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The Liza's Reef Project
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It is located on the southeast side of Asheville at 75
Gashes Creek Road, along the Swannanoa River and is open Monday through
Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The center is also supported by the
Friends of the Nature Center program.
The Nature Center is also one of only 28 facilities in the country participating in the red wolf re-introduction programs and as such offers a unique opportunity to see these rare animals. The center part of a national captive breeding program run by the US Fish &Wildlife Service to raise red wolves for release into the wild.
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The
Western North Carolina Nature Center is a living museum exhibiting plants and animals that are
native to the Southern Appalachians
whose purpose is to increase
public awareness and understanding of all aspects of the natural environment
of Western North Carolina through hands-on and sensory experiences.
The education philosophy of the Nature
Center is to interpret the natural environment in a holistic manner,
treating each organism or environmental factor as a component of the overall
ecosystem. The center's goal is to foster understanding of the Southern
Appalachian bioregion in order that individual components of the ecosystem,
including humans, may be seen and understood in the proper perspective. 
The
Nature Center strives hard to meet the needs of their adopted 'critters' and
our community. Each year they welcome 100,000 visitors through our doors -
of which 30,000 are school children attending the Nature Center in
conjunction with their classroom curriculum
