Complex sentence: The inaugural winner of the 2006 Indianapolis Prize was Dr. George Archibald, co-founder of the International Crane Foundation located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1973 when cranes were in a perilous situation and many of the 15 remaining species were on the brink of extinction.
Split into simpler sentences: The inaugural winner of the 2006 Indianapolis Prize was Dr. George Archibald, co-founder of the International Crane Foundation. Archibald co-founded the International Crane Foundation, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1973 when cranes were in a perilous situation and many of the 15 remaining species were on the brink of extinction.