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Wood Buffalo National Park bison alert  -  Nov 14, 2007
Slave River JournalSlow down when driving through Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP)! Park officials are warning drivers about bison on the road. ...

Whooping cranes make a comeback  -  Dec 16, 2007
Toronto Star..."If the marshes start drying up in Wood Buffalo National Park from warmer temperatures, the crane could go downhill." Brian Johns, wildlife biologist and ...

Wood Buffalo National Park -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBritannica online encyclopedia article on Wood Buffalo National Park: park in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada, between Athabasca ...

Death sentence for bison in Alberta park; Animals infected with...  -  Apr 8, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverThe animals, in Wood Buffalo National Park some 720 kilometres north of Edmonton, make up one of the world's last and largest free- roaming bison herds, ...

thestar.com mobile: article  -  Dec 31, 2009
Toronto Star..."If the marshes start drying up in Wood Buffalo National Park from warmer temperatures, the crane could go downhill." Brian Johns, wildlife biologist and ...

A day in the Athabasca delta  -  Jul 30, 2005
Globe and MailThe Peace-Athabasca Delta extends well into Wood Buffalo National Park, second only in size to a park in Greenland. Along with 4000 bison, Wood Buffalo is ...

Article: Canada Sets Aside Vast Northern Wilderness; 25 Million...  -  Nov 22, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchThe Washington Post; October 26, 1990 ; 700+ words ... ... in Wood Buffalo National Park goes ahead, it ... in part, by Canada's fear of losing ... to Wood ...

Development ensnaring our wildlife  -  May 3, 2008
Toronto StarAnd in 2008, there are ducks coated in oil on an established migratory route to their summering grounds in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta ...

Take time for Northern reflections  -  Dec 30, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest Archiver...paddle of Pierre Trudeau's), parts are subtle and vast, like the North's third UNESCO Site, Wood Buffalo National Park. Canada's North is not one thing. ...

White on white  -  Jan 13, 2007
Canada.comKeep an eye out for wildlife, particularly in Wood Buffalo National Park. Its website, www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo, has a must-read on winter road ...

Northern journeys  -  Jul 12, 2008
Toronto StarWinter Roads: Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's second-largest park. ... For more on Wood Buffalo National Park: www.pc.gc.ca/woodbuffalo ...

Removing egg from nest may help save endangered whooping crane  -  Nov 21, 2005
PsychCentral.comDr. Mark Boyce, from the Faculty of Science, studied the policy of removing from Wood Buffalo National Park one of two whooping crane eggs laid and raising ...

Texas agency sued over Canadian whooping crane deaths  -  Jan 6, 2010
Canada.comQuality citing “illegal harm and harassment� of the cranes from Wood Buffalo National Park as a result of industrial and municipal water diversions from ...

Article: After Long Struggle, Whooping Crane Population Hits Milestone...  -  Dec 26, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchExtremely good nest production this summer in Wood Buffalo National Park is credited with producing this winter's record flock at the Aransas refuge. ...

MĂ©tis battle for elders' cabin in Wood Buffalo Park  -  Dec 1, 2009
Slave River JournalConstruction on a cabin for Métis elders in Wood Buffalo National Park has been stopped while Parks finishes consulting with trappers in the area. ...

The Nation; A single whooping crane hatchling survives storm; After...  -  Feb 6, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver...about 250 whooping cranes that breed at the Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada in Alberta, and winter at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the ...

Elegant, Endangered Whoopers Appear in Kansas  -  Nov 6, 2008
Environment News ServiceAn estimated 266 whoopers - the largest wild flock of endangered whooping cranes - will migrate from Wood Buffalo National Park in the Canadian Northwest ...

EarthTalk: Bison Hunting  -  May 28, 2006
Kansas City infoZineMeanwhile, the Canadian government is considering letting hunters into Alberta's Wood Buffalo National Park to cull the burgeoning herd there, ...

Back home in Wood Buffalo  -  Oct 8, 2007
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)..."I'm quite thrilled to be at Wood Buffalo National Park, because I was born and raised here and learned how to swim in Pine Lake and caught my first fish in ...

Removing Egg From Nest May Help Save Endangered Whooping Crane  -  Nov 24, 2005
sciencedaily.comDr. Mark Boyce, from the Faculty of Science, studied the policy of removing from Wood Buffalo National Park one of two whooping crane eggs laid and raising ...

