Learn more about on-going work along the Texas coast during the live Whooping Crane webinar (photo by Paul Konrad).

The International Crane Foundation (ICF) is hosting a live series of morning webinars that will feature an insightful presentation December 10th at 11am CST, entitled “Whooping Cranes on the Texas Coast – an Important Key to their Recovery.” Join ICF’s Director of North America Programs Liz Smith along with Land and Water Conservation Director Terry Turney for the live webinar that highlights work being conducted on behalf of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo migratory population of Whooping Cranes that winters in and near Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.

The International Crane Foundation has been conducting education and outreach activities in coastal Texas for almost 20 years to increase public awareness and promote advocacy for endangered Whooping Cranes and the coastal habitats they need to survive.

The next phase of the Texas Program Strategic Plan, ICF’s program area will encompass a project area from Corpus Christi Bay to Sabine Lake Bay, which includes 18 counties. Five counties encompass the current winter range of the population of Whooping Cranes that nests in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada and migrates to the Aransas Refuge area.

This year ICF began working in the additional counties as future expansion of the winter range needed as the population increases. The aim is to conserve 125,000 acres of coastal marshes and 375,000 acres of coastal prairies. These protections will help ensure the recovery of the endangered Whooping Cranes, as well as help to maintain the traditional livelihoods of the agricultural community in the region.

For more information and to register for this live International Crane Foundation webinar, visit https://www.savingcranes.org/from-field-webinar-series/