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~ The 11th North American Crane Workshop ~  

The 11th North American Crane Workshop was held September 23-27, 2008, at the Glacier Canyon Lodge Convention Center in the Wisconsin Dells, near the heart of Wisconsin’s crane habitat. The workshop included 117 participants from across North America as well as from Mexico, Russia, and Ukraine. In the technical sessions, the presentations of 38 papers, and 16 posters demonstrated the depth and breadth of scientific and cultural interest in cranes in North America and around the world. On our field day on the 25th, we stood in the early morning light at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge to watch young whooping cranes in flight training with the ultralight pilots, and had the opportunity to talk with the dedicated pilots of Operation Migration and see their craft up close. We also visited the cranberry marshes of the Glacial Lake Cranberries, Inc., where many sandhill cranes summer, and toured the educational and captive rearing facilities at the International Crane Foundation. At the final evening banquet, we enjoyed an expressionistic journey of crane and the Florida ecosystem by Heather Henson and talented kite-fliers, and recognized Ernie Kuyt with the L. H. Walkinshaw Award and Rose Butler with the Best Student Paper Award. Tom Hoffmann, a long-time board member and most recently treasurer, and the individual who ably organized the 2008 workshop, stepped down from the Executive Board. Barry Hartup joins the board and also served as Editor for the workshop proceedings. Board members in new terms are Jane Austin (President), Richard Urbanek (Vice-President), and Glenn Olsen (Treasurer); Tracy Grazia continues as Secretary, and Felipe Chavez-Ramirez and Marilyn Spalding will serve as at-large members.

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OPERATION MIGRATION CRANBERRY HARVESTING - GLACIAL LAKE CRANBERRIES
Whooping crane migration training   Cranberry harvesting, Wisconsin  
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