- Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
- Mar 25, 2022
- https://madison.com/opinion/editorial/good-riddance-to-sandhill-crane-hunting-season-at-least-for-now/article_dd8f1756-61f9-5aaf-8da0-3192d98253d4.html
Sandhill cranes, beautiful birds that mate for life, return to Wisconsin this month after wintering in Florida. Their summer home might not be safe for much longer.
Hunters want state lawmakers to add sandhill cranes to Wisconsin’s list of game animals. The last time it was open season on sandhill cranes a century ago, humans drove the birds nearly to extinction in the eastern half of the United States. Let’s not make the same mistake again.
Too much hunting and destruction of habitat in the 18th and 19th centuries almost wiped out sandhill cranes. By 1936, only about a dozen breeding pairs were left in Wisconsin. The bird had died off in Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and some other states.
Decades of conservation work followed, and sandhill cranes rebounded. Today, more than 90,000 live east…
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