Operation Migration, Fly Away Home, Crane Migration, Endangered species, ultralight migration, Whooping cranes

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Thanks to you - our supporters, 47-wild and migrating Whooping cranes have been restored to eastern North America after only four years of work!

The name of each 2004 Mile-Maker contributor is listed below. These are the folks and organizations responsible for returning endangered Whooping cranes to the eastern flyway of North America.  These are the folks that should be thanked for helping us to carry on our important work. If you happen to know any of them, please be sure to say "Thank you!"...

If you would like to help us guide the next class of young Whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida please call our headquarters at: 800-675-2618. Credit card pledges can be processed immediately. Or if you prefer to mail your contribution our address can be found here.  

To each and everyone of the great people and organizations listed -THANK YOU for your continued support of the "ultra-whoopers" through the annual Mile-Maker Campaign!

2004 Mile-Makers (1 or more miles sponsored)

Robin Edmundson Bob, Nan & Blanche Rudd Arnold Fredrickson: 6 miles! Richard & Deborah Krieg: 2.7 miles!
Steve Chadima

David & Suzanne Johnson: 10 miles!
Wild Bird Center

Kristine Bisgard for Erik Maurice & Patrick Maurice:2.25 miles Bank of Indianapolis; Mr. M. Maurer
Eugenia Thompson Sandy & Jerry Ulrikson Ben & Jayne Cagle Eleanor D. Bookwalter: 1.5 miles!
Pellissippi State Biology Club Lorraine Grassano Fran & Chuck Gibbs Kevin Russell & Jennifer Schvenski
Lou Anderson: 2 miles! Ed & Renate Ryan David Chuljian, DDS: 2 miles! Radford Hazen & Elizabeth Haesemeyer: 2 miles!
Kristan Aaronson James & Elizabeth Brandt Francois Senecal-Tremblay The Gregory Silver Family: 5 miles!
Ed & Beth Barrett Diana Rudloff The Barnard Family Rad Hazen & Betsy Haesmeyer: 2 miles!
Crystal Schaaf Pamela S. Moore Jeffery Beaumont Pine Island Title Insurance; Debbie Bollinger & Chris McEwan: 2 miles!
Middleton High School Ecology Club John Colstad Carolyn & Steve Benoit John Wesley Powell Audubon Soc: 1.5 miles!
Charlotte Mullen Marilyn Hampton: 3 miles! Lee Walters & Kathy Anderson John Rogner & Sue Elston
Sandy Blakeney Bruce & Donetta Wickstrom Tom Fuhrman Chris & Des Wichems: 2.5 miles!
Jane Stedman Ellen Whitaker June Brockman Ralph & Aileen Petty: 5 miles!
Riveredge Bird Club Rick Jones Florence & Joshua Robinson Bob & Carol French
Jane & Louis Maher: 2 miles! The Sandhills at The Feather 
& Pat Fisher
Ellen & David Boykin Morris Maurer
Anne Harrington Alison & Curt Laub: 2 miles! Richard Shepard Jeff Keck & Pete Gray: 12 miles!
Jane Duden:3 miles! Robert & Mary Keedy Ruth Robinson Frank Whelan
Karen Lund; in memory of Rose Lund Tom & Jenny Michaels: 2 miles! Mary O'Brien Dean & Verlaine Heiser
Suzanne & Doug McNabb Ray Pinter Hope Brogunier  Greg & Judy Summerville
Ed White & Viola Nicholson-White: 5 miles! Kay McElrath in honor of Laura Sweeney: 5.5 miles! Judy Paulsen: 2 miles! Stephone Simon: 2 miles!
