Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Center

News

Erie Times News Neighbors, September 28, 2007 "Rescued Eagle Soaring Again." Tells the dramatic story of a 3 year old eagle
heroically rescued by a Wildlife Conservation Officer; rehabilitated at Tamarack, and released again into the wild.

Pennsylvania Game News, October 2007 "A Treetop Release." An eaglet in its high nest was blown down to the ground during a
storm. It was cared for at Tamarack until it could fly, then returned to its family by Game Commission Officers in a dramatic treetop
release.

Erie Times News, November 8, 2007 "A Lesson for the Birds: Students learn how to preserve raptor's natural habitat."
This article featured an educational program given at an Erie school with great photos of rapt students and our birds of prey.

Meadville Tribune, October 7,2007 "Animal Instincts: Volunteers invite public to learn about area wildlife in educational
program." Shared information about the important work of TWREC and invited the public to the educational October open house

"Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy"
We are treating more animals that require minnows in their diet. It is expensive to purchase minnows so we are generating a list of people
willing to trap minnows for us when we have the need. Can we add you to the list? Call the Center at 814-763-2574.

Special Thank You's Are Extended To:

Almeda D'Amico, our cook for the delicious spaghetti dinner, for Tina Barnar for smoothly coordinating the fundraiser, and for the Saegertown
United Methodist Women for letting us use their lovely church space for the dinner. Thank you also to all who attended and enjoyed a delicious
meal while supporting Tamarack. This event raised over $1000 for the center!

This fall we have had a fabulous team of students from Allegheny College assisting with daily care at the center: intern, work study and
volunteers. Thank you to Brent Carlini, Donny Consla, Alex Haas, Jessie Sheilds, Christine Yocum, Laura Erbelding, Amy Fischer, Adam Heim
and Ashely Connely.

Help us raise some money: If you have the internet, sign on to www.goodsearch.com. Every time you sign on it will raise one cent for Tamarack Wildlife. Tell your friends about it also.

The Education Center is open to the public 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from May through August and by appointment September through April.

Tamarack Financial Facts

• $3754.17 is the average MONTHLY cost to operate our rehabilitation center (years 2000 to 2005). Our only source of funding is from people like you.
• $170 a month just to feed one great blue heron (we had three this summer). Probably the most expensive animal for us to feed in rehab.
• $15 to feed one Saw Whet Owl; $60-$105 for a Great Horned Owl or Red-Tailed Hawk; $45 for a Barred Owl; and $39 for a Peregrine Falcon for a month.
• 20% increase in propane heating costs from the first 10 months of 2005 compared to the same period in 2006.
• $8043.00 or more saving per year using adult and student volunteers/interns to help staff the center. (We need more committed, responsible and reliable people to help us.)