Facilities and Member Organizations

In the first ten years of its existence, the OWCN sponsored the construction of three major rehabilitation facilities and provided funds for improvements at many existing facilities. 

All of OWCN's facilities are maintained in a constant state of readiness, and wildlife caregivers are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Once the OWCN has been activated for response, wildlife personnel are able to arrive at a spill site within 12 hours, if required.

OSPR/OWCN Primary Care Facilities

Three facilities, the Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center (Santa Cruz), the San Francisco Bay Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center (Fairfield), and the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center (San Pedro), were build by the OSPR and OWCN in the period between 1994 and 2001. The Santa Cruz facility is designed for treatment of sea otters and marine birds. The San Francisco and Los Angeles facilities are each designed to accommodate up to 1,000 birds, and are managed by the International Bird Rescue Research Center, a crucial participant in the OWCN.

Participant Primary Care Facilities

Participant-managed facilities include locations throughout California, and are used for local response and overflow capacity during large spills elsewhere in the state. In many cases the OWCN has provided funds for construction or upgrading of oiled wildlife treatment facilities.

• North Coast Marine Mammal Center (Crescent City)
• Marine Wildlife Care Center at Humbolt State University (Arcata)
• The Marine Mammal Center (Sausalito)
• University of California at Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)
• Pacific Wildlife Oiled Bird Care Center (Morro Bay)
• University of California at Santa Barbara (Goleta)
• The Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur (San Pedro)
• Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Orange County (Huntington Beach)
• SeaWorld San Diego (San Diego)

Participating Organizations

Other wildlife organizations in California have joined the OWCN in order to provide staff and volunteers during an oil spill response, but OWCN has not provided funds for capital improvements.

• Bird Rescue Center (Santa Rosa)
• PRBO Conservation Science (Petaluma)
• Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association (San Francisco)
• Golden Gate Audubon Society (Berkeley)
• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (Milpitas)
• Wildcare (San Rafael)
• UC Davis Wildlife Health Center (Davis)
• Lindsay Wildlife Museum (Walnut Creek)
• Peninsula Humane Society (San Mateo)
• Native Animal Rescue (Santa Cruz)
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation (Monterey)
• SPCA of Monterey County (Monterey)
• Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network (Goleta)
• Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach)
• Pacific Marine Mammal Center (Laguna Beach)
• The California Wildlife Center (Malibu)
• Wildlife Assist (San Diego)
• Project Wildlife (San Diego)