Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge protects over 43,000 acres (17,000 hectares) of wetland and forest habitat in central Wisconsin. Each summer Whooping Cranes are raised in captivity at Necedah as part of the Whooping Crane reintroduction project. The young cranes are trained to follow ultralight aircraft, which lead the cranes on their first fall migration south to Florida. The Whooping Cranes return to Necedah in the spring and spend the summer at the refuge and neighboring areas in Wisconsin. In 2006, a young Whooping Crane pair successfully hatched and raised two chicks at the refuge. These chicks were the first Whooping Cranes to hatch in the wild in Wisconsin in over 100 years!
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