Executive Director & Licensed Rehabilitator Peg Markle is the founder and head rehabilitator at WRC. Baby songbirds are Peg’s specialty though she has done it all in her 30+ years of rehabilitation.

Dr Rebecca Vincent, DVM is WRC’s acting on-site veterinarian but her involvement doesn’t stop there! Dr Vincent and her daughter Lilith have stepped up to help with orphaned birds!

Dawn has been in the rehabilitation world for many many years and operated her own center for many of them. In recent years we have combined forces and now work as one! Dawn helps us with baby birds but specializes in weasels and woodchucks.

Allyson is the Junior Rehabilitator at WRC and while she continues to grow as a rehabilitator, she has a particular interest in Opossums and when she is not on site doing exams and treatments, she helps with the youngest orphaned neonates.

Alesha has been with WRC since 2018 and is a very attentive “Opossum Mom”.  With a background in human medicine, she is a major asset to not only the opossum team but to WRC as a whole.

Tasha is not afraid to help any animal in need but opossums have still stolen her heart. Tasha aspires to become an IWRC Certified Rehabilitator within the next year to help more of WRC’s Animals.

Chris has spent years specializing in cottontail rehabilitation. One of our founding members of the sub-permittee team, she rehabilitates hundreds of orphaned rabbits a year.

We are in the process of expanding our team at this time. More info coming soon!

We are in the process of expanding our team at this time. More info coming soon!

This is Stefanie’s second year rehabilitating squirrels with us and she specializes in neonates and hard medical cases. Stefanie also has a strong talent for sewing and supplies our orphans with soft bedding, pouches and hammocks.

Though new to WRC, Teresa comes from having years of love and appreciation for all things squirrels. We are happy to have her join us and continue to develop that love into skills that can help return more babies to the wild.

Jen is now in her third year of sub-permitting under WRC for rehabilitating orphaned mammals. Squirrels are her passion though she has also helped with Opossums in the past. Jen’s specialties are chipmunks and ground squirrels.

Sarah has a degree in Wildlife Biology  and comes to us from Florida, having worked for the US Fish & Game service there. She too has rehabilitation experience and was a natural fit to join us as a sub-permittee.

While Val is new to our team of Sub-permittees, she is not afraid to help where she is needed. This year she has taken on baby squirrels as well as baby birds.