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Experience the third annual Great Midwest Crane Fest—“Celebrating Community and Conservation”—and experience thousands of Sandhill Cranes congregating on the Wisconsin River’s banks and islands to prepare for their annual migration south. The event will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 and 9, 2024.
The festival will include guided crane tours, events, lectures, workshops, art displays, guided prairie walks and tours, access to nature trails, and the newly renovated Migration Center Exhibit and George Archibald Welcome Center and Gift Shop at the International Crane Foundation.
Learn about the important conservation work at both organizations and experience the Sandhill Cranes gathering before migration.
Registration includes entry to two world-class attractions, the International Crane Foundation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. The festival includes special workshops at each location.
Registration is open now at greatmidwestcranefest.org.
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend. We provide knowledge, leadership, and inspiration to engage people in resolving threats to cranes and their diverse landscapes. From its nearly 300-acre headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin, the ICF reach extends across the globe, with offices and staff in China, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa, as well as Texas. It works through strong partnerships with local organizations, governments, universities, businesses, and others in these regions. More than 135 ICF staff and associates work with a network of hundreds of specialists in 50 countries on five continents.
The Foundation is committed to a future where all 15 of the world’s crane species are secure. Through the charisma of cranes, ICF envisions a future where people work together for wild crane populations and the landscapes they depend on—and by doing so, find new pathways to sustain our water, land, and livelihoods. Visit savingcranes.org for more information and to support the work of ICF.
The Aldo Leopold Foundation was established in 1982 by the five children of Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella as a conservation organization that works to inspire an ethical relationship between people and nature through Leopold’s legacy. This vision of a “land ethic” was not meant to be rigid or dogmatic; instead, Leopold intended for it to evolve continually through personal reflection, open dialogue, and people’s actions on the land and in their communities. We invite you to join us as we work to weave a land ethic into society and encourage its unfolding in a myriad of ways.
