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Lake Cumberland Wildlife Refuge
Home of the
LIBERTY NATURE CENTER
Home
About Us
Our Facilities
Volunteer Programs
Board and Staff
Educational Ambassadors
College Internships
Camp Liberty
Friends of Liberty
Ways to Help
Wish List
Corporate Supporters
Affiliations & Licensing
Code of Ethics
Nest Box Patterns
2024 Annual Auction
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  • About Us
  • Our Facilities
  • Volunteer Programs
  • Board and Staff
  • Educational Ambassadors
  • College Internships
  • Camp Liberty
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Ways to Help
  • Wish List
  • Corporate Supporters
  • Affiliations & Licensing
  • Code of Ethics
  • Nest Box Patterns
  • 2024 Annual Auction
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Facilities
  • Volunteer Programs
  • Board and Staff
  • Educational Ambassadors
  • College Internships
  • Camp Liberty
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Ways to Help
  • Wish List
  • Corporate Supporters
  • Affiliations & Licensing
  • Code of Ethics
  • Nest Box Patterns
  • 2024 Annual Auction

Help Our Cause

Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve conditions. Your generous donation will fund our mission.

Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

Adopt a Bird!

Become a Wild Parent today!  


Become a Wild Parent by "Adopting" one of our animals today. A.D.O.P.T. stands for Animals Depend On People Too. Just like animals depend on people, the Liberty Nature Center depends on our "Wild Parents" to help us feed and care for the animals in our education collection. Wild Parents can enjoy all of the benefits of caring for these animals without having to do the "dirty" work. Wild Parents also come in all shapes and sizes including individuals all the way to classrooms.  





Animals Available for Adoption:

Allegiant (Bald Eagle) Jackie (Bald Eagle) Codey (Black Vulture) Ichabod (Turkey Vulture)

Adahy (Tawny Owl) Winter & Pheonix (Red-Tailed Hawks) Hazard (Broad-Winged Hawk)

 * Experience must occur at the Liberty Nature Center.   
Level

Wild Parent $25.00 USD

Super Wild Parent $50.00 USD

Extra Wild Parent $100.00 USD

Group Wild Parents $75.00 USD Animal of Your Choice Contact Name/Phone  

Zoso (Great Horned Owl) Bigfoot (Great Horned Owl)

 Class Room/Group Parents ($75):  

  • Official Wild Parent Adoption Certificate
  • Animal Story/Fact Sheet
  • Special Encounter with Animal for Group*
  • Group Picture with Animal*

Gemley,Thorin,& Hope (Eastern Screech Owls) Dawn,Delta,& Aries (American Kestrels

 Extra Wild Parents ($100):  

  • Super Wild Parents PLUS:
  • Mug, Magnet, or Water Bottle of Animal AND Extra T-shirt
  • Behind the Scenes Tour for up to 6 people

Sylvester (Milk Snake) Athena (Bearded Dragon) Reptar (Green Iguana)

 Super Wild Parents ($50):  

  • Wild Parent Package PLUS:
  • T-shirt
  • Your Photograph WITH Animal*

​Heidi (Miniature Horse) ​Pumpkin (Pot-Bellied Pig) Dolly (Miniature Donkey)

 Wild Parents ($25):  

  • Official Wild Parent Adoption Certificate
  • Animal Story/Fact Sheet
  • Color Photograph of Animal

Club 10

 

Club 10 is a group of donors who pledge to donate $10 per month. For ONLY $10 a month, you can join the club. You can set it up so that your $10 donation comes out automatically each month or you can donate each month manually.

Club 10 requires NO commitment. If you want to opt out of a donation for a month, that's OKAY! You can re-join at anytime if you wish. If we can get 50 people to join the club, then together we can raise $500 dollars per month!



Find out more

Purchase A Brick

 

Support the very foundation of the Liberty Nature Center! Purchase a brick with your customized message engraved. These 4"x8" pavers are placed in the front walkway of our wildlife rehabilitation center. Each paver is installed upon arrival and will remain at the Nature Center indefinitely. Purchase bricks in memory of someone, to showcase your personal support, or as a gift for someone else. 

Purchase your brick online via the forms below

Adopt a project

Interactive Nature Trail ($5-7,000)

Over a half mile of walking trail complete with interactive elements designed so guest can take a hands-on approach to learning.

Aviaries ($6-10,000)

Aviaries allow our Birds of Prey to be on display for the public without the need for staff member present.

Exhibits and signage (varying)

In an effort to offer an entertaining and educational recreational facility to the public, we will be erecting exhibits where visitors can learn more about the environment they live in and the wildlife we share it with.

Programs

Wildlife Education programs

 

Admission:
$5.00 per student $10.00 adults includes access to outside displays and walking trails.

Tours:
Raptor Facility  $10.00 per person

Presentations:
 On site $150.00
Off site Education $250.00 + $0.55 per mile

 Off site Show $600.00 + $0.55 per Mile
Lodging for 1 night if over 3 hours away

Shelter Rental:

 ½ Day Rental $50.00

Full Day Rental $100.00

Water and Electric available
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How you can Help

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Great Horned Release

Rescue, rehab, release

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Alumni Reunion and 2024 Annual Auction

On November 9th, 2024, the Lake Cumberland Wildlife Refuge will be having two big events: 


The Alumni Reunion is for all students and volunteers, past and present, who have been a part of Frances Carter's raptor programs (the Casey County Wildlife Club, the Southwestern Raptor Club, the Liberty Nature Center, and the Lake Cumberland Wildlife Refuge).  This will take place on the current campus at 943 Bridge Hollow Rd, Somerset, KY 42503, from 11am-2pm.


That evening beginning at 5pm, all are invited to our Annual Auction at the Center for Rural Development.  Click the link below for more info!

2024 Annual Auction Details