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

Trail Flooding: Camp Saratoga North Delegan Pond Bridge on the Blue Trail

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Use Caution on the Bridge

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Trail Flooding: Camp Saratoga North Delegan Pond Bridge on the Blue Trail 〰️ Use Caution on the Bridge 〰️


Thank you to everyone who came and made our Annual Wildlife Festival a big success this year! We had such a wonderful time sharing the beauty of the wild blue lupine and Karner blue butterflies with our visitors. We saw so much joy in people as they explored the different exhibitor’s tables and participated in the many crafts and activities. We loved seeing the enthusiasm in everyone who attended; our guests, the community organizations, our volunteers, and our staff and interns. We are already looking forward to another great event next year, on Sunday, May 31. Mark your calendars!

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

The Town of Wilton Highway Department Installing New Accessible Paths at Camp Saratoga North

November 27, 2024: Just in time for Thanksgiving, we are thankful to the Town of Wilton Highway Department for installing the new accessible pathways at Camp Saratoga North this week! Another big thank you to D.A. Collins for donating the stone dust that was used for the pathways.

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.


Check out Wilton Wildlife on Local Media!

Our Executive Director, Margo Olson, talked to Joe Donahue on January 10th on WAMC’s Roundtable.

Our Public Outreach Coordinator, Bella Osborn, appeared on WNYT on January 24th to discuss an upcoming nature art program.

Check out our South High Marathon Dance 2025 Recipient Video on Youtube!


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 2025 Donors

(Donation Received January 1 through July 28, 2025)

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


Thank You to Our 2025 Business Donors

Exemplar

 Leadership

Scotty’s Exit 16 – The Parillo Family

 Supporter

Dione Ramsdill, State Farm Agent

Basic

Witt Construction

Thank You to Our 2025 Donors of $100 and up

Guardian

Linda Baker

Ballston Spa National Bank

Jennifer Benaman and Drew Roginski

Marne Onderdonk

Vidal-Russo Family Giving Fund

 Protector

Phyllis J. Miyauchi

 Advocate

Dave Hall

Katie Hooper and Burt Porter

Tracy Hughes

Thomas McNamara

Chuck Marshall and Julie McDonald

MLK Saratoga

Edward and Karen Morrell

Bob and Lisa Reepmeyer

 Friend

Ann Crowell

Krista Ferguson

George Hodgson

David and Karen Hoffman

Robert and Peggy Lounsbury

Laura McCallion

Suzanne and Robert Sand

Malina and Michael Stawarz

Paul Tonko

Diane White and Ted Orosz

 

Thank You to Our 2025 Wild About Blue Honorary Committee Donors

Karner Blue

Wild Blue Lupine

Marne Onderdonk

Steve Wilcox and Susan Mehalick

Blue Bird

Will Aldrich

Kathleen Rehl and Charlie Pickett

 Eastern Tailed-Blue

Linda Baker

Tony and Rachel Krackeler

Little Blue Stem

Jennifer Benaman and Drew Roginski

Bradley Birge and Lana Earle

Jennifer and Peter Cholnoky

Jenn Hunt Dempsey and Steve Dempsey

Lindley Hickox and Dan Roohan

Amy Knoeller and James North

Greg and Marti Laird

Howard Lester

Kim Marsella and Blue Neils

Bob and Debbie Rice

 Blue Jay

Arrow Bank

Belmonte Builders

Lawrence and Maureen Dana

Richard and Siobhan Dunham

Amy Durland

Chris and Jen Ferriss

Barbara L. Glaser and Paul Zachos

Amy Godine and Jack Nicholson

Jackie Hakes

George and Becky Hodgson

Chip Kilduff and Kathleen O’Connor

Joanne and Tom Klepetar

John and Lucille Koch

Kodiak Construction

John and Sue Lant

Tim and Heather Mabee

Matthew Miczek and Ann Marie Przywara

Ray Miller and Debbie June Miller

Andrea and Jay Mulholland

Munter Enterprises, Inc.

Myriad Productions - Ralph Pascucci

Ray and Mary O’Conor

Nina Russo

Kurt Smemo and Wendy Mahaney

Natalie and Norm Smith

Joe Sporko

Trish Watkins

Ann and Ethan Winter

 Blueberry

Laura Clark

Bob Fagan

Ed and Janet Lindner

Susan and Alan Solinsky; Brian Solinsky