The Harold H. Malkmes Center for Wildlife Education and Ecology is a park, zoo, and ecological site in Holtsville, New York and operated by Brookhaven Town, and located at a former landfill site. The official address is 249 Buckley Road, though some of the land owned by the site extends along Blue Point Road and as far south as Woodside Avenue.
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Attractions Edit
Harold H. Malkmes Wildlife Education and Ecology Center contains the Wildlife Wildlife Center, with free admission, containing over 100 wild animals and wounded or indispensable farms, including mountain lions. One of the famous residents is the groundhog "Holtsville Hal", which appears every Groundhog Day to make weather forecasts.
The center also offers greenhouses, picnic areas, a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) asphalt training tray, free compost and wood chips, and a city pool (with admission fees).
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History Edit
The Ecological Center site was once a public exile site owned by the State of New York, and was acquired by Brookhaven City in 1937 for use as a municipal exile. Prior to this, the rights to the Suffolk Tram Company trolley line also ran through this location. In 1968, the State Environmental Facility Company turned the site into a sanitary disposal site with seepage swamps, and closed the facility entirely in 1974. In 1971, the park was already under development, and opened in 1979.
Preserve animals have included mountain lions since 1987, when "Kimo" was found from an owner who had tortured her.
The site faces closure due to budget cuts proposed in the Brookhaven City Budget 2013. However, by 2016 its center remains open, officially known as the Brookhaven Town of Wildlife and Ecology .
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External links Edit
- Brookhaven City Wildlife and Ecology Center
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