Every winter from mid-November to the end of February, around 25,000 sandhill cranes descend upon the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Birchwood, Tennessee, about 40 miles north of Chattanooga. Every ...

The Tennessee Fur Harvesters Association and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host a free trapper training camp, Sept. 29-30 at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. Course material will include ...

BIRCHWOOD, Tenn. - With their long, outstretched necks and powerful wings, the sandhill cranes were lovely in flight.They also made a lot of noise. It was a large flock, even by Hiwassee Wildlife ...

The 33 rd Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival is set for Saturday-Sunday at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, Cherokee Removal Memorial Park, and Birchwood Community Center. The festival celebrates the ...

Tennessee is coming up on its third season for hunting the sandhill cranes that are celebrated every winter with a festival at Birchwood and the nearby Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. In fact, a permit ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The 31st annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival is set for Jan. 15-16 at the Hiwassee Refuge and Birchwood Community Center in Birchwood. This year’s festival will be ...

BIRCHWOOD, Tenn. (WATE) — A celebration of some 20,000 Sandhill Cranes is happening in January in Meigs County that the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is hosting for bird enthusiasts and families ...

Do not delay. Today (Sunday, Jan. 19) is the last day for the 23nd annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival held at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge and in the community of Birchwood in Meigs County.

Whooping cranes fly with an ultralight aircraft over the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge near Birchwood, Tenn., in 2006. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will stop supporting the use of ultralight ...