Aerial photo of the Platte River in Central Nebraska

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Issue No.23 March 2009. Looking back: Thirty Years on the River. Whooping Crane Migration Report Spring 2008. Sandhill Crane Migration Report Spring 2008. A Crane Researcher’s Perspective on the Past Thirty Years. Thirty Years of Land Management and Restoration. One Whooping Crane’s Family Tree. Partner in Tourism. Celebrating 30 years of Success.

Issue No.22 November 2007. The Banded Whooping Cranes. Northern Saw-whet Owls. Sandhill Crane Migration Report. Whooping Crane Migration Report. Whooper Watch. Alternative land Management. News.

Issue No. 21. November? 2005. Whooping Cranes – The Canadian Connection. Satellite Telemetry Provides a Revealing Look at the Phantom of the Plains. Freedom of the Plains. Grasshopers and Henslow’s Sparrows. Whoopin Crane Population Reaches Record Hihg. Whooper Watch.

Issue No. 20, November 2004. Whooping Cranes in Nebraska: Historical and Recent Trends. Spring 2004 Crane Migration Report. Study Focus: Is what's good for the cranes good for bobolinks? Whooping Crane Status Update. News. Platte River Update.

Issue No. 19, September 2003. Remembering Paul Currier . We must carry on the calling of Paul Currier. News from the Platte River . Whooper Watch—weed whacking wetlands wonderfully well for wildlife. Crane migration report—spring 2003. Whooping crane update.

Issue No. 18, March 2003. Water issues affect whooping cranes in Texas. Protecting flows into Texas bays & estuaries. New facilities on central Platte . Whooping crane status. Whooper Watch spring monitoring. Natural history notes: North America’s cranes. Crane conservation in South Africa .

Issue No. 17, December 2002. Drought focuses attention on central Platte. Earthwatch sandhill crane expeditions. News from the Platte River . West Nile Virus sickens cranes. Trust begins study of grassland breeding birds. Whooper Watch fall monitoring. Whooping crane status. Natural history notes: Plains leopard frog.

Issue No. 16, March 2002. The Cuban sandhill crane. Drought & war combine to affect migratory birds of the Indus flyway. Mississippi sandhill crane biologist visits. Celebration for John Cavanaugh . Whooper Watch gears up for 2002. Whooping crane status report. Help for nongame wildlife in Nebraska. Natural history notes: Nebraska’s winter resident—rough-legged hawk.

Issue No. 15, December 2001. Adaptive habitat management—an integrated approach to changing habitat, flows, & birds. Changes at the Trust ( John Cavanaugh , Thomas Dougherty , Richard Spelts). Forsberg exhibit travels to Wisconsin. Chavez-Ramirez joins Trust staff. Natural history notes: Tigers of the sand: tiger beetles. New York student works to save whooping cranes.

Issue No. 14, March 2001. Satellite telemetry: a powerful new tool for studying sandhill cranes. Watching cranes inspires & educates visitors to the Platte. Wildlife Federation’s Whooper Watch program begins this month. Florida whooping cranes make amazing journey to Michigan and back southward. Natural history notes: northern pintail—greyhound of the air.

Issue No. 13, December 2000. What makes a wet meadow wet? An introduction to groundwater hydrology. Even in a dry year, native prairie is a remarkable place. Trust purchases Forsberg crane photographs. Whooping crane reports inspire recollections. Natural history notes: winter birds of the Platte.

Issue No. 12, March 2000. Among the cranes. Open house and completion of Trust’s new facilities. Weed patch or wet meadow? The development of restorations. Natural history notes: the bobolink—chatterbox of the meadows.

Issue No. 11, December 1999. Trust begins long term study of cranes and waterfowl on the Platte. Techniques for restoring prairies and wet meadows adapt and improve. News from the Platte River . Natural history notes: rare plant discovered at Trust’s Elm Creek habitat. New proposal to introduce whooping cranes into central Wisconsin .

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