Baby season in Southwest Florida is in full swing. Each spring, the longer days and warming temperatures trigger many native animals to begin breeding and nesting. This increase in activity results in a surge in admissions to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital as animal admissions double during spring and summer months. The Conservancy of Southwest [...]
Baby season in Southwest Florida is in full swing. Each spring, the longer days and warming temperatures trigger many native animals to begin breeding and nesting. This increase in activity results in a surge in admissions to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital; animal admissions double during spring and summer months. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s [...]
Spring may have looked a little different for us, but for wildlife, it was business as usual. And that means baby bird season has arrived! The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s von Arx Wildlife Hospital, which treats injured, sick and orphaned animals, is hosting a virtual Wildlife Hospital Baby Shower on Saturday, June 6 to help [...]
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s Nature Center remains closed to the public and all events are postponed until further notice based on recent guidance from government and health officials to help prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Conservancy staff will continue to treat injured, sick and orphaned animals in its care at the von [...]
von Arx Wildlife Hospital still admitting patients As Hurricane Dorian approaches the Florida coast, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is proactively preparing. The Nature Center is closed to visitors until Wednesday, Sept. 4, pending the outcome of the storm. However, the Conservancy’s von Arx Wildlife Hospital is open and accepting patients seven days a week [...]
It is baby season for wildlife in Southwest Florida, and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is hosting a Wildlife Hospital Baby Shower on Saturday, June 8 to help its youngest patients at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital. The Conservancy’s von Arx Wildlife Hospital, which treats injured, sick and orphaned animals, started receiving babies in need [...]
It’s baby season for wildlife in Southwest Florida, and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is hosting a “Wildlife Hospital Baby Shower” on Saturday, June 2 to help patients at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital. The Conservancy invites community members and supporters to send or bring a gift to help provide the hospital’s youngest patients with [...]
Stevens Construction has won three Sand Dollar awards from the Collier Building Industry Association. In a ceremony held on Sept. 30 at the Ritz-Carlton Tiburón in Naples, Stevens Construction earned a Sand Dollar award in the $3 to $5 million healthcare category for the Naples Community Hospital fourth floor renovation. Stevens Construction completed a 22,594-square-foot [...]
Following the effects of Hurricane Irma, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s Nature Center will reopen to guests on Wednesday, Oct. 4, resuming normal business hours of Monday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s von Arx Wildlife Hospital is currently open and admitting patients seven days a week between 8 [...]
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida hosted its 53rd Annual Members’ Meeting on Jan. 12 at the Conservancy Nature Center. During the meeting, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida introduced new members to the board of directors, presented the 2017 Eagle Award to John and Donna Hall, and introduced its first Eaglet Award, presented to fourth grade [...]
The new outdoor wildlife rehabilitation and guest education areas are now open at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples. The expansion includes state-of-the-art wildlife recovery areas and new structures that allow the Conservancy staff and volunteers to best [...]
Conservancy of Southwest Florida invites the public to celebrate the Conservancy’s wildlife ambassadors as they move into their new homes in the newly expanded outdoor wildlife rehabilitation area, now open at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital. The wildlife ambassadors are former patients, now permanent residents, unable to be released due to the extent of their [...]
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida will offer free admission for children every Saturday during the months of July and August 2016. As part of the Conservancy’s commitment to connecting children with nature this summer, the Conservancy is offering up to four kids free with a paid adult ticket at $12.95. Visitors can travel around the [...]
The first wildlife baby shower, held on Saturday, June 4 at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, was a success for the patients of the von Arx Wildlife Hospital. An estimated 125 individual families and groups showed their support by donating a variety of supplies that are essential to the care of injured and orphaned native [...]
It is baby season for wildlife in Southwest Florida, and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is hosting its first Wildlife Hospital Baby Shower to help patients at the von Arx Wildlife Hospital. The shower is taking place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. The Conservancy [...]
Local students demonstrated their support to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida by donating more than $300 to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center. The 4th grade class at The Village School of Naples, led by Class President Kea Shindle, recently visited the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center [...]
Stevens Construction has been selected as the construction manager for an expansion project at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, announced Mark Stevens, company president. Located at 1495 Smith Preserve Way in Naples, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is dedicated to protecting Southwest Florida’s water, land, wildlife and future. Stevens Construction is building a new outdoor [...]
Conservancy of Southwest Florida members and the public are invited to the next Evenings at the Conservancy environmental education lecture series on Tuesday, July 14 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Joanna Fitzgerald, director of the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at Conservancy of Southwest Florida is presenting “Wildlife Rehabilitation: An insider’s look at the von Arx [...]
