Welcome to the Annual Midwest Crane Count!


The Annual Midwest Crane Count is a tradition dating back to 1976. It is one of the largest citizen-based inventories in the world. One of the primary purposes of the Crane Count is to allow ICF to monitor the abundance and distribution of cranes in the Upper-Midwest. In the 1930's, an estimated 25 pairs of Sandhill Cranes resided in Wisconsin. The year 2000 Count tallied more than 13,000 Sandhill Cranes.

Each year, the Count involves over 3,000 volunteer participants that spread over 100 counties in five states.

We invite you to find out more about Crane Count, and hope you will participate! If you have been a counter for years, you'll also want to explore our Crane Count website.

The annual Crane Count is organized by count - for more information please contact your local county coordinator.

Local County Coordinators for the 2008 count are:

Chippewa County: - Jim Schwiebert - 715-834-0040 jschwiebert [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Dunn County - Lori McNown - 715-664-8778 - lmcnown [at] cruiskeen [dot] com

Eau Claire County - Karen Voss - 715-835-0835 - mjvoss [at] chipvalley [dot] com

Pepin County - Curt Stine and Judy Lively - 715-285-5161 lively [at] nelson-tel [dot] net or stine [at] nelson-tel [dot] net

More information is available at the International Crane Foundation Crane Count Web Site - http://cranecount.org

International Crane Foundation
E-11376 Shady Lane Road
Baraboo, WI 53913
phone:(608) 356-9462 extension 127
fax: (608) 356-9465