'Elite' Wardens to Carry Sidearms  -  Nov 25, 2008
Slave River JournalWood Buffalo National Park (WBNP) currently has seven park wardens. Fisher could not say how many new warden positions will cover the park, ...

National park checks dead bison for possible anthrax  -  Jul 23, 2007
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)FORT SMITH - A dead bison found in Wood Buffalo National Park is being double-checked for signs of anthrax. Three field tests on the carcass - found July 17 ...

Bison hunting, all these years later, still hot topic  -  Jun 5, 2006
Pocono RecordMeanwhile, the Canadian government is considering letting hunters into Alberta's Wood Buffalo National Park to cull the burgeoning herd there, ...

Record flock of endangered cranes begins northward journey for the …  -  May 13, 2005
Free-Lance Star - Google News ArchiveWhooping cranes on an Island In Bay, near the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge In Texas, last month began a hazardous flight to Wood Buffalo National Park ...

Whoopers hit more records  -  Jul 2, 2007
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)The number of whooping cranes in Wood Buffalo National Park is headed in the right direction. - Photo courtesy of Stuart Macmillan, Wood Buffalo National ...

Cranes flock to Aransas  -  Dec 5, 2005
Corpus Christi Caller TimesThey usually begin their trek home to the Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada in mid-February. Birders from across the state make their way to the Aransas ...

Forty chicks survive summer  -  Sep 10, 2007
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)A flock of whooping cranes nest each year in Wood Buffalo National Park. - photo courtesy of Wood Buffalo National Park ...

Whooping cranes in the Delta?  -  Jun 5, 2008
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)..."All known nesting sights are in the northeast corner of Wood Buffalo National Park. These birds spend the winter with their parents. ...

Millions of birds at risk  -  Dec 8, 2008
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)For whooping cranes, the report notes the endangered birds' breeding success in Wood Buffalo National Park is jeopardized in dry years and most global ...

Highway hopes  -  Jul 16, 2007
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)Ed Coulthard, the superintendent of Wood Buffalo National Park, confirmed the change of the road's status allows Parks Canada to enter into a funding ...

Whooping cranes in the Delta?  -  Jun 9, 2008
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)..."All known nesting sights are in the northeast corner of Wood Buffalo National Park. These birds spend the winter with their parents. ...

The whoopers are coming, the whoopers are coming  -  Oct 18, 2007
$2.95 - Victoria Advocate - NewsBankWhile Wood Buffalo National Park provides a secluded nesting ground for the cranes, biologists grow concerned when the flock moves into the more developed ...

One-stop information  -  Mar 18, 2009
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)The Town of Fort Smith and Wood Buffalo National Park have agreed to work on a partnering agreement under which their separate visitor information centres ...

Whooping crane population reaches record high.  -  Jan 1, 2007
Free with registration - Endangered Species Update - AccessMyLibrary.comThe Canadian Wildlife Service reported that 62 nesting pairs fledged a record 49 chicks on their nesting grounds in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada. ...

Jackson Hole News & Guide  -  Aug 9, 2006
Jackson Hole DailyThe year 2005 was tough for the only wild population: the Wood Buffalo National Park/Aransas National Wildlife Refuge flock. Twenty-five whoopers died in ...

Draft recovery plans.(Region 2)  -  Sep 1, 2005
Free with registration - Endangered Species Bulletin - AccessMyLibrary.com...and migration habitat; protecting and facilitating the growth of the current wild population that migrates from Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada to ...

Article: If you go to Waterton Lakes National Park - Deseret News...  -  Jan 21, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam Research...has little formal training ... first Native woman to head a national park, she's come a long way ... s position at Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Alberta to kill hundreds of bison over disease, road safety concerns  -  May 13, 2008
Orleans Star...to stop the healthy animals in the Hay-Zama area of northwestern Alberta from expanding into the range of a diseased herd in Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Slow down, enjoy the ride  -  Sep 16, 2009
CANOE..."What's incredible about Wood Buffalo National Park is its sheer size," Martin-Stilwell says. "It's also pretty amazing that it's home to the largest ...

Article: Waterton Lakes National Park - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)...  -  Feb 4, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam Research...has little formal training ... first Native woman to head a national park, she's come a long way ... position at Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Test tube bison could help preserve species  -  Nov 7, 2006
Scripps News - Scripps NewsThe majority, about 5000, are in Wood Buffalo National Park, which straddles the Alberta and Northwest Territories boundary. But many of these animals have ...

