Wisconsin lawmakers are trying to create a hunting season for sandhill cranes, much to the dismay of crane lovers and the enthusiasm of hunters.

Many people were amazed and pleasantly surprised to see thousands of sandhill cranes gathered near the Wisconsin River in Baraboo this past weekend, Nov. 11-12. The area's protective wetlands and ...

Finger said the population of sandhill cranes that breed and migrate through Wisconsin is hunted in Kentucky, Tennessee, and ...

The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes held its third and final informational meeting Tuesday and next month is slated to begin proposing legislation on crane management in Wisconsin. The ...

Sandhill cranes forage for waste grain in a farm field near Baraboo. The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside is a beautiful thing. Its gray wings are long and graceful, and it doesn ...

DODGE COUNTY (WLUK) -- They're being called one of the best conservation success stories in the state. Experts say Wisconsin sandhill cranes were hunted to the brink of extinction, but now, their ...

MILWAUKEE - In fall, Wisconsin gains all kinds of northern visitors avoiding harsher winters in Canada, but it's also a time when our summer birds head south. One summer staple of the Wisconsin ...

BARABOO, Wis. - You may have seen sandhill cranes before, but not many people have had the pleasure of seeing a whooping crane in person. Whooping cranes nearly went extinct in the late 1800s and ...

This and another crane were finished in late 2023 and were parked in the Wisconsin Heavy Fabrication docking lot until the ...

Whooping Cranes are back on their Wisconsin nesting grounds. As of April 3, 84 cranes were confirmed arrivals in central Wisconsin. The cranes are part of the reintroduction project centered at ...