Boise
Boise is the capital of Idaho and the home of The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey, which also houses the Archives of Falconry. The Archives hold one of the largest English-language falconry libraries and collections in the world. Together they make the city a reference point for raptor conservation and falconry history.
The story of Boise
Boise is the capital and most populous city of Idaho and the county seat of Ada County. The U.S. military set up a new Fort Boise in 1863 after gold discoveries in the region, and voters approved the city charter on 6 January 1868. The 2020 census counted 235,684 residents.
The city sits on the Boise River in the Treasure Valley. South of the city, the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area covers 485,000 acres, and a 2012 report described it as hosting more than 700 nesting raptor pairs each spring.
The Peregrine Fund, founded in 1970, opened the World Center for Birds of Prey on 580 acres outside Boise in 1984, after Boise raptor expert Morley Nelson, a board member, helped bring the organization to the city.
In 1999 the peregrine falcon's removal from the U.S. endangered species list was celebrated there.
Falconry in Boise
The Archives of Falconry stand on the World Center for Birds of Prey campus. They were founded in 1986 by The Peregrine Fund, started by American falconer Lt. Col. S.
Kent Carnie, with the aim of collecting the evidence and history of falconry worldwide and documenting falconers' part in raptor conservation. The collection includes books, manuscripts, equipment, art, field notes and media, and the library holds about 2,000 falconry titles, some dating to 1495.
The Herrick Collections Building, which houses the research library and the Archives, opened in 2002. In 2006 a 3,000 square foot wing, a gift from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in honor of his father, doubled the Archives' size and added an Arab tent and displays on Middle Eastern falconry.
The Archives later expanded again and reopened with new exhibits.
In 2006 a 3,000 square foot addition, the Sheikh Zayed Arab Falconry Heritage Wing, doubled the size of the Archives of Falconry and added an Arab tent and displays on Middle Eastern falconry.
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- Wikipedia, World Center for Birds of Prey
- IAF, Archives of Falconry Museum (USA)
- Wikipedia, Boise, Idaho
- Boise State Public Radio, Archives of Falconry
- KTAR/AP, Idaho falconers (2012)
- The Peregrine Fund, spring events
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