Texas agency sued after Canadian whooping cranes starve to death  -  Dec 11, 2009
National PostQuality citing "illegal harm and harassment" of the cranes from Wood Buffalo National Park as a result of industrial and municipal water diversions from ...

Texas Hopes to Cure 'Depresse ... | Article from The Washington Post...  -  Feb 13, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam Research...of the wood bison herd in Wood Buffalo National Park goes ahead, it will lead to protests rivaling the 1970s international campaign that halted ... ...

Woman gives birth in parking lot  -  Jan 4, 2010
Canada.comQuality citing "illegal harm and harassment" of the cranes from Wood Buffalo National Park as a result of industrial and municipal water diversions from ...

Alberta towns isolated after winter road ice melts  -  Dec 28, 2005
CBC.ca...stretches about 280 kilometres from Fort McMurray to Fort Chipewyan in the northeast corner of the province by Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Draft recovery plans.(Sentry milk-vetch plant)  -  Jan 1, 2006
$4.95 - Endangered Species Update - ECNext...and migration habitat; protecting and facilitating the growth of the current wild population that migrates from Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada to ...

Part 6 - The North  -  Dec 21, 2009
Canada.comKeep your eyes peeled for elusive bison, part of the largest wild bison herd in the world at Wood Buffalo National Park. www.pc.gc.ca ...

ALBERTA VOTES 2008 Riding Profiles  -  Mar 4, 2008
CBC.ca...much of the old riding of Athabasca-Wabasca, and the part of the old Lesser Slave Lake riding that was in Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Get ready to party, Alberta!  -  Jan 31, 2005
CANOEFort Chip is entry point to adventures in Wood Buffalo National Park, which is about the same size as Switzerland. Home to about 4500 free-roaming bison and ...

Park's multiplying bison know no fear  -  Oct 8, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Wichita Eagle - Factiva, from Dow JonesRegulated hunting of wild bison is allowed in Alberta (at Wood Buffalo National Park) and in Montana (140 tags will be issued by the Fish, Wildlife and ...

Out West, With the Buffalo, Roam Some Strands of Undesirable DNA  -  Jan 9, 2007
New York Times...bison had been reduced to fewer than 1000, with two dozen or so in Yellowstone National Park, and another 250 in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. ...

Bison story solid, but roams over too many pages  -  Nov 6, 2005
$2.95 - Salt Lake Tribune, The - NewsBankIn addition, she offers a series of interesting digressions, including one about 3000 bison drowning in 1974 in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern ...

ENVIRONMENT: Oil Production Strains Parched Landscape  -  Dec 21, 2009
Inter Press Service...of Alberta's Jasper National Park and runs 1538 kms through the oil sands region and eventually to Lake Athabasca in Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Alberta to cull hundreds of bison  -  May 15, 2008
Toronto Star...is to stop healthy animals in the Hay-Zama area of northwestern Alberta from expanding into the range of a diseased herd in Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Don't befriend the bison really .  -  Sep 30, 2006
Free-Lance Star - Google News ArchiveRegulated hunting of wild bison is allowed in Alberta (at Wood Buffalo National Park) and in Montana tags will be issued by the Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...

Our heritage  -  Mar 27, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverWood Buffalo National Park, N.W.T./Alta. Rocky Mountain parks, Alta./B.C., including Jasper and Banff. Old Quebec City. Gros Morne National Park, Nfld. ...

Mapping Human History in Wood Buffalo  -  Jul 28, 2009
Slave River JournalParks Canada has started documenting the cultural importance of sites throughout Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP). Anthropologists within WBNP have started ...

Canada's marine parks home to diverse seascapes  -  May 13, 2006
Pay-Per-View - The Record - ProQuest ArchiverThey range in size from the nine square kilometres of St. Lawrence Islands National Park to almost 45000 square kilometres of Wood Buffalo National Park, ...

thestar.com mobile: article  -  Jan 17, 2010
Toronto StarTwo boys pointed the deformed fish out to Stuart Macmillan, Parks Canada's manager of resource conservation at Wood Buffalo National Park, who studied it ...

Alberta's 100! Let the party begin  -  Jan 22, 2005
Pay-Per-View - The Record - ProQuest ArchiverFort Chip is entry point to adventures in Wood Buffalo National Park, which is about the same size as Switzerland. Home to about 4500 free-roaming bison and ...

Big dam! Alberta beavers build 850-metre barrier  -  Apr 14, 2008
CBC.caAn Ottawa scientist has identified what he believes to be the world's largest beaver dam in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta. ...

