USA The 1998 Annual Meeting of the Whooping Crane Conservation Association will be held March 19-21 at the Interstate Holiday Inn near Grand Island , Nebraska. The meeting is timed to coincide with the large concentrations of sandhill cranes that stopover along the Platte River during their northward migration.
Some whooping cranes are usually present.
Crane viewing opportunities will be had on the evening of the 19th, early morning and evening of the 20th, and early morning of the 21st. A program session will be held the afternoon of March 20th.