Annual Cranes of the World Festival

Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25, 2010

ICF’s 37^th Anniversary festivities will kick off on September 24th with a theatrical performance benefiting ICF and the historic Al. Ringling Theatre in downtown Baraboo. Saturday’s festivities will be at our world headquarters and conclude in the evening with the Annual Member Banquet at Ho-Chunk Casino Hotel and Convention Center.

In pictures: Crane school graduates arrive in Somerset

Young cranes are prepared for the wild in Somerset

A group of cranes which were hatched at a nature reserve in Gloucestershire have reached the final stage before they are released into the wild.

Community flocks together to aid cranes

The Yomiuri Shimbun

TSURUIMURA, Hokkaido--In efforts to prevent a new decline in the tancho crane population, Tsuruimura residents are adopting a novel approach to protect the species.

Established in 2008, a local organization called Tancho Community has organized a feeding program cultivating corn for the cranes. With local farmers on board, organization members plant crops with local primary school students. Once grown, the corn is transported to feeding sites managed by the Wild Bird Society of Japan and other organizations.