Wolf Echo Valley's A Wolf Adventure operates a small Non-Profit, licensed educational outreach facility, located within a beautiful pristine Provincial forest system in Saskatchewan, and is home not only to an amazing diverse eco system, but some bottle raised permanent captive wolf ambassadors.
A Wolf Adventure fosters and nurtures an intimate understanding of wolves in the young to the old, so that they can in turn be an ally and a voice for wolves in the wild. We are dedicated to helping preserve the wolf in the wild, accomplished in part through using our captive wild ambassadors. It is extremely costly to feed, house and enrich the permanent residents at the ranch. Expansion plans are continuously in the works as funds allow, to grow and expand this humble facility.
We believe the only true way to attain an understanding of the importance of conservation, is through education.
Education=Power of Knowledge=Desire to Conserve & Preserve=A Wild Wisdom
Through Education (which lead to what I call Wild Wisdom) I believe children are key to helping change the world. Awareness of the natural world around us Tolerance, Respect, Understanding, Compassion, and Kindness for ALL living things go hand in hand. I allow photo opps here. And provide one of a kind outreach programs for teachers and school systems with select animals.
To support the outreach programs and needed growth expansions, we accept donations to continue to reach out and grow. People will be able to view in person over time where their gifts go, as we grow.
Please keep in Mind there are various ways to play your own part for the conservation of the wild wolf besides monetary, scroll down below to find out how you can get involved in your own community to help our wild friends!
Out of our own pockets we buy skis, extra mitts, scarfs, poles, ski boots, snow shoes, picnic tables, canoes, roller blades, skates, anything you can imagine a youth & visitors using throughout the various times of year and seasons we buy and collect here at the ranch to provide unique fun experiences at no cost . We do this to show youth and troubled youth that life can be fun, and full of the most amazing experiences, and that life does not have to hurt all the time.
At the ranch youth can just be themselves and not worry if they are different or what type of economical background they come from. The wolves are an important part of the outreach, and have jobs too.
Are you taking down your used but still in good condition fencing? Please consider donating it, or please consider donating to the cause. Are you no longer using that pair of skis? Or have a canoe you can donate or sell to us for a reasonable price please contact us here.
Wolf Echo Valley's Wish List is as follows:
1) Chain Link and Posts any height from 3 feet to ten feet tall and up of 9 and 11 gage. CAN USE IT ALL NO Matter height or gage, for these high maintenance animals. Expansion for enrichment habitats is needed PLEASE help! Taking down your old fence please consider donating, will take down and haul away.
2) Labour: Do you have a few days to help and build an enclosure? or to lend a hand to help build some enriching items for the wolves, or youth... like the gym sets we want to build for the kids, & adults, then come out a good meal in thanks awaits and you get to meet some great animals.
3) Monetary Donations: These of course are always gladly accepted here from 5 cents to 5 bucks. It is VERY expensive for the travel time, gas costs to take kids on a canoe trip, to buy fun equipment to the outreaches and fun things we do with any child. I have to offset this, in donation costs.
4) Misc. Equipment: To help build enriching habitats for the wolves we can always use things such as large tractor tires, duo cement blocks for buildings, stock tanks, old metal garage doors, logs, any and all kinds of equipment for youth such as balls, skis, ski poles, and boots, snow shoes, canoe, paddles, life jackets, mitts, scarves, winter jackets. bicycles, All ages and sizes have come out here so it matters not the size that you donate, we can put it to good use here.
Donations / inquiries please contact:
A Wolf Adventure
C/O Skylar Breton
Box 37
MacDowall, Sask.
S0K-2S0 Canada
306-922-4510
How Can I Help The Wild Wolf?
There are various ways human beings can help protect the future well-being and survival of wild wolves. Play YOUR part in the wild wisdom!
1. Educational talk: Talk about wolves at your school, and encourage others to learn more. Better yet if there is a wolf facility in your Province tell your teacher and friends about them. Maybe a professional wolf educator can come to your classroom to give a talk. Some places even bring in a live wolf! What about a book report on the wolf, talk to your teacher and parents and see if it is not possible to have a wolf come to your classroom. Talk about a true interactive report!
