Programs

  • Beaver Deceiver Project

    Humane Solutions to Wildlife Conflicts: The Beaver Deceiver Project. POW works with towns and private citizens across the state of Vermont to mitigate flooding and the destruction of property, roads and bridges caused by beaver dams. By helping to fund the installation of Beaver Deceivers, which keep ponds and lakes from overflowing and causing infrastructure damage, the needless trapping and deaths of hundreds of beavers yearly, is greatly curtailed.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $9.2K

  • Wildlife Rehabilitator Support

    Wildlife Rehabilitator Support. POW offers the 19 licensed rehabbers in Vermont, who receive no state or feberal funding, monetary support to build wildlife enclosures to house their sick or orphaned animal patients safely. POW also provides food, medical supplies and veterinary care and testing for sick wildlife. Due to our support rehabilitators can care for many more orphaned and sick animals yearly.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $3.9K

  • Wildlife Education and Outreach

    Outreach, Education and Research. POW educates the public about native Vermont wildlife. Our social media postings and newspaper ads keep our over 2,000 supporters and people across the whole state informed about the crucial role wildlife plays in healthy ecosystems, how to coexist with wildlife to stop needless killings, and what species are in danger due to habitat loss, over trapping and unethical hunting practices. POW presents educational summer camps to children so they can learn to be safe in the woods, how different animals create homes and care for their young, and the human and environmental threats to their existence. POW also underwrites TV and Radio segments on local stations to inform Vermonters that we can help with any questions and problems regarding wildlife issues or personal conflicts that may arise with people who hunt and trap wildlife. POW also conducts and writes extensive research papers on specific species of animals, the threats to their health, habitats, and the impact that over-trapping or hunting can have to their populations. We present these papers to biologist and wildlife departments.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $25.7K