About ICF What’s New Upcoming Events Travel Journals Notes from the President Notes from Co-Founder History Get Involved Departments At ICF Media Contact Us Links The Great Whooping Crane Nest Search - by George Archibald 04/29/2008 George writes, "Last Wednesday April 23, was a highlight of my life." "From 9:00 a.m. through noon, I had the back seat of a small Cessna aircraft, while biologist Sara Zimorski and pilot Mike Frakes... Read more ICF Remembers Fred Ott 04/25/2008 Since the start of the Crane Foundation (ICF) in 1973, Fred Ott has been actively involved in the organization. He was a close friend of Co-founder, Ron Sauey. They shared an interest in bird books... Read more Message from Khinganski Nature Reserve, far eastern Russia 04/24/2008 Photo caption: Vladimir Andronov, Sergei Smirenski, Oleg Goroshko, Jim Harris Jim Harris, ICF Vice President, recently traveled to Khinganski Nature Reserve in the Amur Region, Russia. Jim... Read more Corn Seed Treatment to Protect Against Sandhill Crane Damage 03/27/2008 Corn Seed Treatment to Protect Against Sandhill Crane Damage: Avitec™ Re-Approved for 2008 A Section 18 label has been re-issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use of the nonlethal... Read more Three White Cranes, Two Flyways, One World Art Exhibition In Milwaukee 03/07/2008 Art has always been a beautiful way of bringing people together and communicating passion in life. It is no wonder that cranes have been the inspiration of so many artists, including children. The Children’s... Read more 2008 North American Crane Working Group Workshop 03/04/2008 You are invited to attend the 11th North American Crane Working Group (NACWG) Workshop on September 23 - 27, 2008 in Central Wisconsin at the Glacier Canyon Lodge convention center in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Highlights of the workshop include:Ice-breaker, Oktoberfest, Tuesday evening the 23st Technical sessions, Wednesday the 24nd and Friday the 26th, Thursday, the 25rd is set aside for an all-day field trip to Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, where we can see Operation Migration in action, and then to the International Crane Foundation, with visits to the Whooping Crane Exhibit, Crane City, Education Center, and isolation chick-rearing site.... Read more African Crane Trade Workshop Results 02/09/2008 Four species of cranes are resident in Africa - Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum, Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina, Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus, and Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea. Due to an increasing number of rumours about the trade in cranes, confiscations of illegally kept cranes in South Africa and the findings from a study in Mali showing high levels of international trade and domestication of Black Crowned Cranes, the African Crane Trade Project was initiated in 2006 as a project under the International Crane Foundation/ Endangered Wildlife Trust Partnership. Preliminary investigations during 2006-2007 showed that all four cranes species are affected by the illegal removal of individuals and eggs from the wild for food, traditional use, domestication and illegal trade markets.... Read more Help Build New Exhibits at ICF and Double Your Gift to Crane Conservation 12/03/2007 Building on 34 years of progress saving cranes, ICF’s 2007 Annual Campaign – Celebrating and Protecting the Cranes and Wetlands of Africa and Beyond – invites your support to advance new projects that will dramatically improve ICF’s effectiveness at home and in crane conservation worldwide. Through the campaign, we will build new exhibits at our world headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin, to display four species of African cranes – the Blue, Wattled, Grey Crowned and Black Crowned.... Read more A Delighful Children's Story - Shoba and the Sarus Crane 11/26/2007 K.S. Gopi Sundar, ICF Research Associate (India) writes, "In 1998, three birdwatchers – Sunita Chaudhry, Savita Malhotra and Gita observed a flock of ducks and geese landing in what appeared to be... Read more Dohmen Family Foundation of Milwaukee Makes $1.5 Million Gift 09/27/2007 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 Avian Influenza Information 08/07/2007 Authored by: Barry Hartup, DVM, PhD – Director of Veterinary Services, International Crane Foundation The outbreak of influenza A virus (H5N1) throughout Eurasia has led to concerns of a human influenza pandemic, and there is increasing unease that wild birds, particularly waterfowl, may be responsible for the spread of the disease to new regions.... Read more