Louisiana’s whooping crane nesting season was bountiful as a total of 10 chicks fledged this year. It was a record-setting spring with the 10 fledged chicks, the most ever in the state’s experimental whooping crane reintroduction project, which was initiated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) in 2011. The 10 fledged chicks surpasses the record of eight recorded in 2022. …