Gail & Karen DeBoer Georgeanne & Diana Wilcox Mark & Kathy Seckinger Bruce Green
Suzanne & Steven Johnson Mary Lafler Susan & Jim Keating Dick Thompson: 2 miles!
Bob & Carole Lee Peter Vennema Lynne Trueblood Kevin & Sami Burns: 5 miles!
Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Cynthia Staples James Adams Bill & Barbara Clouse: 5 miles!
Tilli Sanford: 2 miles! Anonymous Jo Sandin Wilbur & Janet Tyner: 5 miles!
Jane Stehn Norman St. Amour K.D. Ragan Stevan W. Knapp
Sam Wade, Premiere Video: 2 miles! George & Darlene Lambert Vicky Wegner Don & Jeanne Menchhofer
Dr. Anthony & Susan Brown Judy Collins: 5.5 miles! Nancy Whitney: 1.5 miles! Joseph & Karen Bitner
Dwight P. Knapik Beth Tibbits Suzanne & Doug McNabb: 1 1/4 miles in memory of crane #319 Jim & Robin Still
Karen Titus Ai Sameda Anita Silver
Lisa Karpf Janet & Andy Raddatz: 2 miles! William Aylor, in honor of Marilyn Reid David Morton: 12 miles!
Richard Smith Brooke & Elizabeth Kopff-Witchel Greg & Dara Matters: 5 miles! David Crockett: 2 miles!
Diane Christel: 2 miles! Art & Wendy Briggs-Jude Sharon & Ron Wilkening Tom Buchanan
Cheri & Jeremy Roe Tracey Clare Photography John & Jean Arciszewski Steve Pittman: 5 miles!
Gail G. Rosenzweig Richard Greenlees: 2 miles! Barbara Arnold: 1.9 miles! Jim Carpenter: 2 miles!
Nicole Sears Vicki Eaton Michael & Barbara Homoya Gabe & David Farihan
Janet Povlock Paul Owens Marvin & Susan Mitchell: 2 miles! Diane Meyer-Simon
Louise Varnes Glen & Shirley Sifferd Michael Curley: 12 miles! David & Linda Finney
Bonnie & Don Smith Lawrence L. Fick Jr.: 2 miles! Karen Finney Wayne & Linda Shadel
John & Kay Kern West Volusia Audubon Society Joh Perry: 5 miles! Ray & Ramona Rice: 5 miles!
Eugene & Wanda Sawyer Bill & BJ Stewart Paul & Michelle Walke: 1.75 miles! Laurence Mitchell
Marti Kie William Barclay Keith & Dorothy Bundy George W. Somers: 2 miles!
Mike Austad Dick & Sally Baldwin - in honor of Deke Clark Kathy Levine Norm & Diane Gulley
W. E. Barnett: 2.75 miles! Joan Coster: Happy Birthday, Love Peter (6/16) Jerry & Nancy Pitt Janusz Jaworski: 5 miles!
Al & Pat Roush: 2 miles! Nancy Drew Mark Poliak: 3 miles! Bill & Sue Bastian: 5 miles!
Ferd M. Bellingrath Jr. Amy Groskopf Paul Reis & Mo Merhoff David & Sherri Klain
Beth Sheehan: 3 miles! Robert & Elaine Connell 1 1/4 Miles! Wilbur Shortridge Jim & Charlotte Price
James & Deborah Nethercott Donald Finney: 5 miles! Irv & Betty Betrock David & Kathryn Deblander
Pat S. Hut Ron & Kathy Giedt: 1.5 miles! Rebecca & Kenneth Honeywell Cassie Hall
Kim Thomas Jeffrey H. Smulyan: 1.5 miles! Constance & Terry Marbach Richard Ford: 5 miles!
Bill & Ruth Hutton Herb Simon: 1.5 miles! Anonymous Melissa Jacoby
Bart & Char Olson Foundation Jacqueline DeVos Doris Pennypacker- to your "Whooping Whopper" Pilots David Flinn
Susan & Bruce Bishop Janet Pyles Marjorie Ostrov Steve & Barbara Woodrum
Cynthia Lein Veronica Sumner Ben & Jayne Cagle Linda Spohn
Janet McKnight Bridget Thomas & Alex Tetlak John & Cindy Edwards Bruce Yates
Judith & Robert Murray- in honor of Laurel Lahnston & Paul Meader Keith & Catherine White Marcella Ciucki Robert Haymaker: Happy Birthday Love Joanne
