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Non-profits form Nature Museum committee |
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The Lake Erie Islands Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy and the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society have joined forces to work together as the Lake Erie Islands Nature Museum Committee on South Bass Island to purchase a 1.2 acre parcel of woodland on South Bass Island.
This parcel would be preserved as undeveloped land for such public uses as trails, bird watching, educational programs and wildlife habitat.
The price of the property is $80,000, below the appraised value. In addition, the owners Stan and Joey Wulkowicz, have agreed to donate an additional 0. 5 acres and the former Alaskan Birdhouse Wildlife Museum, including all museum contents, valued at $374,935, if we purchase the woods.
This is a great opportunity to purchase property that will not only protect a wooded part of island habitat, but also provide a natural history educational center for the South Bass Island community, visitors, and Nature Camp.
Thanks to Stan and Joey for this generous opportunity! Since our fundraising campaign began in December, we have been selling honorary square meters to the property for $50 each. They come with an attractive certificate suitable for gifts and framing!
We are also selling Lake Erie’s Triple Threat fish prints by Wildlife Artist Joseph R. Tomelleri through The Natural Resource™ (TNR) to benefit the museum. They will be for sale at the LEIHS this summer for $20/each. You can also order on line by going to The Natural Resource and enter LEIC as a promotional code.
For each print sold on line, The Natural Resources is donating $5 for land protection on the Lake Erie Islands.
Raffle Tickets will be sold at the Museum this season for a framed copy of this print (a $200 value.) A wild foods cookbook is in the works as well.
We have been awarded a grant of $25,000 from the Randolph J. and Estelle M. Dorn Foundation if we raise the remaining funds to complete the purchase. This brings our current total of pledges and donations toward this project to $41,300--we need only $38,700 more to reach our goal. We hope to complete the purchase this year and open this museum to the public.
For more information, to make purchases of square meters or prints, or to make donations or pledges to this project, please contact the LEIHS Museum at 419-285-2804 or Lisa Brohl at 419-285-5811 with questions. Nature Museum Committee MembersSusie Cooper, Lisa Brohl, Bob Russell, Carol Ferguson, Kristin Stanford, Valerie Mettler, Maggie Beckford, Kendra Koehler, Susan Byrnes and Doris Hubschman. |
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