New York Times: Sandhill cranes - a NJ winter visitor - might be hunted elsewhere
For some among the scores of volunteers who wake up before dawn on a chilly spring day each year to watch the skies for cranes as part of an Annual Midwest Crane Count, organized by the Wisconsin-based International Crane Foundation, the notion seems unthinkable. 
Photo Credit: Mike Siegel
In Wisconsin, a place where word of dwindling numbers of sandhill cranes set off elaborate conservation efforts decades ago, the birds — elegant, prehistoric-looking creatures that bugle hauntingly — are once more at the center of discussion among state leaders. This time, a member of the State Assembly wants to allow cranes to be hunted.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 3/8/2012 2:00 PM 
Categories: Birds
Tags: sandhill cranes new jersey birds cranes hunting
Categories: Birds
Tags: sandhill cranes new jersey birds cranes hunting
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