Did you know? Over 325 bird species rely on the Boreal Forest for their survival. Here’s the song of another one of those boreal birds: the whooping crane. Another beautiful bird to inspire you to take part in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count! | Boreal Conservation

We protect Platte River habitat for migrating cranes. Each spring, more than a million Sandhill Cranes fill Nebraska’s skies, a migration so vast it transforms the Central Platte River Valley. But it wasn’t always secure. In 1978, the Crane Trust was established through a court-approved settlement over the building of Grayrocks Dam to protect the Whooping Crane’s river habitat under the Endangered Species Act. What began as a legal obligation became a lasting commitment to care for this river an