Whooping cranes have tough winter  -  Mar 23, 2009
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)THEBACHA/FORT SMITH - Whooping cranes from Wood Buffalo National Park have had a tough season on their wintering grounds in Texas. ...

Off the deep end; The water is cold, the rocks are treacherous, and...  -  May 6, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hamilton Spectator - Factiva, from Dow JonesThey range in size from the nine square kilometres of St. Lawrence Islands National Park to Wood Buffalo National Park, on the Alberta-NWT border. ...

When to Go to Alberta  -  Jan 26, 2010
New York TimesNaturally, the farther north you go, the colder it gets; excursions into the province's far north, like Wood Buffalo National Park, are only for the ...

Hundreds of Species Cling to Existence in Just One Place on Earth  -  Dec 13, 2005
Environment News Service...is the whooping crane, Grus americana, which migrates from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the United States of Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Whooping cranes return to Texas  -  Feb 15, 2008
Houston Chronicle...route between summer nesting grounds at Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada, and wintering grounds at the Aransas refuge here in Texas. ...

Remote Alberta school heading for torch relay  -  Jan 7, 2010
CBC.caFox Lake sits just outside Wood Buffalo National Park, about 800 kilometres north of Edmonton. To take part in the relay, the students needed to cover the ...

Article: Bison have increased -- mostly as hybrids - Deseret News...  -  Jan 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam Research...bison had been reduced to fewer than 1000, with 2 dozen or so in Yellowstone National Park and another 250 in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. ...

Fires draw Fort Simpson woman home  -  Aug 13, 2009
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)She spent her first eight years at Wood Buffalo National Park, first as a general operations warden and then with the fire management program. ...

Lake Athabasca -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe lake, which is economically important for commercial fishing (whitefish and lake trout), is immediately east of Wood Buffalo National Park.

Success Stories Highlighted on First US Endangered Species Day  -  May 11, 2006
Environment News ServiceThe International Crane Foundation says the only remaining natural, self-sustaining flock of whooping cranes breeds in Wood Buffalo National Park in the ...

Brief  -  Aug 18, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverParks Canada is trying to contain an outbreak of anthrax in Wood Buffalo National Park. Park officials say the carcasses of 61 bison have been found in the ...

263 endangered cranes at Aransas refuge  -  Jan 7, 2010
Houston ChronicleShe says migration is dangerous and up to 8 percent of a flock can perish in the flights between Texas and Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.

Wildlife worldwide.  -  Jul 1, 2005
$4.95 - BioScience - ECNextOne of the last free-ranging herds of wood bison roams the remote Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories, where a flock of more than 400 ...

Deaths of migrating whooping cranes spike  -  Aug 25, 2009
msnbc.comBecause the flock that migrates 2400 miles from Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Canada's boreal forest to Aransas is the only self-sustaining flock, ...

224 and counting: Whooping crane numbers are breaking records.  -  Nov 25, 2006
Free with registration - Victoria Advocate - AccessMyLibrary.comAnd that record could soon be broken because there are still eight birds in migration from Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. ...

Nahanni Forever.( Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society urges the …  -  Sep 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Alternatives Journal - HighBeam ResearchAlternatives Journal; October 1, 1996 ; 700+ words ... ... in the back country of Wood Buffalo National Park during winter are just as likely to . ...

Editorials: Nunavut News, Kivalliq News, Inuvik Drum, Deh Cho Drum, …  -  Aug 20, 2007
Northern News Services - Northern News Services (subscription)It will also make the Nahanni National Park Reserve the third largest park in Canada coming in behind the Wood Buffalo National Park at 44807 square ...

Let Basarwa be  -  Sep 22, 2009
Botswana GazetteThese include the Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada; the Lapponian Area in Sweden; the Sime Mountain National Park in Ethiopia; the Kakadu National Park ...

Whooping cranes, snowbirds invade Texas Gulf Coast  -  Jan 9, 2010
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fort Worth Star TelegramThis flock comes from Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park; there is another group that migrates from Wisconsin to Florida. It is the Texas flock that is ...

Canada - Nature and Scientific Wonders  -  Nov 6, 2007
Smithsonian - SmithsonianWood Buffalo National Park, another Heritage Site, boasts the largest inland delta in the world, a nesting ground for the whooping crane, and the largest ...

