2024 marks 100 years since Paul J. Rainey Sanctuary was incorporated into the National Audubon Society. The 26,000-acre sanctuary includes deer, alligators, and geese. Located southwest of Vermilion Bay, it was built in 1924 to create a safe animal habitat. The off-the-grid area is not open to the public and is accessible on boats by the center managers and Audubon Delta staff.
2024 marks 100 years since Paul J. Rainey Sanctuary was incorporated into the National Audubon Society. The 26,000-acre sanctuary includes boars, deer, alligators, and geese. Located in the southwest of Vermilion Bay, it was built in 1924 to create a safe animal habitat. The off-the-grid area is not open to the public and is accessible on boats from the center managers and Audubon Delta staff.
One of Audubon Delta’s Community Science projects under the Urban Native Greens program explores links between human-induced changes in land cover and the urban-suburban ecosystem while evaluating wildlife health impact as it is relevant to environmental quality and influence on human health.