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Show ThurMlav October I. Umt returns after Tffy ' . ....-'-1-- "' V" A ill 1 1 N.M. ALBUQUERQUE, Two whooping cranes that followed an ultralight plane to New Mexico last fall have made the first stage of a new migration from Yellowstone National Park to southeastern Idaho without human escort. The migration last year to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge south of here was carried out by researcher Kent Clegg, who flew the ultralight from Idaho through Utah and Colorado into New Mexico's ' v4.' 1 Alaska until early October. WHERE: In the Pacific Ocean off the reservation. tribe hopes to take one whale this fall. Under a agreement approved by the WHAT: The U.S.-Russi- '. birds trailing behind him. It was part of an experiment to see if whooping cranes could be taught to migrate, thus giving biologists hope of creating a new migratory flock of the each kill must be distributed to tribal members before another whale is taken. H.AINL THOMPSON Preparations: Makah Indians paddle their during a practice on Aug. 20 in Neah Bay, Wash. Indian Tribe goes after its first whale in 70 years later this fall, the ajr and water will be colder and the jSeas rougher. Wet, dark, vfirfliy winters are the down sjdof living in this spectacular placed community at the hJSJ&J of the Makah reservation. d air-fille- d weather can change crew member McCarty with a snap of hSEJingers. "We watch the masks. bBEflHor of the birds" and other The harpoon the Makah will cJSSJo impending change. use this fall has a stec--l point and barbs. The tribes traditional harpoons had mussel-shel- l JTTracking the whale JfEhe idea is to intercept the barbs attached to a cedar shaft fjlli migration as with cherry bark. The tlJEgreat mammals head south whaling canoe ffiJHEAlaska's Aleutian Chain to being built at the tribe's musetBEJvarm waters off Mexico. um will be accompanied by one klUl strike a bull or a calfless or two motorized chase boats on GPWTale. For thousands of years, the hunt to help out in a criBflakah whalers relied on these sis and tow the whale home. gpring-fal- l migrations to feed after a tjieir people and now Risky proposition lull are The modern touches give the preparthey crew some advantages over their ing to hunt whale again. ftfflfift canoe "Hummingbird" 32-fo- The first strike will be made with a harpoon, but the Makah plan to follow up immediately with a a modern variacoup de grace tion intended to make the hunt as humane as possible. The old way would be to strike the whale repeatedly, chasing it to exhaustion and tracking it when it dives skin bladders using attached by rope to the harpoons. "We have traditions of being towed by the whale," says McCarty, a carver of traditional steel-tippe- Grande wetlands with the Rio International Whaling Commission, they may take up to five whales a year from 1998 through 2002. Under Makah protocols for the hunt, meat and oil from of tllG looming, rocky cape. The sea is smooth and silky, aJULjthe canoe shows black aJSJBfct the opal colors of the water and the dawn sky. The Mcjkah sing sometimes, whaling songs that help set the pace or urge the whale to swim closer to. shore. This is only practice. rJhe ' place some time after Oct 1 probably several weeks later, since the whales usually do not head south from the extreme northFlattery west; tip of the contiguous to Hobuck Upited States Bpb on Makah Bay, just south Press Writer Associated WHEN: The hunt will take n li&that," says By RICHARD BENKE at a glcnco - BAY, Wash. They gather before dawn at the marina to practice paddling, mumbling sleepily to each other as the sky begins to brighten in the east. Jhey carry slim, hand-carvepsflellps made from cedar or yew flowrto the dock where their the canoe, practice Hummingbird, awaits. Stripping off sweatpants and shirts in the Crisp morning air, the eight-macrew sets out barechested for a three-hou-r run out around Cape Page D7 I'tah Whoopers fly without ultralight Hunt Associated Press Writer When the Makah THb DAILY Hi RALD. Proxo. lull 70-ye- ar PEGGY ANDERSEN 'rmZZ' I. gray-whal- e 36-fo- forebears, but the hunt still is a risky proposition. New England whalers of the 19th century called the gray whale "devil fish" for its tendency to fight attackers rather than try to flee. "I would say the whale definitely has the advantage," said Rich Closter, commander of the Coast Guard's Neah Bay station and a veteran hunter who says he wouldn't take part in in this quest for anything part because of the icy waters. "Whales are very dangerous when they're wounded," Closter said in a recent interview, and the man firing the gun "better make the first shot count." The Makah "must feel very strongly about this part of their heritage to engage in this operation," he said. if itM un MB At left is Dwight Tevuk 1 he endangered birds. 'The experiment was a success," said Tom Stehn, whooping Associated Press into open Pacific Ocean waters and at right is Eric Johnson. crane recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "because it showed that the birds could be taught to fol- an ultralight and that they low ) 11 " ELAINE THOMPSON The Associated Press Artisan: Makah Indian Micah McCarty walks away from showing fellow paddlers a mask he made. McCarty, an artist by trade, is among a group of paddlers poised to go on the first Makah whale hunt in 70 years this fall. asi man mm mt. "'. could quickly learn to survive with wild sandhill cranes. The two (ultralight) birds that survived the winter migrated back north on their own, proving they didn't have to be led back north." And so far they are proving they don't need an escort for the fall migration. They left sometime last week from Yellowstone. They are near Driggs, Idaho, where they will probably stay about a week. It's a staging area for sandhill cranes," Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Hans Stuart said in Albuquerque. 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