sutton <br />1976, Asherin and Drewien 1987), few were <br />ther potential haza dspand to compile <br />whooping cranes from disease outbreaks <br />information on the characteristics and locations his program alerts key pe sonnet aboutesightings <br />migration- monitoring program in 1975. p <br />so that reports can be verified, stopover sites ct onng programbirds <br />s now coordinated protective <br />surveillance by State and Federal personnel. This mon <br />with reporting networks of the CWS, States, and provinces along the migration corridor. <br />Flightless young whooping cranes were captured and marked with colored plastic legbands <br />in WBNP from 1977 through 1988 (Kuyt 1978j, 1979.a, Drewien and Kuyt he <br />Forty -eight percent of the 133 birds in the A provided arwealth of information ton' whooping <br />summer of 1991. This marking program pro <br />crane biology, including the summering locations os heuage of initial pairing and <br />abitat -use <br />of wintering subadult flocks, age specific survivorship, <br />breeding, reproductive histories, and the identification of stopover <br />1981�S6 shop and <br />and <br />breeding territories used by specific pairs (Kuyt 4 <br />Blankinship 1982, Bishop 1984). The pres gilded information on several ventspwhi precise <br />information on migration chronology, and y <br />have otherwise gone undetected (Stehn 1992). Other information y segment gained Prof the wbld ding <br />studies included the ability to develop a studbook <br />population, tracing the reproductive historvaluable ns ght into the relatedness and genet c <br />and probable deaths. This data provides <br />