Along the Texas Coast, a new sanctuary aims to protect the endangered and rare whooping crane
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Whooping cranes fly Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Whooping cranes fly Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Carter Crouch, Director of Gulf Coast Programs at the International Crane Foundation, left, and Katie Fernald, Wetland/Rangeland Ecologist, International Crane Foundation, wait for fog to clear before launching a boat for whooping crane research, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)People wait for fog to clear while trying to photograph whooping cranes, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Katie Fernald, Wetland/Rangeland Ecologist with the International Crane Foundation, fixes a private property sign depicting a whooping crane, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Whooping cranes fly Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Clouds illuminated by the setting sun are reflected in water at the Wolfberry Whooping Crane Sanctuary, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Crane tracks are visible at the Wolfberry Whooping Crane Sanctuary, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Carter Crouch, Director of Gulf Coast Programs at the International Crane Foundation, looks through binoculars as the sun rises at the Wolfberry Whooping Crane Sanctuary, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)A barge moves along the Intracoastal Waterway beside the Wolfberry Whooping Crane Sanctuary and visible development, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Katie Fernald, Wetland/Rangeland Ecologist, International Crane Foundation, left, and Matti Bradshaw, Leiden Whooping Crane Biologist, International Crane Foundation, study whooping cranes, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, near Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Katie Fernald, Wetland/Rangeland Ecologist, International Crane Foundation, gathers plants at the Wolfberry Whooping Crane Sanctuary, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Katie Fernald, Wetland/Rangeland Ecologist, International Crane Foundation, holds a Carolina Wolfberry at the Wolfberry Whooping Crane Sanctuary, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Whooping cranes, look for food Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, near Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Julie Shackelford, Texas State Director at The Conservation Fund, unfurls a map on land acquired by The Conservation Fund to be used as a whooping crane sanctuary, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, near Seadrift, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Whooping cranes stand in a cow pasture Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Whooping cranes fly Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)