By Canadian Press

CONTENTIOUS HUNT

After prior rejections, Alberta announces sandhill crane hunt in September

Jul 6, 2020 | 6:08 AM

EDMONTON- There will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall.

It is a hunt that’s been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government three times.

The province stated in a news release on Sunday that the season launches on September 1 in more than 50 wildlife management units in southern and east-central Alberta.

Environment Minister Jason Nixon says “will support the province’s wildlife management goals and boost local economies.”

Alberta Conservation Association president Todd Zimmerling says in the same release that the birds make “excellent table fare” and that they’ve been hunted for many years across the rest of their range.

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But Nissa Pettersen of the Alberta Wilderness Association said earlier this year, when the minister told a magazine he’d asked his department consider a hunt, that despite their healthy numbers, the birds reproduce slowly and are rapidly losing the wetlands where they live.

Alberta decided against sandhill crane hunts in 2009, 2013 and 2014.

(The Canadian Press)