Construction on LTWC center to resume in summer
Work on Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care‘s rehab center on Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe is expected to resume in mid-July.
At that time the underground work — sewer, water, gas, electric, video — will be completed.
Work on the foundations should resume about the same time.
“We expect to have all underground work and all foundations completed by summer’s end,” Tom Millham, co-founder of the facility, told Lake Tahoe News. “Funding will determine if we can expand further with framing of cages/buildings.”
LTWC cares for sick and/or injured wildlife, with the goal of returning the animals to their natural environment. The new rehab facility will include multiple cages on 27-acres, with the end goal of having an education center that is open to the public.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
This is the most exciting project for wildlife rescue and rehab in the state of California. The resources that LTWC provide as one of only two bear rehab centers in the state, along with numerous other avian and mammal wildlife species rescue and rehab is beyond compare. LTWC is also the South Shore satellite office for the BEAR League, as the BEAR League office in Homewood is the West Shore satellite office for LTWC, and both organizations work with the Sierra Wildlife Coalition as well.
I’m proud to be an active member and volunteer for all three of these organizations, and hope that the community will continue to be an active partner in finding coexistence between wildlife and we humans encroaching on wildlife habitat.