Feb 20, 2018
Why Cranes? Our Work is About Life on Earth
Forty-five years ago a great idea hatched to create a global organization – the International Crane Foundation – focused solely on the study and preservation of the world’s 15 species of cranes. But, why cranes? With so many important causes to support around the world, why would we focus our mission and vision so narrowly on cranes? Because, when the International Crane Foundation saves cranes, we save so very, very much more!
Feb 16, 2018
Urgent – help us protect Wisconsin’s wetlands!
The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Bill 547 on Feb. 15, 2018, with a 58 to 39 vote. There’s still time to contact your elected representatives before the upcoming Senate bill vote.
Feb 12, 2018
Whooping Cranes will soon return to Wisconsin
Sixteen young Whooping Cranes released in 2017 successfully migrated south for the winter. Restoration partners are now eagerly awaiting the birds’ return and hoping the coming breeding season exceeds the promising results achieved last year.
Jan 29, 2018
A Risky Climate for Cranes, Wetlands and Our World
I was working in Zambia when word came that the United States would pull out of the international Paris Agreement on climate change. Listening to this news with a group of Zambian colleagues, I was saddened. In Zambia, and nearly everywhere we work around the world, climate change is treated as a life or death matter.
Jan 28, 2018
New information regarding Siberian Crane poisonings in Yellow River delta, China
We’ve received updated information regarding the Siberian Cranes found earlier this month poisoned near their staging area on the Yellow River delta in central China.
Jan 05, 2018
Help keep Endangered Whooping Cranes safe in the New Year
We had a lot to celebrate this past year, and one of those things is Whooping Cranes! Whooping Cranes are one of the rarest bird species on earth, with only about 750 individuals in the global population.
Jan 04, 2018
Travels with George: Returning Sarus Cranes to Thailand
The idea for an Eastern Sarus Crane reintroduction program in Thailand “hatched” at an International Crane Workshop in 1983 hosted by the Government of India and the International Crane Foundation.
Dec 20, 2017
Notes from the President: Finding Balance
I ride a unicycle and often find myself thinking about balance. I’ve learned I can do all sorts of surprising things when firmly balanced on one wheel… playing hockey, riding marathon distances, or winding down a mountainside on bumpy dirt trails. Conservation is likewise about finding balance in challenging circumstances – that elusive balance that results in win-win solutions for people and wildlife and thereby builds broad public support for conservation.
Dec 13, 2017
Travels with George: Sunrise at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
Along the coast of Texas, the morning of Dec. 5, 2017, was perfect. Clear star-filled skies merged into a gorgeous sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico, amidst a calm that reflected Whooping Cranes and White Pelicans in mirror-like waters of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
Dec 07, 2017
Co-founder of International Crane Foundation finalist for international Award for Conservation Excellence
George Archibald, Ph.D., co-founder of the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wis., is one of five finalists for the inaugural Award for Conservation Excellence (ACE) presented by the Banovich Wildscapes Foundation and sponsored by Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, the Cabela Family Foundation and Bass Pro Shops.