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Sharon Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Center manages three nature sanctuaries (including our center's property) along with additional private parcels of land in northwestern Connecticut—protecting more than 2,100 primarily forested acres in total. Our center hosts programs throughout the year and houses a small natural history museum, the Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Nature Store, and the Children's Adventure Center.

Its adjacent grounds include raptor aviaries with live birds of prey, pollinator gardens, a butterfly house, and a working sugarhouse. This location is home to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic for injured and orphaned wildlife. The center and staff also coordinate forest conservation work in Connecticut.

We have been connecting people with nature since our center was founded in 1961. As part of Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Connecticut, a state office of the Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ, and the Atlantic Flyway, our mission is to protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Among the many ways we do this is creating life-changing experiences that inspire and enable school children, community members, and their families to appreciate, understand, and protect the natural world.

Sharon Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Center is one of three Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Connecticut centers in the state—the other centers include Bent of the River Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Center (Southbury, Connecticut) and Greenwich Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Center.