ConocoPhillips is a supporter of the International Crane Foundation (ICF). Founded in 1973, the ICF focuses attention on the conservation of the world's 15 species of cranes. ICF is working to reintroduce a population of whooping cranes that will migrate between Wisconsin and Florida.
The ICF also is researching the migration of several species of cranes from their breeding grounds in the remote tundra of Yakutia in Siberia. Among the species under study are sandhill cranes that winter in the central United States and Siberian, red-crowned and white-naped cranes, which follow a different flyway across Russia to the Yangtze River Basin of southern China. On their route, the birds must travel across the densely populated areas including the western shore of the Bohai Bay.
Since 2001, the ICF has supported research in Tianjin City on Bohai Bay to help protect key crane areas in Tianjian City and other locations along the flyway. An education program for Tianjin City schools also is being developed.
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