Mike & Laura Day O.H. & Theresa Nipper Walt & Gay Sturgeon Gretchen Felker
Jane Mikulski Ramon Serwin Judy & Dave Kowalski Don & Debra Smith: Indiana!
Jean Bangham Anonymous Appalachian Audubon Society Amanda Smoliniec
C.D. McCallum Dr. & Mrs. Phil Beegle Sara Blauman Michael Stuart
Memorial donation to Frederick H. Morgan from his family Eagle Optics - Dan Hamilton Julia Ihlenfeldt Blake & Sheila Gibb in memory of Ron Lace of Courtice, Ontario
Lyn & Ann Harris Deborah Muraro Willis Brown Mary P. Wright
Terry & Judy Forbes Greg & Kathy Huibregtse Mary & Larry Narkis Joly & Dona Stein
Sue Cardey Nancy R. Curtis Lena Gallitano Patricia Otto & David Wisner
Linda Schuler Al & Pattie Priske Richard & Emily Wilson Tony L. King
Ann & Dan Blanchfield Mr. & Mrs. Westcott Mary O'Brien Joan Stauffacher
Busy Bees Charities Robert & Eleanor Jenkins Norma J. Kopitzke Kate Kemper
Ed & Beth Barrett Steve & Carol Ayers Peter Vennema Ellen Whitaker
Janice Meeg Johnson Cor. & Mrs. Charles D. Brown Kay Williams Judith Ives
Mary C. Manering Ernest ZumBrunnen Nancy Raffetto Roberta Lombardino
Nina Zelenski & Family Connie Meek & David Belling Robin & Manuel Diaz Lynn Merrill
Janice & Duane Welch Susan Cushman Keith Lovett - Palm Beach Zoo Virginia Halverson
Patricia Kramer in honor of Edgar Otto, A Gentle Man Charles L. Davidson Jr. Ken & Darlene Fiske Mary Hays
Linda & Chuck Lee Marty & Brenda Jones Jeffrey R. Jones Tammy Stradiotto
Debra Weitzel Mr. & Mrs. David L. Sanford Peter B. Belmont Helen Cropper
Ned Mudd: 1.6 miles! Martha Cox Elizabeth Livermore: 5 miles! Arnold G. Fredrickson: 2 miles!
Barbara Barber: 2 miles! Mary P. Wright: 1.3 miles! Don & Kathy Miner: 2.7 miles! Virginia & Hannah Bessert: 2 miles!
Bruce Warning: 2.7 miles! Barbara W. de Leon: 5 miles! Pat & Bill Mutch: 3 miles! Frank & Mariana Weinhold: 3 miles!
Julia Crowder Bishop & Budd Harris Bishop:   2 miles! Jeanne & Murray Kilgour: 2.2 miles! V. Ross, Shahn & Draco Johnson: 3 miles! David T. Chuljian, DDS: 2 miles!
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Prog:5 miles Laurel Lahnston: 1.3 miles! Maggie Curtner: 2 miles Denis & Sarah Cole
Barbara & Bill Atkinson Ron & Geri Cohron Barbara Lavietes Rick Jones
Karen Furnweger: 2.75 miles! Warren Herbrand David & Ann Porter: 2 miles! Ann Thering & David Eide
Transportation Environment Management - M O'Brien: 2.7 miles! Whooping Crane Conservation Assn.: 5.5 miles! Mary Lou Burton Marcia Schmidt
Tom Fuhrman: 2 miles! Pam Kahler Middleton High School Richard Candelora
Chris & Karen Gullikson Pam Dickson: 2 miles! George & Kay Scheets: 2 miles! Curtis & Allison Laub: 2 miles!
Ben & Thelma Williams: from the UK - 1.5 miles! Judy & Herschel Franks Cathy Page Ed & Renate Ryan
Annita Bergen Norma Hesselgrave Lorelei McNown & Steve Hanson Jerry & Nancy Worsham: 1.5 miles!
Ellen & Charles Herring Elaine & Bob Connell Sue Thompson Carl & Janice Chadwell
Sandy Compton Paul Jackson & Marva Hardy-Blocker Charles W. Blumentritt Tennessee Ornithological Society
Barb & Paul Greigger

