Celebration of Cranes
Registration opens on August 1, 2024.
Past Event
November 3 - 4, 2023
Location: Sterling, KS and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (QNWR)
General Schedule:
Friday, Nov. 3
Evening Cranes Tours
Guided Van tours – meet at Sterling College at 3:00 pm
Self-guided tours - Pick up Registration materials at Sterling College; Guides will be on route by 3:30 pm
Saturday, Nov 4
Morning Cranes Tours
Guided Van tours – Meet at Sterling College at 6:30am – return by 11:00 am
Self-guided tours - Pick up registration materials at Sterling College; leave Sterling at 6:30 am
11:00 -12:00 LUNCH included with Registration at Sterling College
SPEAKERS at Sterling College, Thompson Hall
12:00 - 12:15 AOK Welcome
12:15 - 12:30 Friends of Quivira – Brandon Case
12:30 - 1:30 Paityn Bower (Crane Foundation, Texas) (Virtual)
1:30 - 2:00 Jonathan Conrad, Sterling College
2:00 - 3:00 Kathleen Kaska, author -"The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane". (Virtual)
Evening Cranes Tours
Guided Van tours –begin at Sterling College at 3:00 pm
Self-guided tours - Pick up registration materials at Sterling College; Guides will be on route at QNWR by 3:30 pm
To view the information from previous Celebration of Cranes festivals, click here.
