{"id":41853,"date":"2019-12-13T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/event\/9th-annual-yampa-valley-crane-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:19:20","slug":"yampa-valley-crane-festival","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/event\/yampa-valley-crane-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Yampa Valley Crane Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 3, 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 6, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__event-website\" >\n\t<a\n\t\thref=\"http:\/\/www.coloradocranes.org\"\n\t\ttarget=\"_self\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\thttp:\/\/www.coloradocranes.org\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The 15th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival takes place September 3\u20136, 2026, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steamboatchamber.com\/\">Steamboat Springs<\/a>, Hayden, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmoffatcounty.com\/our-towns\/craig\/\">Craig<\/a>, Colorado. The festival celebrates the majestic <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradocranes.org\/colorado-greater-sandhill-cranes\/\">Greater Sandhill Cranes <\/a>as they migrate through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.com\/cities-and-towns\/yampa\">Yampa Valley<\/a> with guided crane viewings, expert speakers, films, bird and nature walks, workshops, live raptors, children\u2019s activities, and more. Nature\u2019s Educators showcases live raptors up close during a special presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complete schedule will be available July 1 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradocranes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.coloradocranes.org<\/a>. Online registration begins July 15th. Send questions to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@coloradocranes.org\">info@coloradocranes.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradocranes.org\/yampa-valley-crane-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> for the most up-to-date information, and email questions to <a href=\"mailto:info@coloradocranes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@coloradocranes.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group tribe-events-event-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__organizer__details tribe-clearfix\">\n  <h2>Contact<\/h2>\n\t<div class=\"tribe-block__organizer__title\">\n\t\t<h3>Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"tribe-block__organizer__phone\">970-620-5385<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"tribe-block__organizer__website\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradocranes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Organizer Website<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"tribe-block__organizer__email\">&#105;&#110;&#102;&#111;&#064;&#099;&#111;lor&#097;doc&#114;a&#110;&#101;&#115;&#046;org<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-block__venue--has-map\">\n  <h2>Location<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__meta\">\n\t<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__name\">\n\t\t<h3>Bud Werner Memorial Library<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<address class=\"tribe-block__venue__address\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-address\">\n\n<span class=\"tribe-street-address\">1289 Lincoln Avenue<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t<br>\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-locality\">Steamboat Springs<\/span><span class=\"tribe-delimiter\">,<\/span>\n\n\t<abbr class=\"tribe-region tribe-events-abbr\" title=\"Colorado\">CO<\/abbr>\n\n\t<span class=\"tribe-postal-code\">80487<\/span>\n\n\t<span class=\"tribe-country-name\">United States<\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"tribe-events-gmap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&#038;query=40.4889208%2C-106.840285\" title=\"Get Directions from Google Maps\" target=\"_blank\">Get Directions from Google Maps<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__venue__phone\">970-879-0240<\/span><br \/>\n\t\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__venue__website\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steamboatlibrary.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"external\">View Venue Website<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__map\">\n\t<div id=\"tribe-events-gmap-0\" style=\"height: 256px; width: 310px\"><\/div><!-- #tribe-events-gmap- -->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 15th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival takes place September 3\u20136, 2026, in Steamboat Springs, Hayden, and Craig, Colorado. 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