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Important Phone Numbers

Charlotte County Animal Control: (941) 833-5690

Education

Awareness and understanding - you and your community

• "Adopt" an endangered species native to our area, find out how you can help conserve it, and inform the citizens in your community about your adopted plant or animal with speeches, newspaper articles, brochures, buttons, signs, videos, etc.
• Do a story in your school, local newspaper or website to tell others about endangered species. Investigate issues thoroughly, and always stick to facts in your reporting!
• Produce Public Service announcements about environmental issues you care about for your school, local newspaper or website and distribute them.
• Sponsor an environmental seminar or debate for both students and the community. Topics could include endangered species, water quality, recycling, composting, and environmental alternatives to harmful practices.
• When you are driving along highways where wildlife may be present (especially if there are signs), SLOW DOWN and keep a sharp lookout. Being alert for wildlife can help keep YOU safe, too. Collisions with cars and trucks are a major problem in certain areas for endangered species such as Florida black bears, Florida panthers, Key deer, American crocodiles, indigo snakes, red-cockaded woodpeckers, brown pelicans, and many more(not to mention a problem for people, too!). For example, around 65 percent of Florida panther and Florida black bear deaths are related to highway accidents.

Habitat restoration

• Learn more about the causes of habitat loss. Find old and new aerial photographs of a habitat near where you live and compare them. Find out if planned development threatens sensitive habitats in your area.
• Hold a school Arbor Day tree planting. Invite local officials.
• Plant a garden on your school grounds to attract wildlife, birds, and butterflies. Build homes for bats and birds, and have the project certified by National Wildlife Federation's Backyard Wildlife Habitats program
• Adopt an area of your school's playground, and then develop a plan to improve it

Data gathering and monitoring

• Participate in the Christmas bird count, a birdathon, or in a Feeder Watch! For information on these activities from the National Audubon Society, click here
• Participate in Audubon's "Watch List 4Kids"

Sustainable use of earth's resources

• Conduct a home or school energy audit. Brainstorm ways that you could help lower energy use.
• Challenge other schools in your district to an energy conservation contest.
• Establish a school energy committee. Read energy conservation tips during morning announcements.
• Conduct a waste audit at school and identify materials that can be recycled or re-used.
• Establish a school organic garden, and teach others the techniques you've learned.
• Check out Earth Share's earth saving tips for Home, School and Office.
• Why Save Endangered Species? Text from a recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service brochure.

Tucked neatly into the mangroves overlooking Charlotte Harbor at Ponce de Leon Park, the Peace River Wildlife Center (PRWC) is a non-profit organization, started in 1978, dedicated to the rescue, care, protection and preservation of native small wildlife. (more ...)

Anxious to put your values to the test? Fly like an eagle and volunteer today with the Peace River Wildlife Center in Punta Gorda, Florida. Currently the center has over 30 active volunteers contributing more than 2000 hours a year in the service of injured wild birds or wild animals. (more ...)

Members give the Peace River wildlife Center its heart. Rescuing, rehabilitating, and restoring wildlife to their proper place in nature is at the core of the PEACE RIVER'S mission. Some creatures cannot prosper in the wild, even after care, they become life-long residents at our center in Punta Gorda. (more ...)

The PRWC is currently home to 125 birds and small animals living in 15 different habitats. Food and care for these feathered and furry friends costs $5500 a month. You can help assure their future. (more ...)

Tours are provided at no cost to visitors. Patients are accepted gratis and we provide the educational programs as part of community service. We depend upon private donations for our existence. (more ...)

Awareness and Understanding - You and Your Community, Habitat Restoration and Data Gathering and Monitoring. (more ...)

Come See Us at Upcoming Events and Fundraisers, Check Here to See Where we will be Next. (more ...)

View Live Video Feeds of our Habitats and Enjoy Wildlife with Disabilities at their Best in the Comfort of your Home. (more ...)

The Gift Shop at the Peace River Wildlife Center is a Hidden Treasure. A Vital Part of the Centers' Fund-Raising Drive - Our Gift Shop Offers Many Fine Items. Be Sure to Visit Our Gift Shop before Leaving the Center. (more ...)

Please Visit our Business Sponsors and/or find out how your Business can Sponsor The PRWC. (more ...)