From the Executive Director Spring 2024
For the last few weeks the Pine View Team has been actively preparing for the arrival of the 2024 spring babes. Cleaning, rearranging, ordering supplies and continuing to build additional enclosures at our new hospital location.
Photos reflect our volunteers working inside the renovated wing and our young adults transporting the new enclosure for one of our educational ambassadors. The sustainability of Pine View is volunteer based. We have been fortunate over the years to benefit from amazing individuals of all ages that dedicate weekly, monthly and yearly moving us forward. They share their hands and talents, energies, skills, time and donations ensuring our future as we enter our44th year. Shout out to our 25 volunteers.
Simultaneously, while spring preparations continue our permanent educational bird of prey ambassadors are experiencing the fresh air and warmer temps taking in the spring sun rays. So too, our turtle ambassadors' activity levels accelerate as do their emerging from their winter long hibernation.
The last of our winter patients (check out photos on our FB page) have been released. Each patient grows our experience levels and knowledge that we share throughout the year with our communities.
We are beginning to schedule our environmental educational outreach programs. At these presentations, we not only address the current challenges all species struggle with in maintaining healthy environments, we share the natural history of our various educational ambassadors and their unique characteristics in adapting to global changes. Our programs are available to schools, social, civic and environmental groups. (for more info about our educational outreach check out our education page)
Our educational Task Force team also assists human communities when confronted with potential wildlife conflicts. As an example, Pine View will present on April 5th at the Niederkorn library at 4:30 an educational forum specifically addressing coexisting with fox and coyote. With continued habitat eradication in multiple Wisconsin communities wildlife searches to replace their established territories that now are under construction.
We will share on a monthly basis the continuing and developing activities as the snow melts.
