Help George’s Dream for Crane Conservation Come True
Our Co-founder, renowned ornithologist Dr. George Archibald, dreamed up the International Crane Foundation when he was still a graduate student. Since 1973, his vision for a world where cranes, people, and our natural heritage thrive together has evolved into conservation work stretching from coastal Texas to Zambia to Mongolia.
Today, most of the world’s 15 crane species are stable or increasing, including one of North America’s rarest bird species, the Whooping Crane. We’ve conserved hundreds of thousands of hectares of wetlands and grasslands, and people around the world have benefited from our programs and partnerships alongside their crane neighbors.
Help George’s wishes for cranes and their habitats come true. Make a gift to the International Crane Foundation in honor of George’s 80th birthday.
Your gift of any amount contributes to the conservation impact the International Crane Foundation makes around the world.
Photo: George Archibald in Nepal in 2025. Courtesy The Kathmandu Post
Make a GiftWhat will your gift make happen?
Below are some approximate costs of crane care and educational programs to support our crane and conservation efforts worldwide.
$50
Plant avocado trees that provide East African farmers with marketable crops while creating buffer zones around wetlands where Grey Crowned Cranes nest.
$100
Feed our resident flock for a day. Our cranes in human care preserve the genetic heritage of threatened species and allow us to bolster wild populations.
$250
Install a nest camera to provide vital field data to our scientists.
$500
Restore native habitat at our headquarters site in Wisconsin, where we have brought former farmland back to oak savannah and woodland with prescribed burns and seed plantings.
$1,000
Transport our Zambia team to the field. The International Crane Foundation co-manages two national parks in Zambia, where more than 300,000 people depend on the same wetlands cranes need to survive.
$2,500
Support crop damage solutions so that farmers and cranes can co-exist on landscapes that include agricultural fields.
$5,000
Track Whooping Crane populations so that one of the rarest birds in North America continues to increase its numbers.
$10,000
Open a Crane School along the East Asian Flyway to cultivate environmental consciousness in young people in places where five species of threatened migratory cranes need safe habitat.
