Whooping Crane Art Show & Contest

Over sixty Louisiana artists have put brush to canvas to celebrate successful conservation efforts to save the state's critically endangered Whooping Crane population. The exhibit, hosted by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation and Raising Cane's, provides inspiration and hopefulness about the return of the birds to the Bayou State—which today number eighty-one, up from zero in 1950 thanks to concerted reintroduction efforts. Artwork by over fifty East Baton Rouge Parish students will also be displayed. The top three winning artists will receive cash awards, as well as a trip to watch the release of 2024's young cranes into the wild. lawff.org/whoopingcraneshow. 

[Learn more about Louisiana Whooping Crane conservation efforts by reading this story from the June "Our Natural World" issue here.]