Update: We have received W2-23’s necropsy results from the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The analysis showed that the young crane was compromised from a systemic parasite disease… Continue reading Loss of Whooping Crane Chick at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Category: Press Releases
An Evening With the Cranes is Saturday, June 24
CONTACT: Jodi Legge, Director of External Affairs, 608-356-9462, ext. 120 Meet Our Staff from Africa, Asia and North America and Support Our Conservation Work May 30, 2023 – Experience the beauty… Continue reading An Evening With the Cranes is Saturday, June 24
International Crane Foundation Opens May 1 with New Welcome Video, Self-Guided App
CONTACT: Jodi Legge, Director of External Affairs, 608-356-9462, ext. 120 Join Us to Celebrate 50 Years Saving Cranes and Ecosystems Around the World April 26, 2023 – Celebrating its 50th year… Continue reading International Crane Foundation Opens May 1 with New Welcome Video, Self-Guided App
Helicopters Help Locate Sandhill Crane Nests
CONTACT: Anne Lacy, Director of Eastern Flyway Programs – North America, (608) 356-9462, ext. 146;Jodi Legge, Director of External Affairs, 608-356-9462, ext. 120 International Crane Foundation Will Conduct Survey on April… Continue reading Helicopters Help Locate Sandhill Crane Nests
International Crane Foundation and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Sign MOU
Contact:Mark LaBarbera, WWF Executive Director, 520-730-9252Jodi Legge, ICF Director of External Affairs, 608-356-9462, ext. 120 April 5, 2023 – Finding common ground and informing the public about Whooping Crane and… Continue reading International Crane Foundation and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Sign MOU
Volunteers Needed for the 2023 Midwest Crane Count
Annual Event on Saturday, April 15 CONTACT: Jodi Legge, Director of External Affairs, 608-356-9462 ext. 120 March 28, 2023 – Join the International Crane Foundation and more than 1,800 volunteers… Continue reading Volunteers Needed for the 2023 Midwest Crane Count
Historic Agreement Signed to Manage Vital Grasslands and Wetlands in the Khurk-Khuiten Nature Reserve of Mongolia
Contacts: Spike Millington, Vice President – Asia Program, 608-356-9462 ext. 140 and Claire Mirande, Grants Officer – Asia Program, 608-356-9462 ext. 122 Ulan Bator, Mongolia – Following the designation of… Continue reading Historic Agreement Signed to Manage Vital Grasslands and Wetlands in the Khurk-Khuiten Nature Reserve of Mongolia
November’s First Annual Great Midwest Crane Fest Spotlights Cranes, Community
Contacts: Maddie Tebbe, 608-356-9462, ext.104; Eric Snyder, 608-355-0279, ext. 390 Baraboo Wisconsin – Two of Wisconsin’s leading conservation organizations, based in Baraboo, the International Crane Foundation and the Aldo Leopold… Continue reading November’s First Annual Great Midwest Crane Fest Spotlights Cranes, Community
Three New Whooping Cranes Migrate to Wisconsin from Canada to Join Wild and Captive Flocks
Baraboo, Wisconsin – Three Whooping Cranes made an unconventional migration in late August, traveling via private planes and cargo vans from the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo (WICZ) in Alberta, Canada, to… Continue reading Three New Whooping Cranes Migrate to Wisconsin from Canada to Join Wild and Captive Flocks
Whooping Crane shootings – what we know and why it matters
Illegal shootings are a major threat to the survival of Endangered Whooping Cranes.