The whooping crane is one of the world’s rarest birds and is listed as endangered in the United States. Conversion of the species’ prairie and wetland habitat to farmland and unregulated hunting led to the decline of this species both in Louisiana and across the nation. In 2011, LDWF and partners began a project to return whooping cranes to the state for the first time since 1950, releasing 10 juvenile cranes into the wild at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area. Please consider supporting LDWF

The Whooping Crane is one of the rarest North American birds, and also one of the largest and most magnificent. Be part of the urgent work of bringing them back. On Whooping Crane Day, help Audubon continue our critical on-the-ground preservation and restoration efforts—and our tireless defense of America’s strongest conservation laws: bit.ly/4axAPvW | National Audubon Society