NCAS Program tonight at Whatcom Museum Rotunda Room 6:30pm
Steven Harper
North Cascades Audubon January 27, 2026 Membership Meeting Program
Whatcom Museum Old City Hall Rotunda Room, (Social Hour 6:30pm and Presentation 7pm)
Wildlife Rehabilitation for Avian Conservation
The Whatcom Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a local non-profit wildlife rehabilitation center with the goal of rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing all species of wildlife found in Washington State.Renata Luders and Anna Schwabe will join us to provide an overview of the work of the Rehabilitation Center. They will discuss the common species they receive and treat, why they end up being brought to the center, and insights into what the rehabilitation process involves. They will also delve into the importance of wildlife rehabilitation for avian conservation.
Anna Schwabe (she/her) has been interested in non-human animals all her life, beginning when she was a toddler and tried to make “friends'' with the ants in her family's yard. After growing up in Wisconsin, she studied equine science in Colorado, intending to train wild mustangs for film, but she ultimately decided wildlife rehabilitation was a better fit with her interests and worldviews. She got her introduction to rehab through internships at Sarvey (in Arlington) and in Florida, was hired at WHS in the spring of 2023 and in the summer of 2024 she began managing the wildlife center. While mammals will always have her heart, she enjoys the diversity of avians, and misses the many herptiles in care and in the ecosystems of Florida!
Renata Luders (she/her) has lived in Washington her whole life and loves how diverse the PNW and especially how close the ocean and mountains are in Whatcom County. She graduated from Washington State University in 2022 with a B.S. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Her interest in wildlife stemmed from when she and her mom took an injured squirrel they found to PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. She interned with Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sarvey Wildlife Care Center before starting as a full-time staff member at the WHS Wildlife Center in 2022. Her favorite species to work with are swans, raptors, and rabbits! In August 2024, she took on the role of Volunteer & Intern Coordinator.