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Photograph by Matt Hegwood. Aerial view of wintering Michigan Trumpeter Swans

Swan Links- United States

Below: States are in alphabetical order

Arkansas

Idaho

Iowa

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

  • This article appeared in the Bemidji Pioneer in June 2018.

  • Here is the story about the very beginnings of Minnesota's Trumpeter Swan restoration. It all began in the mid 1960s in Hennepin County Parks, now known as Three Rivers Park District

  • In this webinar recording, you will to gain a deeper understanding of trumpeter swans- how they nest, raise families and pioneer into new areas, AND learn

    • How Hennepin Parks began the state’s efforts and founded the Trumpeter Swan Society
    • How Minnesota created a plan to restore trumpeter swans
    • How Alaska and zoos became key players in the quest for eggs and cygnets
    • How Minnesota trumpeter swans became a national ‘media star’
    • Where Minnesota swans are pioneering into new areas outside of the state that have had no swans for over a century
    • and much more!

    Presented by: Carrol Henderson, Minnesota wildlife biologist and retired MN Department of Natural Resources Non-Game Wildlife Program leader. Carrol Henderson has been involved in the restoration of Minnesota swans for 41 years and has lots of stories and information to share.

  • Many of the parks and preserves in Three Rivers Park District have Trumpeter Swans at some point during the year. Call to find out where they are during your visit to the Twin Cities.

Missouri

  • The Audubon Center at Riverlands, at the confluence area of the Missouri and Mississippi River near St. Louis, has the largest wintering population of Trumpeter Swans outside of Minnesota. The Center's Great River Trumpeter Watch, started in partnership with TTSS in 2011, tracks wintering swans including marked swans.

  • Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge has several hundred wintering swans each winter, sometimes numbering over 1,000.

Montana

Nebraska

Ohio

Oregon

South Dakota

  • Lacreek NWR began the first restoration of Trumpeter Swans in the Midwest, beginning in the 1960s. Their original swans came from Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The descendants of the Lacreek flock are now the High Plains Flock and extend as far south as Nebraska

Washington

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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