Learn about our Whooping Cranes conservation programs at the 35th Annual Whooping Crane Strut in Rockport, Texas! Learn more and register for this fun event.

Join us at the Oakville Feather Fest on Saturday, March 9! This first annual festival will celebrate all things bird-related at the beautiful Oakville Park in Danville, Alabama. Learn more about the festival here.

We are teaming up with staff from the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge to co-lead Whooping Crane tours in 2024 on Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 9, Jun. 13, Jul. 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10 and Nov. 14, from 9 - 10 a.m. Please meet at the parking lot for the Egret Trail Boardwalk… Continue reading Guided Whooping Crane Tours at Horicon Marsh

Despite over 20 years of reintroduction efforts, the Eastern Migratory Population of Whooping Cranes faces challenges with low recruitment. This is due to low rates of chicks surviving to independence, with predation being one of the primary causes of mortality for crane chicks. This presentation will cover Nicole Gordon’s master’s thesis research assessing the presence… Continue reading From the Field Webinar – Predators on the Whooping Crane Eastern Population’s Breeding Grounds

We are teaming up with our friends at the San Antonio Bay Partnership for a webinar on freshwater in coastal Texas! Our Director of Gulf Coast Programs Dr. Carter Crouch and Water and Coastal Resources Consultant James Dodson will present 'Water for Wildlife' at 2 p.m. Central Time. You can learn more and register for… Continue reading Water for Wildlife Webinar

Learn how Louisiana's wetlands and culture support the Endangered Whooping Crane with our outreach coordinator Irvin Louque on March 14th at the Hilliard Art Museum in Lafayette.

Our Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Schmidt will present on the eastern population of endangered Whooping Cranes at the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center's Dinner on the Bluff speaker series on March 16. The event includes an exquisite four-course meal from guest chef Tyler Shipton of Juniper's Restaurant in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Learn more and register… Continue reading Dinner on the Bluff: Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population

The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival highlights the spring return of Sandhill Cranes to the greater Othello area and Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in central Washington. Dr. Gary Ivey, Research Associate/West… Continue reading Othello Sandhill Crane Festival

We are teaming up with staff from the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge to co-lead Whooping Crane tours in 2024 on Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 9, Jun. 13, Jul. 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10 and Nov. 14, from 9 - 10 a.m. Please meet at the parking lot for the Egret Trail Boardwalk… Continue reading Guided Whooping Crane Tours at Horicon Marsh

Join the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff on Thursday, April 11, for a fascinating discussion with our Co-Founder Dr. George Archibald – complete with pictures, sounds and excerpts from… Continue reading Cranes: Ambassadors for Wetlands, Grasslands and Goodwill Presentation

Join over 1,800 volunteers across the upper Midwest to monitor the return of Sandhill and Whooping Cranes to their northern breeding grounds. Click here to learn more and to get… Continue reading Annual Midwest Crane Count

Shooting of cranes in the Middle East has resulted in the extirpation or disappearance of Critically Endangered Siberian Cranes that recently wintered in Iran and India. Now, there is growing… Continue reading From the Field Webinar – The Middle East Crane Conservation Group