International Crane Foundation

They grew up with her stories, of course.

And Baraboo, the International Crane Foundation is part of the trail because of the conservation effort and cranes is a strong connection to Japan.

And it winds you around to the Ice Age Trail.

and up into Door County.

Cranes.

To help us unpack that, I'm joined by Dr. Andy Kaven, Director of Central Flyway programs for the International Crane Foundation.

After the break, Andy takes us to a river in Nebraska and gives us a number I made him say twice.

We get into what a wet meadow actually is and why soggy grassland is worth fighting over, and we talk about what it takes to bring a bird back from almost nothing and how fragile that comeback still is.

Yeah

... doing the private lands work, building the preserves.

And, uh, The Crane Trust, which I used to work for, now I work for the International Crane Foundation.

Uh, there's only two crane organizations in North America, and I've worked for both.