Cranetivities: Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Whooping Crane Timeline

Using the Whooping Crane Timeline, find the answers to these questions.

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* 1. In what year did George Archibald and Ron Sauey found the International Crane Foundation?

1946

2002

1973

1987

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* 2. Who was Josephine? Why was she important?

Josephine was one of the co-founders of the International Crane Foundation.

Josephine was a Whooping Crane with very valuable genes.

Josephine who? There was no mention of a Josephine in the Whooping Crane Timeline.

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* 3. Where is Wood Buffalo National Park? Why is it important in the history of Whooping Crane Conservation?

Wood Buffalo National Park is in northern Canada. It is the breeding ground for the last wild, self-sustaining population of Whooping Cranes.

Wood Buffalo National Park is in Texas. It is the wintering ground for the last wild, self-sustaining population of Whooping Cranes.

Wood Buffalo National Park is near Baraboo, Wisconsin. You can visit the International Crane Foundation and Wood Buffalo National Park in the same day!

Wood Buffalo National Park is in northern Canada, but it plays no role in the history of the Whooping Crane.

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* 4. Put the following events in chronological order:
A: International Crane Foundation founded by Ron Sauey and George Archibald
B: The first Whooping Crane chicks from the Eastern Migratory Population (a reintroduced population) hatched in Wisconsin
C: Migratory Bird Treaty Act
D: Discovery of Whooping Crane nests in Wood Buffalo National Park

D, B, A, C

B, A, C, D

C, D, A, B

A, B, C, D

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* 1. In what year did George Archibald and Ron Sauey found the International Crane Foundation?

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* 2. Who was Josephine? Why was she important?

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* 3. Where is Wood Buffalo National Park? Why is it important in the history of Whooping Crane Conservation?

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* 5. What was the most interesting thing you learned from the Whooping Crane Timeline?