Barnswallow holds membership in numerous professional organizations supporting local, national and international rehabilitation, education, and conservation efforts. We are also supporters of several educational and wildlife centers as well as fellow rehabilitators. Links are provided for those organizations currently having Web sites.  

Rehabilitation

International Wildlife Rehabilitators Council is an international organization comprising rehabilitators, conservationists, and veterinarians working to safeguard wildlife around the world. 
www.iwrc-online.org

The National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (NWRA) is dedicated to improving and promoting the profession of wildlife rehabilitation and its contributions to preserving natural ecosystems.   www.nwrawildlife.org

Springbrook Nature Center The mission of Itasca's Spring Brook Nature Center is to restore, manage, preserve and interpret its unique resources for the public good and for fostering environmental stewardship.   www.itasca.com/naturecenter/

Fellow Mortals is a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin wildlife rehabilitation center committed to ethical, compassionate and professional wildlife rehabilitation.  www.fellowmortals.org

Fox Valley Wildlife Center is a rehabilitation center caring for injured and orphaned wildlife located in Kane County, Illinois.    www.foxvalleywildlife.org

Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation is dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife in Barrington, Illinois.  www.flintcreekwildlife.org                                                                           

Education

Citizens for Conservation is a Barrington, Illinois coalition created for the purpose of  "Saving Living Space for Living Things" through protection, restoration and stewardship of land, conservation of natural resources, and education. www.savelivingspace.org

The Alexander Stillman Nature Center is a private, not-for-profit center for environmental education located on 80 acres of woods, lake and prairie in South Barrington, Illinois.      www.stillmannc.org

The Wildlife Discovery Center, located in Lake Forest, Illinois is a living museum that features a variety of reptiles and raptors that are used for exhibit and education to teach people to appreciate our natural world.  This facility offers classes, trips, school programs and special events for people of all ages.  www.cityoflakeforest.com/cs/rec/cs_rec2d2.htm

Lake Forest Open Lands Association is a privately funded land trust that has preserved over 700 acres of woodland, savanna, prairie and wetlands and made them available to the public for hiking, leashed dogwalking, environmental education and study. www.lfola.org

Government Agencies and Offices

Lake County Forest Preserves can provide information on all aspects of Lake County's diverse and numerous forest preserves.     www.lcfpd.org

Illinois Department of Natural Resources can provide information about state parks, interpretive and educational centers, volunteering and conservation programs, as well as numerous links to additional educational materials. www.dnr.state.il.us

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service includes information on everything from conservation and education to the latest news and updates on endangered species.   www.fws.gov