Northern Whooping Crane Festival
August 14th to 17th, 2025

Fort Smith  NT
Northern Life Museum & Cultural Centre
Schedule / Program Details (see activities by day ...)     Thursday        Friday        Sunday
Presenter information:
Saturday - August 16
Presentation​ - "Whooping Cranes on Gulf Coast" - 10:00 to 10:30 am  |  NLMCC​ - gallery
International Crane Foundation Conservation Work
​  - Dr. Carter Crouch - ICF presenter
Presentation - "Meet the Black Bear" - 10:45 to 11:15pm |  NLMCC - indoor gallery
Behaviour and Life in the Wild
  - Ashley MacLaren - Environment & Climate Change (GNWT)
Kids Activities - 10:00 to Noon  |  NLMCC - back gathering area
  - Seed Bombs with Becca Steele,  Coahuiltecan/ Otomí (Hñähñu)
  - Friendship Bracelet Bird Bands,  Wilder Institute
Community Lunch - 11:30 am to 12:30 pm  |  NLMCC - back gathering area
  - Hotdogs, hamburgers + refreshments
Presentation - "Whooping Cranes Beyond WBNP" - 1:00 to 1:30pm  |  NLMCC​ - gallery
  - John Conkin - ​Environment & Climate Change Canada
Presentation - "Back from the Brink" - 1:30 to 2:00 pm  |  NLMCC - indoor gallery
Whooping Crane Conservation Breeding and Reintroduction
  - Diana Christie,  Wilder Institute
Workshop - Fish Scale Dreamcatchers - 2:30 to 4:30 pm  |  NLMCC - gallery
  - with Jennifer Buckley
Community Drum Dance - 7:00 pm  |  NLMCC - cultural centre
  - presented by SRFN and TDN
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