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Sustainability in Prisons Project – visiting Wolf Haven’s prairie

This is a wonderful blog post written about The Evergreen State College and WA State Department of Corrections Sustainability in Prisons Project.  Inmate technicians were able to see first-hand the rare prairie that they are helping to restore. So many groups in the Pacific Northwest are dedicated to preserving and restoring our disappearing native prairies and we at Wolf Haven are grateful to all of them.

CLICK HERE to READ AND SEE PHOTOS of Sustainability in Prison’s Project prairie work.

 

Text by Jeanne Dodds, SPP Prairie Conservation Nursery Coordinator for Washington Corrections Center for Women and Photos by Ricky Osborne

Wolf Haven Voted Best Wildlife Sanctuary – King 5 Northwest Escapes, May 11, 2017

Captive-born and displaced wolves find sanctuary at Wolf Haven International.

Wolf Haven Book Featured – Olympia Timberland Library 4/27

Join us THURSDAY night at the OLYMPIA LIBRARY!

Thursday April 27
7:30 – 8:45 p.m.
Free – Adults

Each year, Earthbound Productions and the city of Olympia celebrate our natural world with a spectacular Procession of the Species through the streets of downtown. This year’s Procession will take place on Saturday 4/29 at 4:30 p.m.  In conjunction with this event, Olympia Timberland Library annually features a book which highlights some aspect of nature.

http://www.browsersolympia.com/

Photographer Annie Musselman and essayist Brenda Peterson display Wolf Haven book.

This year’s featured book is “Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America“, which honors wolves and was inspired by the beautiful wolves and work done at this nonprofit sanctuary. Celebrated photographer Annie Musselman and nature writer Brenda Peterson will be on hand to talk about how they became involved in the project, answer questions and sign copies of the book. Wolf Haven staff will also be present to talk about this very special collaboration, and Browser’s Books will have copies available for sale.

Spanish speakers welcomed! Interpretation will be available by a Mexican biologist from Wolf Haven. Hispano-hablantes son bienvenidos! Interpretación será provista por una bióloga mexicana de Wolf Haven.

Be sure not to miss this special event!

Wolf Haven staff as wolves at 2013 Procession of the Species.

Wolf Haven staff dressed as wolves for the 2013 Procession of the Species.

 

 

 

Finding Sanctuary spotlights: Angel and Zoe

Finding Sanctuary is a website devoted to connecting animal sanctuaries with volunteers, assistance and community. Goat, pig, horse, farm animals, wildlife and other types of animal sanctuaries are listed and highlighted on this site. Wolf Haven was invited to share the story of two of our most recent rescues for this month’s Finding Sanctuary blog.

Read More about Angel and Zoe here.

Angel before rescue

Angel before rescue

Time to Bring Your Pack to Wolf Haven – ParentMap

Right before the gates rolled open, several wolves howled their welcome. My son could hardly contain himself; those doors couldn’t open soon enough.  Read More

Fabulous Fungi

It may be spring (or even summer) weather in other parts of the country, but in western Washington, the rains continue unabated. Rather than fight it, Wolf Haven is reprinting an article which originally ran in the winter issue of our members-benefit magazine, Wolf Tracks. Just for fun, we’ve added some more pictures of mushrooms that can be found on our prairie.

By Anne Schuster, Prairie Specialist, Wolf Haven

The rainy season of the Pacific Northwest is also the season of mushrooms. Mushrooms are the reproductive parts of underground fungi, sort of like the flower version of a fungus. Most parts of a fungus are microscopic, living in and among plants and soil. Fungi make up 90% of the living material in forest soil. There are estimated to be up to 5 million species of fungus, but less than 10% of those species are known to science. Fungi, which are more closely related to animals than plants, are amazingly important for humans. The antibiotic penicillin, yeast for baking bread and brewing alcoholic beverages, and delicious truffles are all types of fungi. Fungi were the first living organisms to colonize land; they might stimulate clouds to rain with their spores; and are a huge reason earth is not covered in dead plants and toxic materials. Fungi are one of the few things that can decompose the cellulose from dead trees, but there are also species of fungi that can metabolize dangerous metals, bacteria, and even nuclear waste into safer products.

Next time you are out at Wolf Haven, keep an eye out for some of these mushrooms on our prairie, and also give thanks for their role in our world.

Little mushrooms

Little mushrooms

Turkey Tail fungi on logs

Turkey Tail fungi on logs

Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Mushrooms among moss

Mushrooms among moss

Witch's butter

Witch’s Butter

Huge mushrooms and author

Huge mushrooms and author

Pretty little mushrooms

Sheridan PR blog: “There’s No ‘I’ in Bart”

Andrew Munday is a student in the Public Relations-Corporate Communications class at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. Check out his most recent blog post on @SheridanPRblog, about Wolf Haven.  He describes a really creative way to talk about nonprofit public relations – through symbolic wolf adoption!

There’s no ‘I’ in Bart: Sheridan PRCC Comes Together to Adopt a Wolf and Learn About Non-Profit PR