2019 Annual report Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park The mission of Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park is to conserve ecological systems and natural settings, while providing opportunities for environmental education and outdoor recreation, working in partnership with the Town of Wilton, Saratoga County, The Nature Conservancy, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 80 Scout Road, Wilton, NY 12831 518-450-0321 www.wiltonpreserve.org
[email protected] Conservation Environmental Education Outdoor recreation Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park works with our Our environmental education program continues An important part of our mission is to encourage partners to support a wide range of conservation to grow as we work with schools and groups from people in our community to get outdoors and efforts in the Saratoga Sandplains Our partner, the Town of Wilton, Saratoga County, and beyond. experience the beauty and healthful benefits found NYS DEC takes the lead role in conservation At the end of 2019 we restructured our staffing in nature. We work closely with our partners to management,. This year saw Saratoga County which will allow us to work with more college help provide year round outdoor recreation by working with the DEC to create new Karner interns and to work more closely with schools, working with them in maintaining existing trails and butterfly habitat on County Forestland as part of camps, after school programs, and other groups helping to create new trails and linkages. This year, the airport mitigation project. from preschoolers through adults. the Town of Wilton and NYS DEC worked to com- Group programs are just one part of what we do.