S2E3: Whooping Cranes Go To Court

Title: S2E3: Whooping Cranes Go To Court
Description: Today on The Gulf Podcast, whooping cranes go to court! We live on the coast so we are downstream from everything. That also means that we’re downstream from many of the water management decisions that affect us. These decisions can impact everyone who relies on estuaries and freshwater inflow, including whooping cranes. And in times of drought, things can get bad. In this episode, we’re going to dive into a court case that’s about a decade old called The Aransas Project v. Bryan Shaw, et al. It’s an interesting case that connected water and whooping crane populations—and showed how many people on the coast stepped up to help the cranes.
Creator: Dr. Jen Brown
Duration: 00:27:30
Format: mp3
Subject: birds
whooping cranes
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Gulf Coast
water policy
coastal economies
nature
environment
history
freshwater inflow
bays and estuaries
science
environmental law
US District Court
Fifth Circuit Court
Endangered Species Act