Celebrating the beauty of Sandhill Cranes, which are beginning to gather along the Wisconsin River, is the focus of the fifth annual Great Midwest Crane Fest, which returns to Baraboo on Nov. 14 and 15.
With the theme “Celebrating Community and Conservation,” the festival’s centerpiece is the thousands of Sandhill Cranes that settle onto the river’s sandbars and shallows before starting their journey south.
Other highlights are bestselling authors such as Ethan Tapper, forester and author of the award-winning “How to Love a Forest,” and author and filmmaker Maggie Dewane, who has written a new book titled “Haiku and Hope: 50 States of Climate Change.”
Also attending will be George Archibald, an ornithologist and co-founder of the International Crane Foundation.
The festival is hosted by the International Crane Foundation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
“Every year, this festival reminds me how much can happen when good partners share a common purpose,” Rich Beilfuss, president and CEO of the International Crane Foundation, said in a press release.
“For our fifth Crane Fest, we’ve built a weekend that feels like a celebration: authors, artists, scientists, and thousands of cranes filling the sky at sunset,” he said. “We can’t wait to welcome everyone back to Baraboo.”
