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It’s just after 5:30 a.m. on April 17, 2021. The sun has painted a pink rim on the eastern horizon. One more April frost has tipped the grasses. Steam is rising off the farm pond owned by a long-retired sheriff’s deputy.
I’m pulling into a cornfield to watch sandhill cranes outside of Hortonville, a village of 2,800 best known for a teachers’ strike almost 50 years ago. I’m taking part in the International Crane Foundation’s Annual Midwest Crane Count. The ICF, located in Baraboo, Wis., is the best hope for the planet’s 15 crane species. I’ve done the count here at least a dozen times. This year’s probably is my last. ....

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