For more than 40 years, many organizations and agencies have been working to bring back the Whooping Crane. Today, their majestic presence and unique haunting call are slowly re-emerging on the landscape – including eastern Kentucky.
Category: Whooping Crane
Building Whooping Crane Awareness One State at a Time
The survival of Whooping Cranes depends on the actions of people – people protecting the ecosystems where Whooping Cranes live and people living in harmony with the birds.
Join us for our North American Cranes Festival
The International Crane Foundation is holding the North American Cranes Festival on Saturday, July 1, to celebrate the two species of cranes that call North America their home, Sandhill Cranes and Whooping Cranes.
International Crane Foundation receives award for keeping Whooping Cranes safe
The International Crane Foundation’s Whooping Crane outreach campaign, focused on reducing human-induced mortality, received a regional Award for Conservation Partners through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region.
Make your voice heard for cranes, wetlands and clean water!
Since January, we have a faced a dizzying array of proposed policy changes and budget cuts at the national level. These include potential cutbacks to the Endangered Species Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Water Rule, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and reduced commitments to climate change agreements and our National Wildlife Refuge system.
Securing Freshwater for Whooping Cranes in Texas
One of the primary research goals of our Texas Program is protecting coastal habitat for wintering Whooping Cranes, which includes the productive salt marshes and tidal flats that fringe the shorelines of the central Texas coast. Protecting these coastal habitats is critical for the species, but cranes, like people, need freshwater to survive.
Honoring Rob Horwich – Pioneer in Costume Rearing
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Dr. Rob Horwich has passed away. Rob lead pioneering work for the International Crane Foundation in crane behavior and captive rearing, and was responsible for developing the costume-rearing technique that has become the hallmark of our Whooping Crane reintroduction efforts.
Reward Offered for Information on Whooping Crane Shot in Green County Indiana
Indiana Conservation Officers have partnered with Indiana Turn in a Poacher, Friends of Goose Pond, and the International Crane Foundation to offer a reward of $6,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for killing a Whooping Crane in Greene County.
Alleged Whooping Crane Shooting in Southwestern Indiana
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the alleged shooting over the weekend of an endangered Whooping Crane on her wintering grounds in Greene County, Indiana, making this event the third Whooping Crane shooting in this region.
Experts Relocate Young Endangered Whooping Crane That Missed Migration
A missed flight around the holidays can be frustrating, but for Whooping Cranes, it’s potentially fatal. That is no longer the case for a young Whooping Crane that missed his annual migration, thanks to experts from The International Crane Foundation.