Our Facilities

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This 3,000+ square foot building includes 15 Bird mews, an ICU/Medical care area, a food prep area, and houses our main office. 

Our gift shop offers guest the opportunity to take a piece of the Refuge home with them all while supporting the wildlife here.  

In the Summers of 2014 and 2015, ten enclosures were built with Tater dog panels that can house our animal ambassadors who love staying in the great outdoors, as well as provide a space for rehabilitating wildlife as they readjust to life outdoors before being released. 

Containing state-of-the-art equipment, the new avery was finished in the Summer of 2016 and has 5 mews, some that can be converted into one large mew as necessary. Currently housing our avery ambassadors, this space can also be used for large raptor rehabilitation if the need arises. Much of the equipment and mew design were generously donated by the Tarter Farm & Ranch company. 

Completed in Spring of 2015, this shelter has a stage for presentations and picnic tables for guests to eat on or relax at while they enjoy the beauty of the campus. The Justice Shelter was named in honor of Justice, a rescued bald eagle that was successfully rehabilitated and released by the Refuge.

Construction began in the Fall of 2015 on a system of trails on the Refuge's campus. These trails cover over 5 miles of fields and forest and twine around a spring-fed creek. 

We have two metal storage buildings to help store some of our larger cages, perches, excess supplies, and other items.

This barn holds all of the tools and supplies needed for maintenance.

The Fly Way is 120 feet long, 30 feet wide, 16 feet high, and has the capacity to contain large raptors such as an eagle. It is used to increase the wing strength in our rehabilitated birds before they are released and will give them a better chance of survival. Construction began in 2016 when the main posts were placed with generous help from South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Company.

The Refuge received a Watershed Mini-Grant from the Kentucky Division of Water to build a new rain garden. The Nakomis Rain Garden helps filter out pollution from roof-top runoff and from the Farm Yard, as well as work as an attractor for local area pollinators such as butterflies and birds.

This new outdoor facility allows the Refuge to continue to rehab raptors with limited and unlimited activity restrictions. It contains multiple rehab mews and a fly way.