Family, friends and colleagues are invited Sunday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, to celebrate the life and legacy of Jim Harris, our former Director of Public Education, President and CEO and, most recently, Senior Vice President of Asia.
Category: East Asia
In the News – November and December 2019
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs. 
Travels with George: Following the Siberian Crane migration in Yakutia, Russia
Pointing upward and to the west, she cried, “Look up!” Twenty-eight sets of glistening white wings tipped in black cut with rapid beats into the still, cold air before they vanished beyond the forest of white birch. We were without words!
Cranes and Agriculture: A Global Guide for Sharing the Landscape – Just Published!
The need to share information via a publication that outlines how cranes can live harmoniously on agricultural landscapes with farmers and agricultural producers served as the impetus for a group of researchers and specialists to create the publication “Cranes and Agriculture: A Global Guide for Sharing the Landscape.”
In the News – July 2018
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
Studying the alpine crane on the Tibetan Plateau
The Black-necked Crane is an iconic species of the Tibetan plateau, with almost the entire global population nesting in high-altitude wetlands in China. Ruoergai, in Sichuan province of southwest China, is one of the breeding strongholds of the species where the International Crane Foundation has been working since the early 2000s.
Preparing for the Threat of Avian Influenza in East Asia
From April 5 to7, 2018, Suncheon City hosted an International Crane Symposium to address the threats and responses to avian influenza along the Eastern Flyway. I participated in the symposium and gave the keynote speech on the role of the Korean peninsula in crane conservation.
In the News – June 2018
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
Charting a course for the future of crane conservation in South Korea
The Cheorwon plain, located south of the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea, is an important staging and wintering area for Red-crowned and White-naped Cranes in East Asia.
Jim Harris – Decades of Dedication
On the occasion of his retirement from the International Crane Foundation, I find myself reflecting on my long friendship with Jim Harris. Jim has been a close friend these many years, and our organization has greatly benefited from his unwavering dedication and leadership.