Draft Baseline Report - Whooping Crane Section

• Description: Prepared for the Platte River Cooperative Agreement ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program [PRRIP])‎
• State: NE
• State: CO
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/2002
• Author: Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
• Title: Draft Baseline Report, Whooping Crane Section
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

List of Tables
Table 1. Peak Winter Populations of the Aransas -Wood Buffalo Whooping Crane
Population and Other Populations, 1938 -2001 ................................. ............................... 18
Table 2. Sightings Of Whooping Cranes In The Platte River Valley, 1912 - 1948 ................ 20
Table 3. Confirmed Sightings Of Whooping Cranes In The Platte River Valley,
1940- 2000 ......................................................................................... ............................... 23
Table 4. Probable Sightings of Whooping Cranes in The Platte River Valley, 1980 - 2000.. 30
Table 5: Summary of Measurements at Whooping Crane Use Sites along the Central Platte
River, 1966- 2000 ............................................................................... ............................... 32
List of Figures
Figure 1. Breeding and Wintering Areas, and Migration Pathway of the Aransas -Wood
Buffalo Population of Whooping Cranes ......................................... ............................... 35
Figure 2. Central Platte River Study Area, with land cover /land use coverage area
boundaries, Whooping Crane Critical Habitat along the Platte River, and river segment
boundaries......................................................................................... ............................... 36
Figure 3. Whooping Crane Sightings in Nebraska, Spring and Fall, 1943- 1999 ................... 37
Figure 4. Spring Whooping Crane Sightings within the Central Platte River Region ..............
1943-1999 ......................................................................................... ............................... 38
Figure 5. Fall Whooping Crane Sightings within the Central Platte River Region,
1943-1999 ......................................................................................... ............................... 39
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