Bison protectors on horns of genetic  -  Jan 9, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...or so in Yellowstone National Park and another 250 in Wood Buffalo National Park in Cana da. The balance of the animals were owned by cattle ranchers . ...

Bison protectors on horns of genetic  -  Jan 9, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...or so in Yellowstone National Park and another 250 in Wood Buffalo National Park in Cana da. The balance of the animals were owned by cattle ranchers . ...

FEATURE - Canada Studies Cull of its Largest Bison Herd  -  Apr 11, 2006
planetark.comThe animals, in Wood Buffalo National Park some 450 miles (750 km) north of Edmonton, make up one of the world's last and largest free-roaming bison herds, ...

Weather warning for northern Alberta  -  Jan 11, 2010
Edmonton SunPeople in the area of Fort Chipewyan and Wood Buffalo National Park in the northeast are asked to be on alert. A similar warning was issued earlier for the ...

Whooping crane flock estimate 244 for Texas refuge  -  Dec 17, 2009
Houston ChronicleThe latest estimate accounts for 21 of the 22 chicks that fledged in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada, where the cranes spend summers. ...

Cranes .  -  Jan 15, 2005
Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive...mi gration habitat, protecting the growth of the current wild popula tion that migrates each fall from Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada to the Aransas ...

'Very productive' whooping crane found dead  -  Apr 19, 2007
Bismarck TribuneOnly 236 whooping cranes comprise the flock that winters on the Texas Gulf Coast and breeds at Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park on the Alberta-Northwest ...

Whooping cranes have record hatch  -  Jul 2, 2006
Bismarck TribuneProduction surveys on the Wood Buffalo National Park nesting grounds June 13-17 turned up 24 sets of twins among the chicks, Tom Stehn, the whooping crane ...

Groups warn of more bird deaths in oilsands ponds  -  May 2, 2008
Toronto Star..."I expect a clean-up that focuses on affected wildlife in the Peace-Athabasca Delta as well as the region including Wood Buffalo National Park, ...

Explore Northern Alberta Behind The Wheel Of An RV With Travel...  -  May 3, 2007
Hospitality Net - Hospitality Net (press release)From here, Highway 35 becomes the NWT Highway 1, which winds through communities such as Fort Smith – a gateway to Wood Buffalo National Park – and Fort ...

Whooping cranes remain on endangered list.  -  Apr 18, 2006
Free with registration - Victoria Advocate - AccessMyLibrary.comNational Wildlife Refuge back to nesting grounds in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada, Stein said the winter of 2005-06 was one of disappointment. ...

Do not relist whoopers yet .  -  Jan 18, 2005
Victoria Advocate - Google News ArchiveThey summer at Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park. Every year, whoopers draw thousands and thousands of birders and other wildlife enthusiasts to Aransas. ...

'Very productive' whooping crane found dead  -  Apr 18, 2007
Bismarck TribuneOnly 236 whooping cranes comprise the flock that winters on the Texas Gulf Coast and breeds at Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park on the Alberta-Northwest ...

Korean Air to launch Charter Service to Calgary  -  Jun 28, 2007
ASIATravelTips.com...namely Banff and Jasper, Waterton Lakes National park, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Dinosaur Provincial Park and Wood Buffalo National Park. ...

Red Sox 3B Mike Lowell out with sore hip  -  Sep 17, 2008
SportingNews.comFort Chipewyan, Wood Buffalo National Park: Today, cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km-h in the morning. High 15. ...

Safer migration .  -  Oct 6, 2005
Victoria Advocate - Google News ArchiveThe whooping cranes on their annual winter mi gration from Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park to South Texas' Aransas National Wildlife Refuge are ...

EDITORIAL: Newborn chicks boost whoopers' odds of survival.(Editorial)  -  Jul 9, 2006
Free with registration - Victoria Advocate - AccessMyLibrary.comBy the winter of 1941-42, only 15 or 16 whooping cranes remained in the migrating flock that summers in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park and winters at ...

Whooping Crane Reintroduction Project  -  Dec 24, 2008
WJHG-TVThe only wild migratory population winters in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas and summers in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. ...

Whooping cranes at record high  -  Nov 23, 2006
Bismarck TribuneThe cranes breed and fledge chicks at Wood Buffalo National Park, which lies on the Alberta-Northwest Territories border in Canada, and make the 2500-mile ...

