TRAINING BELLA—Park Ranger Sharon Reagan (pictured) and others at the state park are trying to prepare Bella, a non-releasable red-tailed hawk, to be used as a part of Tims Ford Environmental Educational Association’s programs. -H-C-Photo by Deidre Ortiz

Organization Educates Public on Wildlife
Deidre Ortiz, Staff writer

Since it’s start in 2006, the Tims Ford Environmental Association has been actively attempting to teach the public how to interact with wildlife.

"It was actually kind of a fluke because I had met Mark Robertson, park manager at the time, about something unrelated," she explained. "I found out he was at Tims Ford State Park…and we started talking about his desire to have a nature center and some non-releasable birds here for programs and extend what they were doing [at the park] with wildlife rehabilitation. Then we began looking for other people interested in helping.....

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