Experimental release of whooping cranes in Florida proposed

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The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) plans to release captive-reared whooping cranes in Florida's Kissimmee Prairie to start a non-migratoy population of this endangered bird. The agency intends to release 12 birds that have already been conditioned for release in the wild either on Dec 1992 or Jan 1993. It also plans to use the same rearing and release methods employed in a similar project involving Mississippi sandhill cranes. The whooping cranes will originate from the FWS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and will be radio tagged so that they can be monitored for two years.

Planning, Environmental aspects, Wildlife conservation, Whooping crane, Kissimmee, Florida

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The duck stamp: making a spectacle of a threatened species?

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The 1992-3 duck stamp, officially known as the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conversation Stamp, portrays an endangered duck for the first time in 59 years. The stamp depicts the spectacled eider, whose declining numbers caused their hunting to be stopped in the 1991-2 season. Since a signed duck stamp is a requirement to hunt ducks and proceeds from the stamp sales fund waterfowl habitat development, many see the new stamp as gently spreading the message not to hunt the spectacled eider.

Hunting, trapping, game propagation, Innovations, Portrayals, Eider, Ducks, Duck stamps, Darling, Jay N.

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History on the wing: California condors restored to home skies

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Two California condors bred in captivity were released to the wilderness of VenturaCounty, CA, from a Sespe Condor Sanctuary holding pen in Los Padres National Forest. The soaring birds, a nine-month-old female and an eight-month-old male,were returned to their natural habitat 10 years after a campaign was launched to save their species from extinction. The release marked the beginning of efforts to re-establish a viable population of Gymnogyps californianus in the wild.

California condor

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