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    Dec 07, 2019 3 minutes

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    DON’T FORGET PATUXENT

    I am a volunteer at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, Maryland (home of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center). I was very disappointed not to see mentioned in the article about Whooping Cranes (“A Cloudy Future,” September/October 2019 issue, p. 14) the importance of the PWRC in breeding Whoopers for release in the wild, which enabled the new eastern flocks to be established. After they had matured, young Whoopers were sent

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