Whooping cranes are on the cusp of a comeback story. Could Trump policy change the ending?

By: Elise Plunk

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 1,722

Last Updated: 1 day, 4 hours ago

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The calls of whooping cranes from an isolated corner of the New Orleans west bank cut through the humid August air like fire alarms, echoing back and forth in cacophonous, punctuated bursts of conversation.

Richard Dunn, assistant curator for the Freeport-McMoran Audubon Species Survival Center, walked the greenery-lined path between fenced enclosures to point out mated pairs of critically endangered cranes. Through the brush and amid the resounding noise, elegantly feathered parents stood next …

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