Festival of the Cranes Registration
Bosque del Apache NWR
December 1 – 3, 2022
San Antonio and Socorro, New Mexico
A fun time for all!
See thousands of birds soar across the sky.
Experience the wonder of biodiversity up close.
Deepen your connection to the earth and one another!
Birds of a Feather by Deborah Bentley | 2022 Art Contest Winner
Celebrate the Return of the Cranes with us!
Photo by Marvin De Jung
Come see stunning birds in vast numbers who travel the world to be in New Mexico’s back yard!
- Three days of expert seminars & field workshops
- Fabulous auditorium & meeting rooms at New Mexico Tech in Socorro
- A very special Keynote Speaker
- Wildlife Zone, for young and old
Covid Safety :: We will take every precaution to prevent the spread of Covid and carefully watch the CDC and state recommendations.
Watch Some of Our Workshop and Seminar Presenters Below
- Holly Merker – Mindful Birding (Seats available)
- Ray Hennessey – Photographing the Same Birds-Creating a Portfolio, Post Production, Birds in a Small Frame (Seats available)
- Erv Nichols & Sandra Knoll – Crane Basics (Seats available)
- Defenders of Wildlife – Endangered Species Act Presentation (Seats available)
- Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian – Biomimicry Seminars (ONE SEAT available in Colorations for Flight Efficiency)
- Alex Harper – Winter Raptors (Sold out)
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Regenerating Diversity of Life in Soils
DECEMBER 1 • 10:00 A.M.
Dr. David Johnson, Ph. D
Learn about robust and practical mechanisms that reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide within a regenerative agricultural system.
David’s research, in soil microbial community structure and function, has opened a window for viewing the interdependence between plants and soil microbes. Optimization of these plant-microbe associations promotes: Restoration of soil fertility; Improved growth of crops; and Increased plant-water-use efficiency, soil’s water holding capacity, soil microbial-carbon use efficiencies and soil carbon storage capabilities.
These benefits provide a path to significantly increase farm and ranch productivity and profitability due to better plant, soil, and ecosystem health. Rebuilding a soil’s microbial community population, structure, diversity and biological functionality will also provide a robust and practical mechanism to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide within a regenerative agricultural system.
Wetland Magic – The Role of Wetlands in a Changing World – Keynote
DECEMBER 1 • 7:30 P.M.
Barnaby Briggs
Around the world, more people are using more water every day. Crops and farm animals need water in ever-increasing amounts.
The climate is changing around us. But even before the effects of climate change, water has been in crisis globally. Around the world, more people are using more water every day. Cities are growing and using more water, and the waste we produce is seriously impacting the quality of the water around us. Crops and farm animals need water in ever-increasing amounts. What can we do?
Bosque del Apache is making a difference and leading the conversation on the importance of wetlands. Wetlands make a real difference to the environment, to wildlife, to the world, and to people: to livelihoods, aesthetics, and even—as we are starting to discover—mental health and wellbeing.
But while organizations can lead some of the conversation, we always need to work with others who will lead on other aspects. Working together for a better and wetter future is not wishful thinking. Creating and restoring wetlands has started and is already delivering results. It’s not too late! We need to do a lot more and to involve more people from all walks of life—like you! The vision of bigger, better, wetter wetlands is a reality, not a mirage: Wetlands Are Magic.
Barnaby Briggs
Chair, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Keynote: Wetland Magic: The Role of Wetlands in a Changing World
Wetlands are magic – literally! Although they represent only a tiny percentage of the world’s surface, and are disappearing fast, they still have the potential to save our planet.
How can we – citizens, consumers, organizations, and private corporations – collaborate to create and restore wetlands? Our distinguished speaker, Barnaby Briggs, chair of Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), will tell you how, by sharing his practical experiences from around the globe. Creating and restoring wetlands has started and is already delivering spectacular results. It’s not too late!
If you are keen on learning more about wetlands and want to join this movement, you won’t want to miss this inspirational presentation.
Barnaby has spent his career working on environmental and social issues, “hands-on”. He began his working life in the energy sector and then moved to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds where he helped them coordinate an international biodiversity response to the Kyoto climate negotiations. Most recently, in addition to his role at the WWT, he chairs a Climate Partnership which brings together all the parties with a stake in saving the planet in a non-political forum.
A Christmas Carol by Socorro Community
DECEMBER 2ND • 7:30 P.M.
Socorro youth, NMT students and community thespians perform the classic Dicken’s tale. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly man who lives alone and only cares about making and hoarding his money. Through the course of three supernatural visits that occur the night of Christmas Eve, Scrooge learns the true meaning of life and Christmas.
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