Mile-Maker Club Supporters (1/2 or 1/4 mile sponsors)

Diane Gulbrandson, Elizabeth Schaaf, Marjorie Girth, Judith Francis, Jean Bohs, Patricia Janik, Kathleen Newman, Margaret Popp, Roberta Sonzogni, John & Barbara Gerend, Nancy Bruins, Barbara Filner, Ruth Baxter, Glenn Stoup, Appalachian Audubon Society, Earl Fairbanks, Karen & Jim Hale, Susan Cushman, Sheila Stene, Mary Jo Campbell. Joe Hamelman, Jo & Scott Seagren, Virginia Hieber, Ellen Hopkins, Joyce & Carl Dedolph, Marge Blanc, Kathryn Schroeder, Betty Maddux, Happy Birthday Mrs. Dan Ossman (from Vi & Ed White), George & Kitty Fells, Susan Corley, Dennis Colbert, Norma Kopitzke, Mary Eileen & Donald Schultz, Kenneth & Helen Warren, Ruth Ladwig, D. Graham, Patricia Otto, Glee Willis, Kathleen Heenan, Betty Ann Bohanek, Judy Sterling, Carl Fogelin, Dan & Marie Mahoney, Richard Groth, Chris Frazier, Bill Meyer, Dianne Hyland, David Aitken, Robert & Rebecca Anderson, Bill & Barbara Muller, Ron & Karen Bush, Jane Veasy-Stehn, Albert Goo, Julien Tremblay, Carol Hernandez, 99's First Canadian Chapter, Lisa Bishop, Dennis & Marilyn Abbey, David Baumgartner, Catherine White, Peg Rozhon, Vince Stravino, David & Rena Maryles, John Keel, David Harper in Memory of Diane Chritton, Linda Ross, Verona Hein, Ray & Betty Bush, Robert & Jo Ann Tustin, Fadelma Babcock, Margaret Greiss, Jane Dennis, Diane Carter, Jack & Georgie Harris, Samuel R. Thompson, Claudia McClintock, , Wayne Bleiler, Dan Williams, Gerald & Eleanor Johnson, Sandra Goodenough, Ginny Stefanez, William & Connie Moores, Hoy Audubon Society, Judith & Robert Murray (in Memory of Fritz), Suzanne & Donald Morrison, Julie Santee, Robin Lacey, Tom Carlisle, Jean Collins, Jan Weaver, Nancy Cantor, Barbara Waaland, Fred & Diane Arnold, JD & Gwen Mugg, Margaret Ramsey, Sandra Goodenough, Geraldine S. Potter, Cheryl Tissington, William & Eva Rumpf, Marilyn White, Marilyn Bradley, Dale, Karen & Taylor Richter & Deerfield Windsor School-1st Graders, G. Melvill Jones, Andrea Allison, E. Gene & Barbara Breitbach, Michael & Mitzie Salem, Kathy Britt, Patti Biskup, John J. Goodman, Tridle & Tridle, Eleanor F. Bookwalter, Otto N. Frenzell III, Phillip & Lynne Himelstein, Jonathon King & Rebecca Draney, Bob & Breese Glennon, Eugene & Carol Heiwig, Steve Zintel, David & Donna Moulder, Michael Barnard, Douglas Rose, Rex Linkouos, Neil & Louise Levine, Molly Peck, Frank & Kathy Whelan, Louise & Linda Cantor, Lori F. Kaplan, Richard & Margaret Moorehead, Dr. Dawn Ayers, Matthew & Denise Benn, Mary Houghton, Norman Snider, Peter & Jane kunz, Jim Key, David Brown, Nan Girk, Cindy & Simon Skjodt, Mike Prugh, Larry Pitts, Linda Spencer, John Cauthen, Alice Schloss, Kim & Steve Belter, David Naley, Mrs. M.L. Rachuk, Susan Saliga & Bob Vavrek, Linda Ross, Gloria Moore, Viola Cameron, Scott Tamblyn, Florence Blanc, Chris Linnell, Richard Groth, Kimberly Harrod, Bill Gagin, Judy Dorman, Chris Linnell in honor of John "Bud" Widder, Fran & Chuck Gibbs, Connie Snyder, Jane Nelson, Linda Rowan, Susan Gundlach, Lillian Day, Georgeanne Wilcox, David Miller, Jerry & Barb Larson, Laura Bleiler, Marilynn Papendick, Merle Heintzman, Naish McHugh, Ron Miller, Betty Gafney, Marjorie Wilcox, Barbara & Alex Cantacuzene, Wayne Bleiler, Lloyd & Mary McCarthy, Alice Story, Marjorie Sorrell, Susannah & John Dodson, Joy Gaskin, Nancy Kowalski, Joanne Neely, Karen Jim, Elizabeth de la Baume, Joan Selfridge, Beth Bates Bass, Jan Hoffman, Jane Veasey Stehn, Margaret Ramsey, Ann Schlenker, Gretchen A. Gottschalk, Frank & Martha Kuhlman, Kittie-Marie Fells, Debra Waters, W.J. Weaver, Joan