The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation (LWFF) recently recognized Cameron LNG with the Whooping Crane Stewardship Award for its financial support of LDWF’s reintroduction project in southwest Louisiana.
 
For the past three years, Houston-based Cameron LNG has partnered with LDWF and the reintroduction project, providing satellite transmitter equipment and associated communications costs for tracking the movement of the whooping cranes. The Stewardship Award is presented to companies in Louisiana willing to make a financial pledge to the restoration of whooping cranes in the state.
 
George Archibald, co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, presented Stevie Trahan, External Relations Manager with Cameron LNG, with Chris Davis’ wildlife portrait “Taking Flight” in appreciation of the corporate support provided for the project.
 
Cameron LNG operates a liquefaction project located just outside Hackberry in Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana, where many of the cranes call home.
 
Louisiana’s whooping crane reintroduction project began in 2011 when 10 whooping cranes from the U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Facility in Maryland were released to White Lake Wetlands Conservations Area to develop the non-migratory flock. This marked a significant conservation milestone with the first wild whooping cranes in Louisiana since 1950. Each year since, more whooping cranes have been added to the initial flock and the current population is almost 70.
 
In 2016, the first chick hatched in the wild in Louisiana since 1939, a significant sign of recovery for the species.
 
Cameron LNG’s name originates from Cameron Parish, known for its many lakes, wildlife refuges and natural beauty. Cameron Parish is also the largest of Louisiana’s parishes with 1,313 square miles of land and 619 square miles of water inhabited by reptiles of all sorts, fresh and saltwater wildlife, over 400 bird species, sportsmen of all types and local families. Cameron LNG has made a commitment to safeguard the environment in which it operates.
 
To contribute to the whooping crane project or any LDWF initiative, go to the LWFF website at http://lawff.org.