Thursday, Aug. 31

3 – 5 p.m. Reception for all festival attendees, The Lodge at Steamboat 4 – 8 p.m. Educational crane displays outside Library Hall 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Spellbinder Storytime: Crane Tales for all ages, Storytime Room at the Library 5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Spirit Wind Aerial Arts—crane-inspired flying dancers, Library Lawn 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Eagle Huntress, film screening following the Crane Coloring Contest Award Ceremony with prizes from Ciao Gelato, Library Hall.

Friday, Sept. 1

5:30 a.m. Sunrise guided crane viewing. Shuttles depart The Lodge at Steamboat. Plus options for additional guided bird walks with Ted Floyd & Joel Such **Pre-registration required 8:15 a.m. – Noon Birding by Pontoon Boat at Lake Catamount: Four 45-minute tours led by an interpreter ** Pre-registration required 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Nature-writing workshop with author Ellen Bonnifield, Library Conference Room **Pre-registration required Noon – 12:45 p.m. Monitoring Breeding Sandhill Cranes in Northwest Colorado, Liza Rossi, Library Hall 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. From Billions to None, a film about the once-prolific passenger pigeon’s extinction, Library Hall 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Cranes of the Rockies screening, a film by Michael Bennett about the Rocky Mountain population of Greater Sandhill Cranes, Library Hall 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Experience birds with Andrew & Ted Floyd, Yampa River Botanic Park 3:30 – 5 p.m. Beer, wine and cheese reception and gallery show, Pine Moon Fine Art Gallery **Pre-registration required 4 – 7 p.m. Crane yard art display & silent auction, Library Lawn 5 – 8 p.m. First Friday Artwalk with galleries featuring crane art, throughout downtown Steamboat Springs

Festival Info Desk

Located in the hallway leading into Library Hall at

the Bud Werner Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave.

Thursday: 3 – 8:30 p.m. Friday: 10:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Festival Store Hours

Thursday: 5:45 – 8:30 p.m.

Friday: Noon – 3 p.m. & 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday: 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunday: 1 – 3:30 p.m.

Crane Yard Art Auction

Yard cranes decorated by local artists will be on display and up for silent auction (benefiting the

Yampa Valley Crane Festival) on the Library Lawn.

Friday: 4 – 7 p.m. with live music by the Broad Band from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Saturday: Noon – 4 p.m.

Festival Venues Crane Festival Headquarters is at the

Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave., Steamboat Springs

Catamount Lake House, 30065 Waters Edge Tr., 10 miles south of Steamboat Festival Store, inside Library Hall at BWML Fish Creek Falls, 34165 Fish Creek Falls Rd. Gondola Square/Thunderhead, base of Steamboat Ski Area, 2305 Mount Werner Cir. Library Hall, inside the Bud Werner Library Library Lawn, outside the Bud Werner Library Pine Moon Fine Art Gallery, 117 Ninth St., Sharon’s Restaurant, 2851 Riverside Plaza Stockbridge Transit Center, 1505 Lincon Ave. The Carpenter Ranch, 20 miles west of Steamboat on the north side of U.S. 40, Hayden The Lodge at Steamboat, 2700 Village Dr. Wild Goose Coffee Shop, 198 E. Lincoln Ave,

4:30 – 8:45 p.m. Community picnic, talk and guided crane viewing, din-ner by Sharon, the Stay-at-Home Chef (purchase) or B.Y.O picnic, talk by Birding Editor Ted Floyd and sunset guided crane viewing, The Nature Conservancy’s Carpenter Ranch. **Pre-registration required for shuttle to picnic and crane viewing, and/or purchase of picnic dinner. All day Educational crane displays outside Library Hall Crane display and booth at the Wild West Air Fest from 9 a.m.– 3 p.m., Steamboat Springs Airport

Sunday, Sept. 3

5:30 a.m. Sunrise guided crane viewing. Shuttles depart The Lodge at Steamboat. Plus options for additional guided bird walk with Ted Floyd and Carpenter Ranch homestead tour, or a working ranch tour **Pre-registration required 6:45 – 9 a.m. Guided Bird Walk with Joel Such, Marabou Ranch **Pre-registration required 9 – 10:30 a.m. Sketch-A-Bird workshop with professional artist Chula Beauregard, including HawkQuest’s live raptors and crane taxidermy, Library Hall. All ages welcome and art supplies provided. 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Private breakfast with Dr. George Archibald for festival attendees staying at Resort Lodging Company properties, Sharon’s Restaurant 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Historic Homestead Tour with Betsy Blakeslee, The Nature Conservancy’s Carpenter Ranch 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. HawkQuest’s live raptors, Library Lawn 11 a.m. – Noon Owl pellet workshop for kids, find out what owls eat and how they process their food, Library Hall **Pre-registration required 12: 15 – 1:15 p.m. Owl pellet workshop for kids, find out what owls eat and how they process their food, Library Hall **Pre-registration required 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Birds of Prey, an all-ages presentation with live birds by HawkQuest founder Kin Quitigua, Library Hall All day Educational crane displays outside Library Hall

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The Broad Band, live music & yard art, Library Lawn 5:30 – 8 p.m. Family activities, dessert and crane viewing, Yampavian Ranch **Pre-registration required 6:30 – 7:05 p.m. For the Love of Cranes, a new film by Nina Faust about cranes and the art they inspire, Library Hall 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Migrating with Sandhill Cranes, naturalists Sandra Noll and Erv Nichols, Library Hall All day Educational crane displays outside Library Hall.

