U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers proposal to add 95,000 acres to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Late this fall, the endangered Whooping Cranes returned to our property. These cranes are the rarest species of crane in the world and were on the brink of extinction in 1941. At that time there were only 15 individuals, but through exhaustive conservation efforts such as land management, scientific research, and education we, as part of a larger conservation community, have helped bring their numbers up to 836 as of 2022. 134 individuals are in captivity as part of a captive breeding program, 2