Wolf Hollow
The morning of Wednesday April 15th, Erica, Hilary and I volunteered at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehab Center. Wolf Hollow is a non-profit organization that spreads awareness of wildlife on San Juan Island and rehabilitate injured animals with the goal of releasing them back into the wild. The majority of our time that morning was spent helping with the completion of the new Eagle Flight Enclosure.  The previous enclosure had been crushed under the weight of a heavy snow in 2006. We spread mulch around the facility and then continued to remove nails from the lumber of the destroyed enclosure. Erica and Hilary continued to help with the enclosure by painting the doors of the building while I moved to the front of the property and mowed the lawn surrounding the office buildings.
   Since it is still early spring, there weren’t many animals to see being rehabilitated, but it was pretty neat to see the infrastructure of organization. The commited people of Wolf Hollow spend a lot of time working to sustain the ecosystem of the island. Most of the animals they deal with obtain their injuries because of humans. This can occur when animals get struck by cars, or due to a loss of habitat with human expansion. Living on an island allows you to see your impact on the environment a lot easier than in ordinary conditions. Wolf Hollow does a great job helping others be aware of their impact on the ecosystem.
Please follow http://www.wolfhollowwildlife.org/Â if you would like to learn more or donate to Wolf Hollow.
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Hilary and I hard at work
Friday Harbor and the San Juan community is giving so much to the Beam Reach students. We are being housed, fed, and learning so much. It’s only fair for us to try and give something back to the community. Yesterday, April 15th, Hilary, Matt and I volunteered at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Wolf Hollow rehabilitates injured or orphaned wildlife with the goal of releasing them back into the wild. They also put a lot of emphasis on public education about the importance of wildlife and their habitat. They house many different animals throughout the year including river otters, seals, deer, numerous kinds of birds and other animals found on the island.
One of Wolf Hollow’s current projects has been rebuilding the Eagle Flight Enclosure. The previous flight enclosure collapsed in winter of 2006 from heavy snow. Now the new design is almost finished! The three of us spent all morning helping prepare the new structure for it’s grand opening this coming Saturday, April 18th.
We started out the morning raking a mulch path alongside the enclosure for people to walk on. The ground was still pretty muddy from all of the construction and the mulch path will make it much easier for people to walk along the new facility on Saturday. When we were done with that we removed the old nails from the wood that used to make up the old structure before it collapsed. We removed all of the nails and stacked the wood in another area on the lot to possibly be utilized again. Then Hilary and I painted the doors of the enclosure while Matt mowed the lawn in front of Wolf Hollow.
I really enjoyed my morning at Wolf Hollow and look forward to volunteering for another morning later in the quarter. For more information about Wolf Hollow and more details on what they do you can visit their website. http://www.wolfhollowwildlife.org/
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