Midwest Crane Chats
The International Crane Foundation is spreading its wings and heading your way with a series of free, informative Crane Chats near you. You’ll meet fellow crane enthusiasts and learn about cranes in your backyard, as well as find out about connections to crane conservation worldwide. Join us for a presentation and Q&A with our North American crane expert Anne Lacy.
- Tuesday, Oct. 14, 6 p.m. Morton Arboretum, Gingko Room, 4100 Illinois Rout 53, Lisle, Illinois. The Gingko Room at the Morton Arboretum is located inside the Visitor Center. View directions and parking information here.
- Wednesday, Oct. 15, 3 p.m. Cool Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 2000-1 East 151st St, Carmel, Indiana. View directions here.
- Thursday, Oct. 16, 3 p.m. Valparaiso University, Harre Union Ballroom, 1509 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso, Indiana. Park in Lots 14 and 15 to the West of the Union. Lot 13 is a private lot, and vehicles parked there without a permit may be ticketed.
- Friday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m. Monona Terrace, Ballroom A, One John Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin. View directions and parking information here.
Crane Chats are free and open to anyone. To help us plan and to reserve your spot, please register at the links above.
Photo by John Ford
About the Presentation
Wisconsin to the World: Crane Conservation as Global Collaboration
The International Crane Foundation is headquartered in the small community of Baraboo, Wisconsin, and yet we’re an organization with a truly international reach—we work to conserve cranes and their habitats in more than 60 countries around the world. Learn how our local conservation efforts with cranes in your backyard feed into the work of our International Crane Foundation colleagues across the globe. Anne will share stories of her research with Sandhill and Whooping Cranes in North America and draw parallels with our projects and programs in Southeast Asia, East Africa and more.
About the Presenter
Anne Lacy grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and earned degrees in Psychology and Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. After completing graduate work in Biology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Anne came to the International Crane Foundation as an intern in the Field Ecology Department (now the North America Program) to work on an ongoing long-term study of Sandhill Cranes. She joined our Whooping Crane Reintroduction Project in 2009 to study the ecology of the newly reintroduced population in Wisconsin. She has been Director of Eastern Flyway Programs-North America since 2023.
During her time at the International Crane Foundation, Anne has traveled abroad to work alongside the Foundation’s China and Africa teams. She is also a frequent presenter at crane conferences and crane festivals around the world. She has managed to tally 13 of 15 crane species in the wild. Anne is particularly fascinated by crane behavior. She loves to watch cranes in all phases of their annual cycle to try and figure out why they’re doing what they’re doing.
