The haunting call of the whooping crane has echoed across North America's wetlands for thousands of years. Now, conservationists fear one of the continent's greatest wildlife recovery stories could be entering a dangerous new chapter after the Trump administration moved to weaken federal protections covering critical habitat used by the endangered birds.
With only around 500 wild migratory whooping cranes remaining, environmental groups warn that the rollback of wetland protections could threaten the fragile survival of a species that once teetered on the brink of extinction.
