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Our Mission

Conserving Rocky Mountain Greater Sandhill Cranes and their habitat through science and education.

Learn more about Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition

 

Sandhill Cranes

The Greater Sandhill Crane is an iconic species of the Yampa Valley in Northwest Colorado. Returning in the spring from wintering grounds in New Mexico and Arizona, cranes nest and raise their young in wetland areas throughout the valley. At summer’s end during the peak of their stopover in the Yampa Valley, we present our annual crane festival. The purpose of the Yampa Valley Crane Festival is to educate the public about these ancient birds and to celebrate their presence in Northwest Colorado.

Aldo Leopold, the famous conservationist, wrote in a Sand County Almanac,

“Our appreciation for the crane grows with the slow unraveling of earthly history. His tribe, we now know, stems out of the remote Eocene. The other members of the fauna in which he originated are long since entombed within the hills. When we hear his call we hear no mere bird. We hear the trumpet in the orchestra of evolution. He is the symbol of our untamable past, of that incredible sweep of millennia which underlies and conditions the daily affairs of birds and men.”

Once you have heard the call of a crane, you will remember it forever.

Sandhill Crane Nest Camera

Photo by Abby Jensen

Our Crane Nest Camera livestream is back for it’s 2nd season! Check out the livestream this year featuring a new pair, Wilma and Fred. You can also check out the highlights that are updated frequently with new videos.

**The egg hatched May 17! Tune into the livestream to see the new crane family with chick, Pebbles.

Crane Nest Camera


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Yampa Valley Crane Festival

CCCC presents the annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival each fall. The festival occurs in beautiful Northwest Colorado where Greater Sandhill Cranes gather in staging areas to feed before migrating south. Learn more about our festival here.

Our 11th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival will take place September 1-4, 2022. Updates will be posted to our festival page here.

 

 

Yampa Valley Cranes

Sandhill Cranes breed, raise their young, and stage during the fall in the Yampa Valley of Northwest Colorado. Check out this short video of our Yampa Valley Cranes from breeding through staging:

 

 

Greater Sandhill Crane Week

Greater Sandhill Crane Week is March 1-8 and was created to spread awareness of Sandhill Cranes. It is also when Sandhill Cranes start returning to the Yampa Valley for the spring/summer.

CCCC News

May 25, 2022


Congratulations to the winners of the Crane-Inspired Creative Arts Scholarship Contest! See the winners here.


The Yampa Valley Crane Festival Poster Contest has started. Kids ages 10-15 are invited to submit a poster for this contest. Entries due July 15th. This is a new contest started this year!


Our Crane Nest Camera is still livestreaming! The egg hatched on May 17th and we are following the family with chick, Pebbles. You can watch the livestream or visit our highlights video page.


Join us and Yampatika on June 10th or July 8th for Cranes and Birds: A Guided Nature Walk at Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area near Steamboat Springs. Registration required through Yampatika.


Save the Date: The 11th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival will be held September 1-4, 2022. Stay tuned for more information; the schedule will be posted July 1st.


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