Mapping Human History in Wood Buffalo  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Slave River JournalJUL.09 Parks Canada has started documenting the cultural importance of sites throughout Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP). Anthropologists within WBNP have

Scientist Who Discovered Whooping Nests Passes  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Slave River JournalJUL.09 The biologist who first discovered whooping cranes in Wood Buffalo National Park has passed away. Bill Fuller recorded the first sighting of the

Edmonton's Muni Airport Set to Close  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
Slave River JournalRead More The Taiga Adventure Camp counselors took their campers to Pine Lake in Wood Buffalo National Park for a day of kayaking, science, journalism and

Northern tourism operators feel recession's pinch  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
CBC.caParks Canada has yet to release its latest visitor numbers at Wood Buffalo National Park, part of which is in the Northwest Territories, but park supervisor

Mushroom pickers from around Canada spend spring in NWT  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
Slave River Journal...have set up three camps along the side of Highway 5, gathering Morales mushrooms on last year's burn zone just north of Wood Buffalo National Park.

KULINARISCHES FESTIVAL IN KANADA  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Gourmet-report.deHead-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Banff-Jasper National Parks, Waterton Lakes/Glacier National Park und Wood Buffalo National Park - sowie den Weltstädten

Whooper mortality rate called highest in 20 years  -  25 Mar 2009
Rockport Pilot...“I expect the migration to proceed normally, with birds making it all the way to Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada,� said Stehn.

Wildlife officials worried about whooping cranes  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
Houston Chronicle...of whooping cranes in the world, could die during the return trip to Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park because they are so weak and malnourished.

Updated Monday, March 23, 2009, by Northern News Services ...  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Northern News Services (subscription)Whooping cranes from Wood Buffalo National Park have had a tough season on their wintering grounds in Texas. A record number of the endangered birds have

One-stop information  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
Northern News Services (subscription)The Town of Fort Smith and Wood Buffalo National Park have agreed to work on a partnering agreement under which their separate visitor information centres

Photo Credit: /US Fish and Wildlife Service  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Victoria AdvocateAransas staff started a supplemental corn feeding program to help pull the cranes through until they migrate back to Wood Buffalo National Park in

Whooping crane deaths up  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
Victoria AdvocateBiologists also presume dead 34 cranes that failed to return from the nesting locale at Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. That means that 55 whooping

Highway 5 to be built to 'national highway standards'  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Northern News Services (subscription)The gravel portion, extending from kilometre 106 to kilometre 215, runs primarily through Wood Buffalo National Park. The chipsealing project will be done

Divided flock: Florida welcomes migration of whooping cranes  -  Jan 31, 2009
Sun-Sentinel.com,The largest group — almost 300 cranes — migrates from the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories of Canada to the Aransas National Wildlife

Ultralight-led Whooping Cranes Reach Florida  -  Jan 26, 2009
Kansas City infoZine,Aside from the 73 Wisconsin-Florida birds, the original population of whooping cranes nests at the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories

Ultralight-led Whooping cranes arrive at Florida wintering grounds  -  Feb 3, 2009
Wildlife Extra,...the only other migrating population of whooping cranes nests at the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories of Canada and winters at the

Fort McMurray riders to make fundraising journey  -  Jan 26, 2009
Northern News Services (subscription),They will be returning to Fort McMurray in their trucks on Jan. 31. They only have a permit for a one-way quad ride through Wood Buffalo National Park.

Lindbergh Foundation Names 2009 Award Recipients  -  Feb 4, 2009
Aero-News Network,Mary, and the flight crew of Windway Capital who made annual flights to Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park to bring whooping crane eggs to the US,

Oilsands killing birds, habitat, report says  -  Feb 3, 2009
Canada.com,...also have "profound impacts" on birds, including the endangered Whooping Crane, which nests downstream from the oilsands in Wood Buffalo National Park.

Winter Season of Troubles and Success for Whooping Cranes  -  Feb 4, 2009
Blogger News Network...the March for the 2500 mile flight to their ancestral breeding grounds at Wood Buffalo National Park, in the Northwest Territories Province of Canada.

