International Crane Foundation - Baraboo, Wisconsin

Address:E-11376 Shady Lane Rd.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Tel: (608) 356-9462

Truly global citizens, the world's 15 species of cranes range freely over five continents and migrate across deserts, mountains, frozen tundra, and the borders of hundreds of nations. The International Crane Foundation is home to a captive population of cranes that you can see via a guided tour through a paved 1/2 mile trail system. The tour, which can be self-guided, can last up to 2 hours, during which time you will see and learn about a variety of cranes.

Extras: Tours.

Open 9 am to 5 pm. $$ (Moderately Priced)

The International Crane Foundation (ICF) works worldwide to conserve cranes and the wetland and grassland ecosystems on which they depend. ICF is dedicated to providing experience, knowledge, and inspiration to involve people in resolving threats to these ecosystems. CF differs from most nature centers and conservation facilities in that its activities single out a very specific subject - cranes- rather than treating the natural history and general ecology of a region. But the focus on cranes is not limiting; instead it provides ICF an opportunity to address a series of issues not tied to a particular place: endangered species management, wetland ecology, habitat restoration, and the critical need for international cooperation.