Aransas National Wildlife Refuge will do a presentation on the 2011-2012 whooping crane season on October 24, 2012 from 6-8 pm at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Austwell, Texas.  Join Brad Strobel, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Biologist, to learn more about the new method and technology being used to survey the population of this highly endangered bird.   The presentation will emphasize the aerial survey methods used historically and currently to count the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock of whooping cranes.  The 30-minute presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

The same presentation will be offered again November 15, 2012 from 6-8pm at the refuge.

Directions:  the refuge is six miles south of Austwell, Texas on FM 2040.

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