Home  
  FOW  
      About FOW  
      Events  
      News  
      FOW Projects  
      Board of Directors  
  Wertheim NWR  
      About the Refuge  
      Refuge Projects  
      Pictures  
      Flash Cards  
      Directions  
  Did you know ...  
  Volunteers Wanted  
  Links of Interest  

 

 

 

 

The Friends of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (FOW) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the enduring protection, management and appreciation of Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge and its environs.

 

 

FOW Welcome Cabin Donation

Credit Card and PayPal

 

 

Join / Renew

FOW Membership

One-year membership is $10 and $15 for a family

Credit Card and PayPal

 

 

The Osprey CAM

 

 

Bald Eagle at Wertheim

ArtWork By Nature

 

 

 

FOW

Pin & Hat

 Purchase a FOW Pin ($3) and a FOW Hat ($15) our next Event

 

 

 

Long Island NWR Complex

Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP)

 

 

Brookhaven Village Association

 

 

 

NWR Carmans River Canoe Trip

 

 

Events

May 10 - Sat.

May 31- Sat.

May 31- Sat.

Jun 8 -   Sun.

Jun 15 - Sun.

International Migratory Bird Day

Create Your Own Refuge - Children's Program

FOW Yard Sale

Birding Walk

Nature T-Shirt Printing

(See below for event details)

 

FOW Welcome Cabin

 

The Friends of Wertheim organization has come to a crossroads. In order to continue our mission to support the goals of the refuge and to enhance the public’s experience, we must become a more visible entity. We must be able to interact with refuge visitors and reach out to audiences of all ages in an effective way. We must provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for our members and other environmental groups. We must have a space on the refuge property to hold nature related workshops and activities, as well as a space for meetings.

 

The FOW board of directors has explored this issue and created a plan for a Welcome Cabin. This community access/information building will be a 10x35 handicapped accessible  structure with a large center room, a small office, a screened-in porch and a deck.

 

Please help FOW to continue and to evolve as we approach a new decade in a changing world.  Mail your donation to FOW or use the Donate button to the left of this article.  MORE >>>

 

Events - Details

We encourage participants to become members of

FOW to help fund future events.

 

May 10, 2008

10:00 - 4:00

Saturday

Wertheim NWR

 

 

Celebrate the incredible journeys of migratory birds between their breeding grounds in North America and their wintering grounds in Mexico, Central, and South America.  

 

Last years IMBD was a great success with a full day of events.  This years events include canoe trips, photograph workshop, bird feeder construction and live bird demonstrations. 

 

 

Schedule of Events        Event Flyer

 

 

 

 

May 31, 2008

10:00 - 12:00

Saturday

Wertheim NWR

 

Create Your Own Refuge

Children's Program

 

Come and meet the Fire Island National Seashore Ranger and you will be creating your own refuge.  You will be creating your trail guides, special features, and what your visitors will learn at your refuge.  Children ages 8 - 12 but all are welcome.

 

May 31, 2008

9:00 - 3:00

Saturday

  South Haven Presbyterian 

  Church

(South Country Rd and Beaver Dam Rd. in Brookhaven)

FOW Yard Sale

 

Come and support FOW - we will have our FOW pins, hats, shirts and Teddy Roosevelt teddy bears in addition to all of the yard sale items.

  

Please donate items for the sale - You may bring your donation to Anne Meinhold's house (41 Old South Country Rd.) - in front of the garage if she isn't there - or price them and bring them the morning of the sale to the South Haven Church.  If you have any questions please Email Anne at cbmeinhold@optonline.net.

 

June 8, 2008

8:00 am

Sunday

Wertheim NWR

 

 

Ernie Lewis leads this interpretive bird walk along the impoundments at Wertheim NWR.  Ernie is a member of The Friends of Wertheim and performed bird surveys at Wertheim NWR for many years. Bring your field guide and binoculars.  The walk is recommended for teens / adults.

 

June 15, 2008

10:00 - 12:00

Sunday

Wertheim NWR

Nature T-Shirt Printing

 

Artist Helen Geraghty leads a workshop on T-Shirt printing using natural elements.  Materials provided. All ages welcome.  Registration is required.  To register email Anne or call her - 286-8496.

 

Conservation!Education!

Action!

View Visitor Learning Center Poster (PDF File) >>

In 2006, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed its 15-year Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex which strives to protect the needs of wildlife and provide wildlife-oriented opportunities for the public. A major outcome of the Plan was the need for a Visitor Learning Center.  The new Center will serve as a catalyst for wildlife conservation and education.

 

Please pitch in and make the Visitor learning Center a Reality…

 

Tell our Senators and Congressmen how important a Visitor Center is for Long Island… Long Island residents… visitors to Long Island… education… conservation...

 

Click the Visitor Center icon  to contact

your Senators and Congressmen.

 

 


Join Our Mailing List

Email:

 

THANK YOU

Glacier Bay Sport

for continual support of FOW and their generous contribution of canoes for our Canoe Trips.

National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

for the tents, tables, chairs and binoculars grant

for our FOW programs.

2008 FOW Dues

 

Join / Renew FOW

   

One-year membership is $10 and $15 for a family. 

     Please provide your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address for each person in family.  

Be sure to include your e-mail address!  Send check to the address below OR pay online using your credit card or PayPal.

 

Wertheim Refuge is Open

7 Days a Week

 

The refuge is now open on Sunday as well as the other six days each week. Visitors are welcome between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Please park near the refuge office, pick up a trail map and enjoy all that the refuge has to offer. 

 

The White Oak Trail is wheel-chair accessible.     

   

 

  

 

Friends of Wertheim
PO Box 376, Brookhaven, NY 11719

Copyright © FOW 2003-2004                   Email webmaster

Last Updated 05/05/2008           Privacy Policy

 

           Webspace provided courtesy of Coastal Internet, Inc.