http://blog.nwf.org/2012/01/tar-sands-spell-big-trouble-for-whooping-cranes/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nwf.org/2012/01/tar-sands-spell-big-trouble-for-whooping-cranes/comment-page-1/#comment-17602 New Keystone XL Pipeline Route to Steamroll Bald Eagles? : Wildlife Promise Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:15:18 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=40703#comment-17602 [...] Whooping cranes and hundreds of other species of migratory birds are seeing their northern nesting grounds bulldozed on an unprecedented scale as the oil industry expands its footprint in the Canadian tar sands region. [...]

]]> http://blog.nwf.org/2012/01/tar-sands-spell-big-trouble-for-whooping-cranes/comment-page-1/#comment-16844 Speak Up for Cranes on Facebook Today : Wildlife Promise Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:04:51 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/?p=40703#comment-16844 [...] Now, they could be placed in further peril by the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil through the same narrow migratory corridor that the cranes use each spring–putting the rivers, marshes, wetlands and streams on which they rely at risk of a toxic oil spill. [...]

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