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  • Fall volunteer training opens for October

    Forty places in our Tier 1 training weekend on October 10 and 11. Dispersal season is our busiest stretch for road rescues, and we especially need drivers and evening dispatchers.

    Volunteering

  • Protected habitat passes 100 acres

    Eleven acres of new den trees and understory at Riverbend East take our protected release habitat to 103 acres, five years after the first 40-acre agreement.

    Habitat

  • Baby season 2026 by the numbers

    94 kits admitted between April and August, the most in our history, plus 27 reunited with their mothers without ever coming in. How the season went and what it cost.

    Rescue

  • The clinic wing is open

    Two exam rooms, digital radiography, a surgical suite, and a six-kennel isolation ward, paid for by 412 donors and one capital grant. No more 40-minute drives for an X-ray.

    Campus

  • Our 2025 annual report is out

    158 raccoons admitted, a 94% release rate, a 17-hour median response time, and every 2025 priority accounted for, met or not.

    Reports

  • It is baby season. Here is what to do if you find a kit.

    Most kits found alone are not orphans. Before you pick one up, read this, then call us.

    Advice

  • Median response time falls to 16 hours; outside review confirms 94% release rate

    Fourth-quarter 2025 dispatch data shows a median of 16 hours from call to pickup, down from 24 hours in 2024. Separately, the Cascadia Wildlife Care Alliance completed its review of our 2025 case log and confirmed a 94% rehabilitation and release rate across 149 resolved cases. Both figures appear in the 2025 annual report.

    Results

  • Year-end appeal passes $61,000; Den Keepers reach 143 members

    Thank you. The 2025 year-end appeal raised $61,300 from 588 gifts, including the $10,000 Giving Tuesday match from Mossy Creek Hardware. Our monthly giving program, launched in February, ended the year with 143 members giving a combined $2,100 a month.

    Fundraising

  • Ten years of Foggy Valley

    About 300 neighbors, volunteers, and partners came to the campus for the Den Party marking ten years since our first admission. Founder Mara Chen thanked the 2015 volunteers who bottle-fed kits in a barn with no running water, and announced that the Clinic and Learning Lab campaign had passed its $120,000 goal.

    Community