Artwork of the week  -  Feb 2, 2009
Northern News Services (subscription),5, representatives from Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada will make a presentation about wolves and bison beginning at 7 pm Children aged three to six

Auf den Spuren der Indianer in Alberta  -  Feb 16, 2009
Presse Mitteilung (Pressemitteilung),Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Banff-Jasper National Parks, Waterton Lakes/Glacier National Park und Wood Buffalo National Park - sowie den Weltstädten

Polarlicht beobachten in Kanada  -  Feb 3, 2009
Erfassung und Verbreitung von Pressemitteilungen aus allen Branchen (Pressemitteilung),Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Banff-Jasper National Parks, Waterton Lakes/Glacier National Park und Wood Buffalo National Park - sowie den Weltstädten

Elegant, Endangered Whoopers Appear in Kansas  -  Nov 7, 2008
Environment News ServiceAn estimated 266 whoopers - the largest wild flock of endangered whooping cranes - will migrate from Wood Buffalo National Park in the Canadian Northwest

20 whooping cranes observed in Nebraska  -  Nov 17, 2008
Omaha World-Herald,The migration corridor runs 2500 miles from summer nesting areas around the Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada’s northern Alberta and Northwest

Beware of bison on roads  -  Nov 17, 2008
Northern News Services (subscription),So far this year, there have been four incidents of bison being hit on Highway 5 inside Wood Buffalo National Park. In late October, a pickup truck hit and

Goodall receives U of T honours, works on new book, reflects on ...  -  Nov 14, 2008
The Canadian Press,Another example is the whooping crane that flies back and forth between Texas and Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta. "They had to do a big awareness

Whooping cranes will follow ultralight thru Alabama  -  Nov 5, 2008
Mullet Wrapper,Aside from the 68 birds reintroduced by WCEP, the only other migrating population of whooping cranes nests at the Wood Buffalo National Park in the

Yellowstone packs sometimes target toughest prey  -  Sep 8, 2008
Helena Independent Record,There’s only one area left in North America where wolves make a living eating mostly bison — the Wood Buffalo National Park and nearby Slave River Lowlands

Election 2008 Fort McMurrary - Athabasca Candidates - John Webb  -  Sep 24, 2008
Slave River Journal,...the region lies outside their jurisdictions, complicated by the presence of Wood Buffalo National Park and First Nations reservation lands in the area.

CORRECTION: Government of Canada Creates New Reserve in the NWT  -  Sep 8, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),...the town of Fort Smith, as well as approximately 13 square kilometres (five square miles) of reserve lands at four sites in Wood Buffalo National Park.

Red Sox 3B Mike Lowell out with sore hip  -  Sep 17, 2008
SportingNews.comFort Chipewyan, Wood Buffalo National Park: Today, cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km-h in the morning. High 15.

New reserve created for Salt River First Nation  -  Sep 19, 2008
Northern News Services (subscription),...square kilometres of land at numerous sites in and around Fort Smith and an additional 13 square kilometres at four sites in Wood Buffalo National Park.

Fire season in full swing  -  Jul 30, 2008
Slave River Journal,...as a result of a fire in 2004, explains Mike Keizer, recently appointed as fire information officer for the South Slave and Wood Buffalo National Park.

Rain helps fire crews  -  Aug 4, 2008
Northern News Services (subscription),Resources from the NWT and Wood Buffalo National Park have combined their efforts to fight the blaze. "They were doing great and then mother nature stepped

Nobel Prize Winning Climate and Conservation Scientists Call ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
Earthtimes (press release),...logging, and mining exploration have damaged much of the Boreal outside of Wood Buffalo National Park, a United Nations World Heritage Site.

El bisonte: animal más grande de la fauna americana  -  Jul 25, 2008
Info7,...el 60% de los cuales habita en los 4,5 millones de hectáreas del Wood Buffalo National Park cerca del gran Lago de los Esclavos, en Alberta (Canadá),

Kanadas größter Nationalpark  -  Aug 3, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),...sich zum Beispiel von Edmonton aus erreichen. Weitere Informationen ĂĽber den Park gibt es im Internet unter pc.gc.ca (Suche: Wood Buffalo National Park).

Kanadas größter Nationalpark beheimatet 5000 Waldbisons  -  Aug 4, 2008
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung),Weitere Informationen über den Park gibt es im Internet unter pc.gc.ca (Suche: Wood Buffalo National Park). Das Copyright für sämtliche Nachrichten und

Whooping cranes en route to Canadian park for summer  -  Apr 15, 2008
CBC.ca,The flock of whooping cranes currently in migration is expected to arrive at Wood Buffalo National Park by April 20.

Alberta beavers’ dam construction project sets record  -  Apr 22, 2008
Journal of Commerce,What is believed to be the world’s largest beaver dam has been built in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta. An 850-metre long beaver dam was

Darned big dam  -  Apr 15, 2008
Edmonton Sun,CITY HALL BUREAU An ecologist has unearthed what he believes is the world’s largest beaver dam in the southern portion of Wood Buffalo National Park,

Big dam! Alberta beavers build 850-metre barrier  -  Apr 15, 2008
CBC.ca,An Ottawa scientist has identified what he believes to be the world's largest beaver dam in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta.

