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Founded in 1973, the International Crane Foundation is headquartered in Baraboo, Wisconsin, on a 250-acre property that includes live crane exhibits with 15 crane species, a visitor center, breeding facilities, a research library and nature trails. The foundation works worldwide and in the US with local partners to raise and conserve cranes.
In 1973, when cranes were in a perilous situation and many of the fifteen remaining species were on the brink of extinction, Archibald co-founded, with Ron Sauey, the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. He was director from 1973 to 2000. Currently he heads a World Conservation Union commission on crane survival. [1]
International Crane Foundation: Baraboo: Sauk: Southern Savanna: Live crane exhibits, an interactive education center, guided and self-guided tours, a research library, visitor center, over four miles of hiking trails set among 100 acres of restored tall grass prairie, oak savanna, and wetlands Interstate Park Ice Age Interpretive Center: Saint ...
The International Crane Foundation in Baraboo offers a map of sandhill crane distribution. Its Sandhill Crane Finder shows concentrations of the birds across North America as well as offers a ...
About 180 complaints are received in Wisconsin annually from farms for crane-caused damage to crops including corn, wheat and potatoes, Finger said. Most of the damage, about $900,000 to $1 ...
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A committee on sandhill cranes will meet Wednesday to discuss its findings and potential bills to assist farmers with crane-caused crop damage.
In 1976, with the wild population numbering only 60 birds and having increased at an average of only one bird per year over the past decades, [47] ornithologist George W. Archibald, co-founder of the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin, began working with 'Tex', a female whooping crane hatched at the San Antonio Zoo in 1967 to ...