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HISTORY OF ORENDA
1986: Orenda Wildlife Trust is
founded as a land conservation trust by Barbara Birdsey.
Orenda's special focus is preserving open space for
wildlife habitat by creating protected wildlife sanctuaries
on Cape Cod and elsewhere in New England. Orenda helps
to protect 329 acres of land for wildlife habitat with
the addition of these sanctuaries:
- Stickey-Wicket: Marlow, New Hampshire, 325 acres
- The
Ledges: Southbridge, Massachusetts, 4 acres
1987:
Orenda helps to protect
a total of 439 acres of land for wildlife habitat with
the addition of this sanctuary:
- Dana S. Winham Memorial: Marlow, New Hampshire,
110 acres
1988:
Orenda expands its work to include the rehabilitation
of orphaned and injured wildlife at a clinic in West Barnstable
on Cape Cod. Orenda helps to protect a total of 449 acres
of land for wildlife habitat with the addition of this
sanctuary:
- The
Cedars: West Barnstable, Massachusetts,
10 acres
1992: Orenda helps to protect
a total of 552 acres of land for wildlife habitat with
the addition of these sanctuaries:
1993: Due to a significant growth
in utilization each year, Orenda's wildlife rehabilitation
clinic moves to a larger facility.
1994: Orenda grants its West Barnstable wildlife
rehabilitation clinic to the Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS) as funding for the clinic cannot keep pace
with the increasing demand for services. Orenda selects
HSUS because of the organization's reputation and demonstrated
commitment to the care and protection of wildlife and
domestic animals. Orenda helps to protect a total of 598
acres of land for wildlife habitat with the addition of
this sanctuary:
1995: Orenda changes its name
to Orenda Wildlife Land Trust to reflect its new, more
focused mission.
Orenda donates its Stickey-Wicket and Dana S. Winham sanctuaries
in New Hampshire to the HSUS Wildlife Land Trust in order
to concentrate on land protection on Cape Cod and Massachusetts.
Orenda becomes a founding partner of the Mashpee National
Wildlife Refuge on Cape Cod.
1996: Orenda helps to protect a total of 627 acres
of land for wildlife habitat with the addition of these
sanctuaries:
1998: Orenda hires its first
professional Executive Director to advance its land protection
program. Orenda provides the Town of Mashpee with short-term
financing assistance in acquiring a 6 acre parcel threatened
by imminent development in the Bufflehead Bay / Jehu Pond
area, enabling the property to be incorporated into the
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. Orenda helps to protect
a total of 649 acres of land for wildlife habitat with
the addition of these sanctuaries:
1999: Orenda purchases 4 acres
of land in the Santuit Pond area to avoid development
and protect the Santuit River watershed, and the property
is subsequently sold to the Town of Mashpee as conservation
land.
2000: Orenda partners with the Falmouth 300 Committee,
a private land trust, and the Compact of Cape Cod Conservation
Trusts to protect 8 acres of critical wildlife habitat
on the Childs River in East Falmouth, providing short-term
financing for the property which will ultimately be purchased
by the state or the Town of Falmouth. Orenda helps to
protect a total of 730 acres of land for wildlife habitat
with the addition of these sanctuaries:
2001: In the first quarter of
2001, Orenda partners with the Massachusetts
Department of Fish and Wildlife, the
Town
of Mashpee, and the Cape
Cod Compact of Conservation Trusts to protect
18 acres in Mashpee to protect a critical link within
the Mashpee
National Wildlife Refuge. Orenda also begins
a campaign to protect 50 acres of upland wildlife habitat
to add to Orenda's 86 acre Makepeace
Sanctuary in Mashpee. Orenda helps to protect
a total of nearly 800 acres of land for wildlife habitat
with the addition of these sanctuaries.
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