(Posted by Tom A. Tustison <tomtusti...@hotmail.com> via moumn.org) Yesterday, the MOU Records Committee met. Among the topics discussed was the status of Whooping Crane in Minnesota. More specifically, there was discussion about the status of the Experimental Eastern Population (Wisconsin Population). After discussion, the Committee unanimously agreed, with all ten members voting, that the Eastern Population of Whooping Cranes did not yet represent a sustainable population in the wild. Consequently, birds originating from the Eastern Population will not be accepted into the records and archives of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union at the present time. The Committee will continue to monitor the situation and will review it periodically as the situation warrants.
The status of the Gulf Coastal (or Aransas Population) was not affected by this decision. Tom Tustison, Chairman MOU Records Committee ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
