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Indianapolis Zoo Press Release about George Archibald
Originally published 2008-01-24
Award-winning Conservationist Sets Record - 2006 Indianapolis Prize winner George Archibald fights for cranes’ survival
INDIANAPOLIS --- The winner of the first Indianapolis Prize credits the award with helping him reach some important milestones in his work to save endangered cranes in 2007.... Read more
Seventeen Whooping Cranes Take Flight!
Originally published 2007-10-13
Saturday, October, 13, 2007
Seventeen young Whooping Cranes this morning began their ultralight-led migration from central Wisconsin’s Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). This... Read more
Dohmen Family Foundation of Milwaukee Makes $1.5 Million Gift
Originally published 2007-09-27
DOHMEN FAMILY FOUNDATION OF MILWAUKEE MAKES $1.5 MILLION GIFT TO PROTECT THE THREATENED CRANES OF AFRICA
ICF To Build New Crane Exhibits and Expand Conservation Programs In Africa For Cranes and Wetlands.
The Dohmen Family Foundation of Milwaukee, led by Bob Dohmen, Chairman of The F.... Read more
Sotheby's to Sell the Brooks McCormick Collection: Proceeds will Benefit ICF
Originally published 2007-09-05
Sotheby’s will have the privilege of offering for sale The Brooks McCormick Collection of Ornithology. Comprising both books and prints focused the history of ornithology, the collection... Read more
Protecting the “Lily of Birds”
Originally published 2007-05-19
Contact: Douglas Hykle, CMS, Siberian Crane MoU; hykle@un.org
The Siberian Crane, one of the most threatened of the world’s fifteen crane species, breeds in Russia and winters in China, Iran and, formerly, India.... Read more
West and Central Asia Unite on Behalf of Siberian Cranes
Originally published 2007-05-18
Contacts: Douglas Hykle, CMS, Siberian Crane MoU; hykle@un.org
Taej Mundkur, W/CSN-SC, Wetlands International; taejmundkur.wi@vsnl.net
Elena Ilyashenko, International Crane Foundation; eilyashenko@savingcranes.org
Conservation history was made on May 18, 2007, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the countries of west and central Asia joined together to form an international network to save the critically endangered Siberian Crane.... Read more
IFC and ICF Win UN-Habitat Environmental Award
Originally published 2007-03-29
In Baraboo
Ann Burke
International Crane Foundation
Phone: +1 608 356 9462
Email: aburke@savingcranes.org
In Washington, D.C.
Lucie Giraud
International Finance Corporation
Phone:... Read more
Feingold, Baldwin Introduce Crane Conservation Act
Originally published 2007-03-29
Bipartisan Legislation Would Build on Successful Conservation Efforts Like Those in Wisconsin
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representative Tammy... Read more
Loss of Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge After Storms Hit Central Florida
Originally published 2007-02-03
WCEP NEWS RELEASE
Contact: John Christian, USFWS, 612-810-6955 (cell)
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) regretfully announces the loss of the 18 juvenile whooping cranes at the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge.... Read more
Cranes and Farmers to Benefit from Newly Approved Bird Repellant
Originally published 2007-01-29
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) has been notified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that temporary approval has been given for the use of the non-lethal bird repellant, Avitec™ for a second year.... Read more
Mead Witter Foundation Establishes Endowment Fund
Originally published 2006-12-29
The Mead Witter Foundation of Wisconsin Rapids has just provided a one-time Special Directors’ Grant of $155,000 to the International Crane Foundation (ICF) in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The grant... Read more
George Archibald Wins Indianapolis Prize!
Originally published 2006-08-21
Indianapolis Prize Honors Hero of Animal Conservation with the World’s Largest Animal Conservation Award Dr. George Archibald receives the inaugural $100,000 Indianapolis Prize for his... Read more
The International Crane Foundation Announces New CEO
Originally published 2006-08-01
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) is pleased to announce the appointment of James H. Hook as its President and CEO. Hook's appointment coincides with a landmark event in the effort... Read more
"A Winter in Hokkaido," photographs by Vincent Munier
Originally published 2006-05-22
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) announces the opening of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Family Education Center with the exhibition, A Winter in Hokkaido,” featuring the French wildlife photographer Vincent Munier’s intimate study of Red-Crowned Cranes and the other rare large birds that winter on Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island.... Read more
Dr. George Archibald to be inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
Originally published 2006-04-03
Dr. George Archibald, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 22, 2006. You are invited to attend and help George celebrate this prestigious award!
Archibald... Read more
Cranes and Farmers to Benefit from Newly Approved Bird Repellant
Originally published 2006-03-15
March 15, 2006
Contact: Ann Burke, International Crane Foundation – 608-356-9462 ext. 147
Jeb Barzen, International Crane Foundation - 608-356-9462 ext. 125
The International Crane... Read more
George Archibald, Ph.D., Selected as a Finalist for the Indianapolis Prize
Originally published 2005-10-31
For immediate release: Contact: Rebecca Martin, Weber Shandwick Public Relations October 18, 2005 (952) 346-6238 -or- Judith L. Gagen, Indianapolis Zoo (317) 630-2010
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis... Read more
Starkmedia & International Crane Foundation Make Crane Experts out of the Web Marketing Association
Originally published 2005-09-30
Starkmedia Receives WebAward for International Crane Foundation Site Redesign
MILWAUKEE, WI - September 27, 2005
Starkmedia continues to receive accolades for its interactive
marketing endeavors as it accepts its first WebAward from the Web Marketing Association (WMA).... Read more
Whooping Crane Chick Hatches on Public Display at the International Crane Foundation
Originally published 2005-06-22
Release Date: June 22, 2005
Contact: Ann Burke - International Crane Foundation 608-356-9462 x 147
The International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin is proud to announce that for the first time in its 31 year history, a Whooping Crane chick has hatched on public display.... Read more
Whooping Crane Recovery Receives Lift from Bill in Senate and Recognition from the Smithsonian
Originally published 2005-04-29
Release Date: Thursday April 28, 2005
Contact: Kelley R. Tucker, International Crane Foundation 608/356-9462 ext. 152
Of the 15 crane species in the world, none is rarer than North America’s own Whooping... Read more
Oldest Mail Order Catalog Supports Whooping Crane Conservation
Originally published 2005-03-06
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) in Baraboo, Wisconsin is proud to announce it has received a $30,000 challenge grant from The Orvis Company to support ICF’s efforts to reintroduce the endangered Whooping Crane to the eastern United States.
The Orvis Company, based in Manchester, Vermont, is synonymous with the distinctive country lifestyle.... Read more
Whooping Crane Death in Alabama
Originally published 2005-01-06
Contact: Chuck Underwood, USFWS Southeast Region, 904-232-2580, x109
Rachel F. Levin, WCEP, 612-713-5311
Joan Garland, WCEP, 608-356-9462, x142
One of the 35 endangered whooping cranes reintroduced... Read more
They Did It Again! Whooping Cranes and Ultralights Reach Florida
Originally published 2004-12-13
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 12, 2004
Media Contacts:
Joan Garland, WCEP/International Crane Foundation, (608) 381-1262 (cell)
Heather Ray, Operation Migration, Inc., (905) 718-1292 (cell)
Rachel F.... Read more
Ted Turner Visits ICF
Originally published 2004-10-29
Ted Turner Visits the International Crane Foundation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation
Friday, October 29, at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Ted Turner, television network executive, entrepreneur, and environmentalist... Read more
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