Spatial data for estimating whooping crane migration corridor

• Main Authors: Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Matt Rabbe, Mark T. Bidwell
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2018
• Subjects: biota; environment; migratory birds; animal tracking; birds; Alberta; Saskatchewan; North Dakota; Montana; Minnesota; Nebraska; Iowa; Kansas; Oklahoma; Texas; Manitoba; Grus; Grus americana; Canada; Northwest Territories; Wood Buffalo; Wood Buffalo National Park
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/41dd5049-a1d1-434d-8f8b-f3af3f1987b9

The whooping crane (Grus americana) is a bird species in North America currently protected under federal endangered species legislation in the United States and Canada. The only self-sustaining and wild population of whooping cranes nests in and around Wood Buffalo National Park near the provincial border of Northwest Territories and Alberta, Canada. Cranes from this population migrate through the Great Plains of North America and winter along the Gulf Coast of Texas at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding lands. These data support efforts to delineate a migration corridor for this population that can be used for conservation planning activities, including targeting conservation, mitigation, and recovery actions and assessing threats.