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Causes: Animals, Environment, Environmental Education, Protection of Endangered Species, Wildlife Preservation & Protection
Mission: We are dedicated to wildlife rehabilitation and wildlife and environmental education..
Results: August 1997 The day the Southwest Wildlife Foundation of Utah was founded in Cedar City, Utah. We became a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and education. September 2000 Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp donated 22.6 acres of majestic canyon property in Cedar City, Utah to create a permanent wildlife rescue facility and nature park. May 2003 Paved walking and bicycle trail was built through this property with matching funds from Utah Division of Parks and Recreation and Cedar City, connecting the 23-acre nature park to the city’s existing trail system. July 2011 Started our YouTube Channel. First video, feeding baby falcons. November 2012 Installed 96 foot long pedestrian bridge crossing Coal Creek connecting the Cedar Canyon Nature Park trailhead to the existing trail system. March 2014 Our first video with high view count: Feeding Critically Ill Bald Eagle April 2017 Our first short film which has surpassed two million views: The Bald Eagle That Would Not Quit September 2017 Information Destination and ADA Restroom Facility was completed. March 2018 Martin honored for 50 years of critter care at the State Senate. February 2019 Eagle Flight Chamber concept introduced, raising of funds began. May 2019 Wildlife Triage Facility Installed. October 2019 Our first viral video, currently over 19 million views: Eagle Found Lifeless but still Breathing. October 2019 Martin was nominated for the Indianapolis Prize. January 2020 Fully funded by our supporters, we purchased a new Subaru Forrester. Our sponsor, Findlay Subaru of St. George delivered our Forrester fully loaded at a rock bottom price. October 2020 We surpassed 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. Scout the Golden Eagle was awarded the Silver Creator Award which hangs in his chamber. June 2021 Signed 100 year lease with the city of Enoch. Annual fee, one dollar. Over an acre for the World Class Eagle Rescue Facility. June 2023 Construction began on our World Class Eagle Rescue Facility. April 27, 2024 Grand Opening of the New Enoch Wildlife Rescue Facility, which includes two 100'x20' eagle flight chambers; five 10'x20' raptor flights; ten 10'x10' raptor rehabilitation chambers and our New Wildlife Care Clinic and volunteer training facility.
Target demographics: native wildlife
Direct beneficiaries per year: 40 species wildlife, 125 individual wildlife and provided education to over. 300,000 people
Geographic areas served: Utah
Programs: School and educational programs and providing rehabilitation for injured birds and other native wildlife.
This is an amazing organization! Martin and Susan Tyner have been helping injured and orphaned wildlife for decades at their home in Cedar City. Soon they will move to a new location in the Cedar Canyon Nature Park, also established through their efforts. They have educated thousands of school children on the beauty of wildlife and nature, all without state or federal funding. This is truly an organization with a heart. They could use all the support they can get.