Saturday, Sept. 2

5:30 a.m. Sunrise guided crane viewing, shuttles depart The Lodge at Steamboat **Pre-registration required 6:45 – 9 a.m. Guided Bird Walk with Ted Floyd, Rehder Ranch Nature Preserve **Pre-registration required 7 – 9 a.m. Guided Bird Walk with Joel Such, Fish Creek Falls **Pre-registration required 9 – 10:30 a.m. Wildlife Photography Workshop with professional photographer Abby Jensen, Library Conference Room **Pre-registration required 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Crane Yoga, community practice for all ages, Library Lawn 10 a.m. – Noon Nature/bird walk at the top of Thunderhead on the Steamboat Ski Area **Pre-registration required 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. HawkQuest’s live raptors, Library Lawn 11 a.m. – Noon The Art of Landscape, artist and conservationist Joan Hoffmann, Library Hall Noon– 4 p.m. Conclusion of crane yard art display & silent auction, Library Lawn 1 – 1:30 p.m. Photo contest award presentation, Library Hall

1:30 – 3 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. George Archibald, Co-Founder of the International Crane Foundation, presents My Life with Cranes, Library Hall

3 – 4 p.m. Denver Zoo’s Crane Conservation Efforts, Denver Zoo’s Curator of Birds John Azua, Library Hall

Pre-registration for specified events at www.coloradocranes.org. Crane viewing maps at www.coloradocranes.org.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Archibald is the Co-founder and Senior Conservationist of the International Crane Foundation. His visionary leadership in international conservation efforts over the past 40 years has given flight to crane conservation worldwide. In 1973, when cranes were in a perilous situation and many were on the brink of extinction, Archibald, along with Cornell University colleague, Ronald Sauey, Ph.D., established the International Crane Foundation (ICF) in Baraboo, Wisconsin as the world center for the study and preservation of cranes. Today, ICF has over 80 staff members that support conservation projects in 50 countries on five continents. George is a true conservation ambassador who uses his unique brand of crane diplomacy to work in sensitive places. He leverages the charisma of cranes to unite people from diverse cultures and countries to work together to preserve the landscapes necessary for the survival of both cranes and people. John Azua has been the Curator of Birds at the Denver Zoological Gardens for over 19 years, managing and caring for 120 species and 499 birds. He currently is the Hamerkop SSP coordinator and studbook keeper and Hooded crane studbook keeper. He also serves on the management committee of the Andean Condor SSP, Gruiiformes TAG, Coraciiformes TAG and Buceros SSP. He worked previously at the San Diego Zoo’s Bird Department and Avian Propagation Center for 7.5 years and the San Diego Zoo’s Safari (Wild Animal) Park for 5.5 years. Joan Hoffmann paints landscapes in oil and watercolors. She exhibits and sells her impres-sionist oils through the White Hart Gallery in Steamboat Springs. She paints, teaches painting and lectures on the History of American Landscape Painting, National Parks and Public Lands. Joan currently lives in Vermont and was the Artist-in-Resident in 2016 at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont, a park with a legacy of land stewardship. Erv Nichols & Sandra Noll travel extensively as lecturers and guides sharing their skills as naturalists, photographers and interpreters in a wide variety of Fish and Wildlife Refuges, National Parks and Monuments, Forest Service Heritage Sites, Audubon Centers and other NGOs. Whether from a viewing deck or lecture hall, leading bird walks, night hikes or kayak excursions, their passion connects people with our nation’s special landscapes and wildlife. They have a special interest in Sandhill Cranes and have been featured speakers and guides at Crane Festivals in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Nebraska. Kin Quitigua is a master falconer and longtime environmental educator who founded HawkQuest in 1986. He has trained, handled and flown birds of prey as diverse as the Bald and Golden eagles and the Saw-whet owl. For more than 25 years, Kin has dedicated himself to educating the public about the place of raptors in our ecology. Liza Rossi is the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Bird Conservation Coordinator. She works with partnership efforts aimed at conserving several Colorado Species of Greatest Conservation Need and serves on several regional conservation committees including the Central Flyway Non-Game Technical Committee and the Lesser Prairie Chicken Interstate Working Group. Over the years, Liza has worked with greater sage-grouse, Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, greater sandhill cranes, boreal toads, spotted owls, passerines and bumble bees. Bird Walk Leader & Speaker: Ted Floyd is the editor of Birding magazine, the flagship publication of the American Birding Association. He has written more than 100 scientific papers and popular articles on birds and other aspects of nature. He is also the author of four bird books, including the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Colorado.

about the speakers The Yampa Valley Crane Festival is presented by

6th annual

Yampa Valley Crane Festival

Aug. 31–Sept. 3, 2017 Steamboat Springs

& Hayden

www.coloradocranes.org

Online maps to crane viewing sites available at www.coloradocranes.org

Printed maps to crane viewing sites are

available during the festival at: TNC’s Carpenter Ranch (Hayden)

& Bud Werner Library (1289 Lincoln Ave.)

Thanks festival partners! Abby Jensen Photography

Alpine Lumber Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

Bud Werner Memorial Library Catamount Ranch and Club

Ciao Gelato City of Steamboat Springs

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Ann Dadson & Robert Larkin

Gerhard Assenmacher Photography Honey Stinger

International Crane Foundation Klauzer & Tremaine

Lone Oak Studio Mogil’s On The Mountain

Paul King PhotoGraphicsArt

Pine Moon Fine Art Gallery PostNet

Resort Lodging Company Steamboat Ace Hardware

Steamboat Lumber Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation

Steamboat Springs Arts Council Steve Cobb

The Nature Conservancy U.S. Forest Service

Yampa Valley Birding Club YVEA: Operation Round-Up

Yampa Valley Land Trust Yampatika