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Article: ULTRALIGHT-LED WHOOPING CRANE MIGRATION SET TO BEGIN OCT. 10

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October 9, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release:

A tentative departure date of Oct. 10, 2009 has been set for the 2009 ultralight-led migration of twenty-one juvenile whooping cranes from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Wisconsin to their wintering destinations in southern Florida.

The public and media are invited to observe the Class of 2009 departure at the Ducks Unlimited (DU) Wetland located off Headquarters Road between Hwy. 21 and the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge Office. Public and media are encouraged to arrive no later than 6:45 a.m on Saturday, Oct. 10. The departure is weather-dependent. ...

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