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Co-founder of International Crane Foundation finalist for international Award for Conservation Excellence

George Archibald, Ph.D., co-founder of the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wis., is one of five finalists for the inaugural Award for Conservation Excellence (ACE) presented by the Banovich Wildscapes Foundation and sponsored by Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, the Cabela Family Foundation and Bass Pro Shops.

Class of 2016

About this year’s Whooping Crane chicks: Twelve of this year’s 13 cranes were hatched and raised by adult cranes in a captive-breeding facility, where there was minimal human contact and… Continue reading Class of 2016

Class of 2014

Three release methods were used in 2014 – Ultralight-guided (Group One), Parent Reared (Group Two) and wild-hatched cranes are in Group Three. Group 1 – Ultralight-guided Whooping Cranes 2-14 3-14… Continue reading Class of 2014

Class of 2015

#topThree release methods were used in 2015 – Ultralight-guided Migration (Group One), Direct Autumn Release (Group Two) and Parent Reared (Group Three). Group Four includes any wild-hatched Whooping Cranes in… Continue reading Class of 2015

Class of 2013

Three release methods were used in 2013 – Ultralight-guided (Group One), Direct Autumn Release (Group Two) and Parent Reared (PR). This is the first year that the Parent Reared release… Continue reading Class of 2013

Announcing new range maps for all 15 crane species


Building upon decades of research, we have created current range maps for the 15 species of crane on behalf of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Crane Specialist Group. The maps represent the combined knowledge of experts throughout each species’ range.

Class of 2012

Two release methods were used in 2012: Ultralight-guided (Group One) and Direct Autumn Release (Group Two). Group Three includes any successfully fledged wild-hatched Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population.… Continue reading Class of 2012