[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION

  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise to recognize the International 
Crane Foundation's 50th anniversary. I am delighted to recognize this 
global conservation organization with Wisconsin origins.
  While the efforts of the International Crane Foundation now reach 
across the world, its story began in 1971 at Cornell University. This 
was where two ornithology students, Ron Sauey and George Archibald, 
bonded over their shared appreciation for cranes. They imagined an 
organization that could combine their work on captive breeding, 
research, restoration, and education to protect the 15 different crane 
species on Earth. In 1973, Sauey and Archibald's vision became a 
reality when the International Crane Foundation was founded out of the 
Sauey family farm in Baraboo, WI.
  Over the last 50 years, the foundation has used dynamic methods and 
community-oriented approaches to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, 
watersheds, and flyways they depend on. The foundation fosters the 
international cooperation of crane protection by providing knowledge, 
leadership, and inspiration to people in the communities where cranes 
live, engaging them to resolve threats to these birds and the 
landscapes they call home.
  Today the International Crane Foundation has grown to a staff of more 
than 125 people, with a network of hundreds of specialists in over 50 
countries on the five continents where cranes live. The organization 
moved from the humble Sauey farm where it was born, to a nearly 300-
acre headquarters in Baraboo, complete with live crane exhibits, guided 
tours, a research library, and 4 miles of nature trails. While the 
reach of the foundation has greatly extended over the past 50 years, 
their mission remains the same: to protect and restore wild crane 
populations and the landscapes they depend on.
  On the 50th anniversary of this remarkable organization, I am proud 
to recognize the International Crane Foundation and look forward to its 
continued success and conservation efforts.

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