Current News

Because of the paricipation of lots of members, donors, campers and festival attendees, we now have names for four of our education animals!  The new sceech owl is now called "Otus" from his original species name "otus asio".  The baby corn sname is now called "Alaphe"  from its species name "elaphe guttata".  Our new black rat sname was named based on his color and has the name "Midnight".  The second of our mini rex rabbits has the name "Flora"  named after the eastern cottantail's specie name "Sylvilagus floridanus".  Pictures of all of our new educators will be posted soon.

Thanks to Wild Birds Unlimited in Durham for a great benefit this weekend!  Thanks also to all of our supporters who bought lots of great items in the store. Your purchases and the donations we also received during the event raised $600 to help native wildlife!

A group of UNC Medical School students came to volunteer on Saturday, August 14th and we want to thank them for their service!!  Part of the group cleaned up trash in the wetlands, readied our new wildlife garden for planting and put up a fence to protect a patch wild quinine, a rare plant found in Leigh Farm Park.  The other half of the group helped to construct the foundation for our new barred owl cage.  Here is a picture of the barred owl cage group!

The Cul-de-Sac Kids have been at it again this year!!  They raised $60 for PWC by selling lemonade and holding a circus in their neighborhood to raise money.  Here is a photo of them after their successful fund raising events!!  Cul-de-Sac Kids!

Save the Date!  Our 2010 Celebrate Wildlife! Auction and Gala will be on Friday, November 19th, at 6:30pm in the Durham Armory, and we hope you'll join us. If you would like to donate an item for the auction, please register your donation by using a donation form, or you may call the office at 919-489-0900. We also need volunteers to help before and during the auction. We have a special volunteer form from which you can choose all types of activities. Please send any questions about volunteering to volunteer@piedmontwildlifecenter.org

We Have a Blog!  Check out our blog at www.piedmontwildlifecenter.org/coyote and read what our staff, board members and volunteers are doing.  We are just getting started with the blog so it will take awhile for everyone to get set up and going.  Check back often or, better yet, join the blog so you get to read everything hot off the press! 

Crossing Paths, a feature article in The Chapel Hill News and the N & O in February, talks about our wildlife tracking workshop at Leigh Farm Park.  The original workshop scheduled for February 6th was cut short due to weather so we are offering a 2-hour Art of Tracking workshop on March 14th.  Find out more details HERE.

Look What Just Flew In!    Three new education raptors arrived at Piedmont Wildlife Center on January 13, 2010.  All three birds are former patients of the Carolina Raptor Center (CRC) whose injuries left them permanently disabled and unable to be released. They obtained a new lease on life with us, where they serve as animal ambassadors and educators for our programs. See pictures and more info on our raptor page!

If you missed us on UNC-TV's Our State, you can still see it online!   Our State Magazine did a video piece on us, which can now be viewed here - look for the "Wild Friends" episode. Don't miss the cute photo on the flyer here, too!

Spring Intersession Camps are Now Open for Registration.  We have 3 sessions begining March 22nd and are introducing a new theme.  Check out Spring Intersession Camps.  Let us know if you have 5 children available during another week and we'll design a camp just for them!

Summer Camp Registration is now Open!   We have new member rates and early bird discounts if you register before May 15th!  Check out registration information now!

Piedmont Wildlife Center Has a New Mission Statement!  The board of directors and staff have rewritten our mission statement to better reflect what the organization is doing now.  Read our new statement and what services we are providing to the community.

Celebrate Wildlife Gala & Auction a Big Success!
Thanks to our sponsors, donors, volunteers and attendees, this year's Auction raised $22,000 to support native wildlife!  Thanks to everyone for your participation!

Salmonella in wild bird populations poses a potential risk to household pets.
Local veterinarians formed a research group to investigate the risks to pets - read their information release here (Word document).
PDF version (non-clickable links)

PWC's e-mail release regarding the Salmonella risks.
This was an notice we released on April 6, 2009, written by Dr. Deresienski, one of the vets from the research group above