Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park: A Leader in Environmental Education, Outdoor Recreation, and Conservation

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The Larry Gordon Outdoor Education Center at the Town of Wilton’s Camp Saratoga

We are creating a year-round Outdoor Education Center that will become the focal point for visitors and users of the Town of Wilton’s Historic Camp Saratoga.

In this adaptive reuse project, the existing buildings at Camp Saratoga will be renovated. The entire Education Center Campus will be named after Larry Gordon, a transformative Wilton leader and Saratoga County planner who spent most of his life protecting, enhancing, and promoting the conservation of the landscape of Camp Saratoga.


A Preserve for Nature and a Park for People Like You!

It is a place where we come together as a community through programs, our shared love of the outdoors, and our shared concerns about protecting these places for the future. It is a place you can come back to again and again, that is close enough for a rejuvenating walk at the end of a long day, but wild enough to feel like an escape.

Our mission is to provide opportunities for environmental education and outdoor recreation while supporting the conservation of ecological systems and natural settings.  Serving the community as a non-profit organization since 1996, we do not own any of the 2,400 acres that are known as the Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park.  We do our work in partnership with the landowners; the Town of Wilton, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Saratoga County, and The Nature Conservancy. Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park is located on the ancestral homelands of the Mohawk, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois); Abenaki; Algonkian (Mohican) people.

Located in Saratoga County, New York, Wilton Wildlife is part of the Saratoga Sandplains.  This area of ancient sand dunes, small but important wetlands and diverse ecological communities is home to the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly. This one-inch blue beauty is the catalyst behind the effort to conserve this increasingly rare landscape.

Click play to learn about the engaging opportunities that we have to offer!


While working to ensure a future for the Karner blue butterfly and other imperiled species, we invite people of all ages to enjoy the protected lands, appreciate the area’s beauty, and to value nature’s importance.


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Thank You to our 2024 Donors of more than $100 and to our Wild About Blue Honorary Committee (as of October 16, 2024)

This does not include gifts to the Larry Gordon Outdoor Education Center which can be found here.

Visionary

Lemery Greisler LLC

Naturalist

Will Aldrich

Marne Onderdonk

Charlie Pickett and Kathleen Rehl

Steve Wilcox and Susan Mehalick

Anne and Ethan Winter

Steward

Linda Baker

Kerry and John Conley

Christopher Dailey Foundation

Tony and Rachel Krackeler

MJ Engineering and Surveying

Frank Parillo – Scotty’s

Redbud Development

Saratoga Stryders

Guardian

Jeff & Heath Ames

Anchor QEA

Adirondack Trust Company & Amsure

Ballston Spa National Bank

Jennifer Benaman and Drew Roginski

C.T. Male Associates

DA Collins

Stephen Dempsey and Jenn Hunt Dempsey

Jack Hay, Cathy Hay, Terri Lynn Pellegri

Kodiak Construction

Marti and Greg Laird

Howard Lester

Marshall and Sterling

McPadden Builders

Kim Marsella and Blue Niels

Marshall and Sterling

Munter Enterprises

Ralph and Jean Pascucci - Myriad Productions

Bob and Debbie Rice

Saratoga Veterinary Hospital

Stewart’s Shops

Lucy R. Waletzky M.D.

Wild Birds Unlimited of Saratoga Springs


Protector

Allison Barnes

Belmonte Builders

Bradley Birge and Lana Earle

Larry and Maureen Dana

Amy Durland

Rick Fenton and Hollyday Hammond

Jen and Chris Ferriss

Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company

Amy Godine and Jack Nicholson

Jackie Hakes

Sally Hart

George and Becky Hodgson

Chip Kilduff and Kathleen O’Connor

Tom and Joanne Klepetar

Amy Knoeller and James North

John and Lucile Koch

John and Sue Lant

Heather and Tim Mabee

Douglas Meyer and Lee McGoldrick

Matthew Miczek and Ann Marie Przywara

Ray Miller and Deborah June-Miller

Phyllis Miyauchi

Jim and Linda Morzillo

Northshire Bookstore

Ray and Mary O’Conor

Walter and Margaret Reidy

Nina Russo

Jim and Sandra Sculli

Kurt Smemo and Wendy Mahaney

Norm and Natalie Smith

Pat Tuz and Jon Weilbaker

Trish Watkins

Wild Women of Wilton Book Club

Supporter

Robin Ambrosino

Mark Baker

Barbara Bave

Andrew Beers

Ken and Danette Bishop

Bill and Lisa Bolland

Donald Bookstein and Helene Garber

Patricia Brady

John and Jean Buhac

Christopher Camarata

Laura Clark

Bryan and Marybeth Dailey

Anne and Jesse Ernst

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eschner

Bob Fagan

Larry and Ronda Fein

Robert Goodwin

Granite and Marbleworks

George and Carol Green

Doug Harple

Cheryl and Steve Hoffman

Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffman

Julie and Arthur Holmberg

John and Sue Lant

Ed and Janel Lindner

Nancy and Hugh Miles

Kellie Milne and Thomas Khaivallan

Richard Pine

Burt Porter and Katie Hooper

John and Kari Roessner

Saratoga Springs Lions Club

 

Friend

Pam Abrams and Paul Kligfield

Joel Bloom and Julie Novkov

Lisa Brogan

Susan Cook and Gary Christenson

Ann Crowell and Steve Shultz

Patricia Desbiens

Dr. Richard Dunham

Mary and Eric Ekland

Anne Ernst

Liz and Alan Gee

Bruce Goodale

Dave Hall

Lisa Hodgson

Kevin Joyce

Maureen Kabanuk

Melissa and Michael King

Michael King and Ronald Dellapina

Jeanne Litwin

Robert and Peggy Lounsbury

Alan Mapes

Lisa Massaroni

Maureen McCanty and Dennis Card

Mr. and Mrs. James McElroy

Thomas McNamara

Ted Orosz and Diane White

Meghan Paradis

Laura Rappaport

John and Kari Roessner

Roohan Realty

Robert and Suzanne Sand

The Solinsky Family

Caroline Stem

Barbara Thomas

Marian Wilbur and Nancy Spiezio

Andrea Wise