5/06/10

Hawai'i Wildlife Center

Linda Elliot

Show Description:
At Kapa‘au, North Kohala, dedicated island conservationists are building Hawai‘i’s first wildlife recovery center. It will be a place of healing and learning. The Hawai‘i Wildlife Center (HWC), a 501(c)(3) conservation organization, will consist of three integrated facilities: a wildlife care and response unit, an interpretive and outreach courtyard, and an education pavilion. The Center will operate 7 days per week year-round.

For Hawai‘i’s vulnerable, too often endangered native species, HWC will perform hands-on rescue and recovery services for sick and injured wildlife and rapid response to oil spill and contaminant incidents. HWC will serve all Hawaiian Islands, including the Northwestern Islands extending to Midway and Kure atolls.

Incorporated in 2006, HWC received a $500,000 grant-in-aid from the legislature this year. As we now kick off our capital campaign for the balance of needed construction funds, we ask you to give generously to make HWC a reality.

Your tax deductible charitable contribution will support treatment, research, training, science education, cultural programs and wildlife recovery work undertaken in cooperation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the State of Hawai‘i Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and many other environmental organizations.

http://www.hawaiiwildlifecenter.org

Guest Bio:
Linda Elliot is the President and Center Director at the Hawai'i Wildlife Center, located on the big island of Hawaii. Linda has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and has more than 20 years experience working in wildlife rehabilitation in the islands, as well as working with industry and government agencies. She has managed over a half dozen disease and spill response projects in the Islands and has led or participated in eighteen international rescue operations to date. Currently, she is the only oiled-wildlife rehabilitation manager in the State. In this capacity, she has trained hundreds of agency personnel and volunteers.