Galli, Sara Oliver, Susan Darlington, Patricia Wenzel, Judith Rubin, Ren Gorris, Shary & Jerry Bisgard, Lois De Young, Amy Gysan, Mary Thornburgh, John G. Sommer, Melody Moore & Dean Faber, Chuck & Paulette Walton, Sandy Stark, Arthur & Janet Riley, Dan Williams, David & Lane Tullis, Dick & Kay Mackie, Patrick & Fae Burkhart, Mary V. Bowman, Margaret Gulbrandson, Diane Gulbrandson, Sandra, Pearson, Patrick & Anne Moretti, Ken Koresch, Mr. & Mrs. M. Ford, Lisa Meacham, Linda & Thomas Markovits, Barbara Bickle, Peter Newman, Don Holl in Memory of Lewis Posekany, Mary Mercier, W. Bryan Watkins, Louise Hathaway, Fred Applegate, Fran Beardsley, Barbara Gallick & Allan Mays, Roberta Sonzogni, Nancy & Randy Schietcett, Marge Bredeson, Samuel R. Thompson, Dianne Hyland, Jacqueline Linzmeyer, Carolyn Vieira, Georgie & Jack Harris, Terry Longebach, Ellen Miller, Mark R. Sielaff, Rick & Karen Shepherd, James W. & Pamela R. Lamson, Ellin Doyle & Ken Satyshur, Barbara Borns, Audrey Charles, Shari Januszewski, Orville & Olivia Toler, Cedar Hills Homemakers Club, Duane Dubke, Jean Bohs, Nancy Reinke,
Eleanor M. Roraff, David Hasbrouck, Nancy A. Bruins, Robert & Carol Ann O'Friel, Allan G. & Margaret R. Bogue, Robbie C. Hassler, Robert Melvin, Catherine Taylor, Judy Sterling, Joan R. Yeatman, , Diane & Gene Rod, Tami Mullenix, Wanda Easton, Elmer & Betty Anderson, Suzanne M. Pataki, Joyce Long, Ann Balash, Jan Dixon, W.S. Ware, Bruce L. Campbell, Fran Keefe, Christopher Zarcone, Elaine Boston, Ginny Bear, Quigley Architects, Mary Ann Mahoney, June B. Miller, Henry Frank, Beth Hoekje, Betty Hill, Mary Lou Lafler, Jean Flower, Bianca Hooker, Elayne S. Orr, Martha Auld, James A. Davis, B.L. Stanek, Jean Hessey, Leslie Greenwood, David H. Harper in memory of Diane Lee Chritton, Susan Hurlbut, Robert Trail, Jerome Hartweg, Frederick L. Welk Jr., Mary F. Wheeler, Ruth Ann Jones, Margaret Rozhon, Angela Lueck, James S. Ferguson, Lewis & Norma Heinze, Russ Kruetzman, Debra Taylor, David Reister, Babette K. Johnson, Ethel Widder, Ross Johnson - Upland Photography, Robert & Mary Keedy, William Finch, Dorothy Whitmore, David R. Aitken III, Diana Smith, Gary & Kay Jones, Charlotte Epstein, Owen & Elizabeth Fennema, Ken & Shirley Hall, Marjorie Girth, J. Broehl, Beth Goodman, David Aborn, Norma Rutledge, Sue Fafard, Sandy Clarke, Jackson County Bird Club, Barbara Filner, Thomas & Nancy Keith, Rebecca Matthews, Verona Hein, Helen Jamieson, William Ehren, Mary Jordan, Gloria Lee, Murray Hills Garden Club, Linda Ross in memory of Mary Stanfield, Ed & Arnette Sherman, Betty & Doug Holling, M.K. Smith, Beth Clark, Jeanne Knight & Wiley Mathis, 
Owen & Perri Peverall, Karen Carbiener, Richard & Fadelma Babcock, C. McClintock, Robert & June Glenz, June & Don Ullrikson, David & LaVonne Middleton, Betty Snyder, Anthony & Darlene Nowak, Suzanne Checchia, Lee Ellis, Cheryl Childress in memory of her sister, Deborah Sparks, Linda Bedard, Robert & Kay Therkelsen, Laurence Klugman, David & Jean Horst, Gordon Hall, Pat & Glenn Janik, Greg & Margaret Cover and Family, John Turner, Sally & John St. Peter, Sandy Meyerhoff, Tracy Soliday, Eugene Keferl, Broward County Audubon Society, Julie Santee, Brian Rudolph, Kelli Koltyn, Norman & Gladys Vlcek, Laura Brown & Mark Shahan, Mike & Lisa Daubner, Joan Naeseth, De Pauw University Financial Aid Office, Mona Malszycki in Memory of Diane Lee Chritton, Norma Young, Patricia & Wen McCamy, Keri Watts - Merry Christmas Kathy Mario & Peter Cowan!, Ron & Marilyn Elleman, Mary & Edward Turbert,

 

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