About the Paul F-Brandwein Institute

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Mission:  To perpetuate the work of Paul F-Brandwein, the Institute is dedicated to the education of all learners in recognition of their interdependence with nature and responsibility for sustaining a healthful and healing environment.
 

The Rutgers Creek Wildlife Conservancy
Greenville, NY

The Paul F-Brandwein Institute, Inc. is located in Greenville, New York on the 77-acre Rutgers Creek Wildlife Conservancy conservation preserve. The Conservancy consists of wooded, old field succession housing diverse wildlife habitats traversed by stack stone walls and bisected by Rutgers Creek. The preserve is surrounded by active dairy farms and growing  residential development in the rolling wooded hills near the town of Greenville, Orange County, New York, close to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania state lines. It is being used by students, teachers, scientists, and other lifelong learners for studies of the environment and natural systems.

Two houses sit adjacent to the Rutgers Creek Conservancy, the former residence of Evelyn Morholt (More information on Evelyn Morholt) and the Brandwein's home, a farmhouse dating from about 160 years ago, and its outbuildings. The Morholt residence is the Brandwein Institute headquarters and houses the specimen collections. The administrative office is located in the historic Callahan House in Milford, PA,

Brandwein Institute brochure (PDF)

Members of the Paul F-Brandwein Board of Directors at the Conservation Learning Summit. Left to Right: Keith Wheeler, William Hammond, Alan Sandler, John Padalino, and Marily DeWall.

Board of Directors

ThePaul F-Brandwein Institute Board of Directors consists of ten individuals with a wide-range of backgrounds, including educators, scientists, an accountant, an attorney, and business and nonprofit administrators. The Board meets quarterly, once a year in person and three times a year by phone conference.  Board members are responsible for programming, budgeting, and fund raising for the Institute.

• William Bavoso
  Dan Bisaccio
  Henry Burger, Chairman
  Cheryl Charles
  Marily DeWall, Secretary 
• David Foord
• William F. Hammond
• Steven C. Hulbert
  John Padalino, Emeritus President
• Alan R. Sandler, Treasurer
  Bradley F. Smith
• Keith A. Wheeler, President