2.Organize a fundraiser: and donate the proceeds made to a wolf facility that teaches the public about wolves. This could be as simple as selling lemon aid to having a bake sale, to a Bingo Night or camp out at the school to raise funds for your chosen facility. Get inventive.
3. Listen to and be aware of news reports concerning wildlife and environmental issues, contact the news your self even on something you would like to see talked about. Be proactive.
4.Become a member/supporter of an environmental organization ,that helps to promote and foster wild wolf education and protection and habitat.
- Canadian Parks And Wilderness Society - www.cpaws.org
- The Sierra Club - www.sierraclub.org
- The RainCoast Conservation Foundation - www.raincoast.org
- David Suzuki Foundation - www.davidsuzuki.org
- Defenders Of Wildlife - www.defenders.org
- Canadian Wildlife Federation www.cwf-fcf.org
- World Wildlife Fund - www.worldwildlife.org
5.The 3 R's Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. The more humans practice these three very important R's the less we use up the earths dwindling resources. This is good for all on the planet including wildlife and their homes (natural habitat). I personally have practiced the three R's all my life since childhood,. WEV leads by example in an environmentally friendly manner, and are consistently putting into practice that which we teach. The land fills, are full of articles that can be re-used, and recycled and some that never should have made it to the land fill to begin with.
6. Preserve wild lands wolves need to live and survive on, or support organizations that do like World Wild Life Fund. As more trees are cut down, more wolves and other wild things get chased out and lose their homes. If you are the owner of some wild lands and wish to always keep them safe, perhaps think about contacting a preservation trust to have a conservation easement placed on the land, so that long after the land is no longer in your hands, noone can log it, or destroy it. Some examples are:
http://www.nature.org/aboutus/howwework/conservationmethods/privatelands/conservationeasements
http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pfw/r6pfw8b.htm
The following agencies in Saskatchewan are able to hold conservation easements:
- Ducks Unlimited Canada 1-306-569-0424
- Home Place Conservancy of Saskatchewan, Inc. 1-306-586-9268
- Meewasin Valley Authority 1-306-665-6887
- Nature Conservancy of Canada 1-866-622-7275
- Nature Saskatchewan 1-306-780-9273
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 1-306-691-2854
- Saskatchewan Archaeological Society 1-306-664-4124
- Saskatchewan Environment 1-306-787-2314
- Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association 1-306-780-9262
- Saskatchewan Wetland Conservation Corporation 1-306-787-0726
- Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation 1-306-692-8812
- Wakamow Valley Authority 1-306-692-2717
- Wascana Centre Authority 1-306-522-366
7. Write letters and articles; there are various places you can write letters and articles to concerning wolves, and the environment like newspapers and magazines. Get inventive and creative. Maybe you have a report to do in school, what about wolves! As a school aged child, I was consistently running around with petitions, even back then to support worthy causes.
8. Learn more about wolves, and talk to others you know about wolves and what you have learned. There are even Wolf conferences held around the world to keep anyone who is interested informed about the plight of the wild wolf. If there are any local wolf centers support them and visit them to learn up close and in person about these highly misunderstood animals.
9. Become a volunteer! Maybe there are some environmental organizations you can volunteer for. Check with the local zoo!
10. Vote! When you are old enough to vote, vote for those who care about the environment and what kind of world your children and your children's children will inherit and live in.
11. Ecological Footprint Be responsible and aware of your choices on a daily basis, and how those choices may impact the environment for either the better or the worse. Buy more raw foods in bulk to reduce smaller packaged items. When shopping bring your own reusable cloth bags so you do not need to use plastic bags. Ride your bike as much as possible instead of the car, if living in the city try either using a bike, to bike to work with, or pair up and ride with a co-worker. If you like to ride dirt bikes please don't ride them in the forest and in natural environments where not only the exhaust fumes add to environmental pollution, but the noise pollution to the wild residents disrupt their natural courses of travel, not to mention the horrible destruction of their natural grounds that tires rip up. You are in someone else's back yard, please treat it with respect. Please sit down and think of alternatives in your lifestyle that have as little negative impact as is possible to the environment. Turn off lights when not in usage, turn off radios and T.V's/, take showers more often, and stop using dishwashers.
Thank you for visiting Wolf Echo Valley’s A Wolf Adventure! Please tell everyone you know about us so we can continue to grow and reach out! www.awolfadventure.com
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