2018 Crane Festival – Brief Summary
2018 Festival Activities
- Daily guided sunrise and sunset crane viewing sessions
- Crane Coloring Contest Awards on Library Lawn
- Children and family activities led by Yampatika and Colorado Parks & Wildlife
- Educational displays outside Library Hall
- Spirit Wind Aerial Arts – crane-inspired flying dancers
- Nature-journaling workshop with author Ellen Bonnifield and artist Cindy Wither
- Sketch-A-Bird workshop with professional artist, Chula Beauregard
- Story-telling in Children’s Story Time Room
- Birding by pontoon boat at Steamboat Lake with Tom and Linda Litteral
- Bird and Nature Walk at Yampa River Botanic Park with Ted and Andrew Floyd, Bob and Audrey Enever
- Crane Yoga
- Emerald Mountain School String Ensemble led by Mary Anne Fairlie
- Guided bird walks with Ted Floyd, editor of Birding magazine, and Yampa Valley Birding Club
- Guided bird walks with Joel Such, staff member of Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, and Yampa Valley Birding Club
- Gondola ride and a guided nature walk led by botanist Karen Vail on the Steamboat Ski Area
- Historic Carpenter Ranch homestead tour led by Betsy Blakeslee, TNC’s Facilities Manager
- Crane-friendly ranch tour at TS Jost Ranch
- Picnic dinner at The Nature Conservancy’s historic Carpenter Ranch in Hayden including a talk by Birding editor, Ted Floyd
- Crane yard art display and silent auction on the Library Lawn
- HawkQuest’s Live Raptor Booth on the Library Lawn
- HawkQuest’s Live Raptor Photo Shoot
- Owl pellet workshop for kids, find out what owls eat and how they process their food
- Photography Contest award presentation in Library Hall
- Front Range Birding Company Optics Display and Sales Booth
- “Cranes & Other Crawford Critters: A Guided Walking Tour” led by Marianne Capra
2018 Festival Speakers
- Keynote Speaker, Anne Lacy- Crane research coordinator for the International Crane Foundation, The Trumpet in the Orchestra of Evolution: The Story of the Sandhill Crane in North America
- Jennifer Ackerman- Author, The Genius of Birds
- John Azua- Curator of Birds at the Denver Zoological Gardens, The Cooperative Approach to the Hooded Crane Species Survival Plan in North America
- Chip Clouse- Manager of the Front Range Birding Company, Optics 101- Choosing the Right Binocular for you
- Ted Floyd- Editor of Birding Magazine
- Pam Liu- Artist, educator, ecologist, The Inspiration and Influence of Cranes in Chinese Culture
- Kin Quitugua- Educator, master falconer and founder of HawkQuest, Birds of Prey
- Paul Tebbel- Crane expert and former Executive Director of Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary, Why We Love Cranes
2018 Festival Films
- Free Like a Crane, an award winning documentary film by French filmmaker Maxence Lamoureux and Arnaud Devroute
- Cranes of the Rockies, film by Michael Bennett about the Rocky Mountain population of Greater Sandhill Cranes
2018 Festival Sponsors and Partners
Gold Sponsors
- Xcel/Hayden Station
- Keller Law
- Mountain Valley Bank
Silver Sponsors
- Abby Jensen Photography
Bronze Sponsors
- David Lamb/Edward Jones
- Off The Beaten Path
- Photo Express House
Partners
- Alpine Lumber
- Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
- Bud Werner Memorial Library
- Ciao Gelato
- City of Steamboat Springs
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Ann Dadson & Robert Larkin
- Honey Stinger
- International Crane Foundation
- KT Law
- Lone Oak Studio
- Marabou
- Paul King
- PhotoGraphicsArt
- PostNet
- Resort Lodging Company
- Steamboat ACE Hardware
- Steamboat Lumber
- Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation
- Steamboat in the Summer
- Steve Cobb
- The Nature Conservancy
- US Forest Service
- Yampa Valley Electric Association- Operation Round Up
- Gerhard Assenmacher
- Yampa Valley Birding Club
- Yampatika
- Yampa Valley Brewing Company
- Yampa Valley Land Trust