Yampa Valley Crane Festival's 2017 keynote speaker!

A free community talk with Dr. George Archibald, Senior Conservationist and Co-Founder of the International Crane Foundation, presenting "My Life with Cranes," stories from his new book of collected stories about a life of crane conservation. George will focus on the magic of cranes and the work that the International Crane Foundation does around the world to help cranes. His talk will focus on his personal story leading up to his co-founding of the International Crane Foundation.

Books will be available for sale and author signing before his talk.

About the speaker
Dr. George Archibald co-founded the International Crane Foundation with Ronald Sauey, a colleague from Cornell University, in the spring of 1973. They established it as the world center for the study and preservation of cranes using a creative combination of field research, help to local people living near the cranes, public education, habitat protection, and captive propagation and reintroduction. Today the International Crane Foundation has 50 employees and supports conservation projects in 45 nations.

Dr. Archibald received his undergraduate degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University. In 1984 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (nicknamed the Genius Grant) for his work with cranes. For 27 years Dr. Archibald served as the President of the International Crane Foundation. Today he continues to be employed full time by ICF and works on programs of his choosing in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Cuba, China, India, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, South Korea, and Russia. Dr. Archibald has used the charisma of cranes to help unite people from diverse cultures and countries to work together to preserve habitat necessary for the survival of both cranes and people.

About the Yampa Valley Crane Festival
The Greater Sandhill Crane is an iconic species of the Yampa Valley. Returning in the spring, cranes nest and raise their young in wetland areas throughout the valley. In late summer and early fall, hundreds of cranes from the Rocky Mountain flock join the local birds to rest and feed before continuing their journey south. The festival includes daily crane viewings, expert speakers, films, art exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. All community activities and events are free unless otherwise indicated in the program, and the Bud Werner Memorial Library will be home base for many of these talks, films and events.

Learn more about the Yampa Valley Crane Festival at www.coloradocranes.org.