The Orange Land Trust invites the public to attend their Annual Meeting, to be held Thursday, May
28, 7 p.m., at High Plains Community Center on Orange Center Road.
Following a short business meeting,
the Orange Land Trust hosts a visit from Atka,
the Wolf Conservation Center’s Arctic Gray Wolf.
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include an awe-inspiring, up-close encounter with this important, but
misunderstood predator. Guests will learn about the history of wolves
in the United States, the importance of wolves in a healthy ecosystem
and the efforts to save these magnificent creatures for future
generations. Through wolves, the WCC teaches the broader
message of conservation, ecological balance, and personal
responsibility for improved human stewardship of our world.
providing science-based information, the WCC allows wolves and humans
to better coexist in our fragile environment, improves our efforts to
successfully restore endangered wolves to their ancestral homes in
the wild and offers direct exposure to an elusive predator people
might not ever see in the wild.
Founded in
1999 the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) in South Salem, NY promotes
wolf conservation by teaching about wolves, their relationship to the
environment and the human role in protecting their future. The WCC
accomplishes this mission through onsite and offsite education
programs. These programs emphasize wolf biology, the ecological
benefits of wolves and other large predators, and the current status
of wolf recovery in the United States. The WCC also participates in
the Species Survival Plan (SSP) and Recovery Plan for the critically
endangered Mexican gray wolf and the red wolf. For more information
about the WCC visit the website at www.nywolf.org or
call (914) 763-2373.
For information about The Orange Land
Trust, visit their website at www.orangectlandtrust.org.
This program is free and open to the
public. Refreshments will be served.