Whooping Cranes Struggle to Boost Numbers  -  Apr 20, 2008
RedOrbit,...of their historical breeding grounds -- the center of the current breeding range is northern Canada at the Wood Buffalo National Park, Temple said.

139 Canadian places to see before you die  -  Mar 29, 2008
Canada.com,Keep your eyes peeled for elusive bison, part of the largest wild bison herd in the world at Wood Buffalo National Park. www.pc.gc.ca 131.

Whooping cranes are starting to head north  -  Mar 27, 2008
Bismarck Tribune,A record 266 of the big, white birds are expected to head to the traditional breeding grounds at Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta, Canada.

On the Wing: Crane finds Michigan  -  Apr 6, 2008
Traverse City Record Eagle,More than 260 are in the flock that migrates from Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Canada to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Gulf Coast of

Just another extraordinary day  -  Feb 20, 2008
Jasper Booster,I came close once in Banff and again in Fort Smith, site of the HQ for Wood Buffalo National Park. This was a full-on,

Whooping cranes return to Texas  -  Feb 15, 2008
Houston Chronicle,...route between summer nesting grounds at Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada, and wintering grounds at the Aransas refuge here in Texas.

Published Monday January 28, 2008, by Northern News Services ...  -  Jan 28, 2008
Northern News Services (subscription),Wood Buffalo National Park wants to know what people think. Beginning in mid-January, the park mailed a short survey to every household in Fort Smith,

Wood Buffalo National Park bison alert  -  Nov 14, 2007
Slave River Journal,Slow down when driving through Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP)! Park officials are warning drivers about bison on the road. “The number of bison being hit

State imposes new rules on Canada's cattle  -  Nov 19, 2007
Billings Gazette,There are free-ranging bison in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta, as there are in Yellowstone National Park. The federal law effective Monday

Historic land withdrawal  -  Nov 26, 2007
Northern News Services (subscription),Wood Buffalo National Park is warning motorists about the danger of bison on Highway 5 to Fort Smith. From mid-August to early this month, motorists had hit

Bumper Year for NT Visitors  -  Nov 21, 2007
Slave River Journal,...of visitors veering off the highway to come to Fort Smith has remained the same if Wood Buffalo National Park’s (WBNP) numbers are anything to go by.

Whooping crane aids survival of species  -  Nov 9, 2007
Grand Forks Herald (subscription),It passed up the middle part of North America, passing through North Dakota and ending up at Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta, Canada.

Young whooping cranes will learn migration route from their elders  -  Nov 7, 2007
Sawyer County Record,Aside from the birds reintroduced by WCEP, the only other migrating population of whooping cranes nests at the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest

Whooper outlook is good  -  Nov 15, 2007
Bismarck Tribune,Eighty-four chicks, including 28 sets of twins were hatched at their Wood Buffalo National Park breeding grounds, a June survey showed.

Back home in Wood Buffalo  -  Oct 9, 2007
Northern News Services (subscription),FORT SMITH - Rhona Kindopp has come home to Fort Smith and Wood Buffalo National Park. Since July, Rhona Kindopp has been the park's new wildlife biologist.

Whooping cranes confirmed  -  Oct 23, 2007
Bismarck Tribune,An estimated 250 or more rare whooping cranes are making the 2500-mile trip from Wood Buffalo National Park on the Alberta-Northwest Territories border in

Whoopers are coming  -  Oct 5, 2007
Bismarck Tribune,Their 2500-mile migration route from Wood Buffalo National Park on the Alberta-Northwest Territories border in Canada to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Lottery win fuels lucky break on gas prices  -  Oct 29, 2007
Edmonton Journal,A tourist destination in the summer because of its proximity to Wood Buffalo National Park, it has a college and some government offices.

Endangered Whoopers Headed South  -  Oct 17, 2007
The Chattanoogan,Aside from the birds reintroduced by WCEP, the only other migrating population of whooping cranes nests at the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest

Record year expected for Texas' whooping cranes  -  Oct 16, 2007
Fort Worth Star Telegram,The cranes nest in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada's Northwest Territories, then migrate to Aransas Pass National Wildlife Refuge along the Texas coast

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