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Bluebag Media
Local teacher creates
a wildlife habitat
ARCANUM – Turn onto a gravel “Lane” and follow it past the gate into a
wooded area. It’s a different world… there’s an outhouse and an
old-fashioned water pump at the edge of the woods. Shortly after that
is the first sign: “Certified Wildlife Habitat” from the Wildlife
Federation. A little further down is another habitat sign.
Then the house comes into view. “It’s a blessing to live here,” said
Halane DeShane, a special education teacher in Greenville City Schools.
She and her husband Dawson purchased five acres of property 12 years
ago, carved out a small section for the home they built, and created a
wildlife sanctuary for the rest. “It was kind of a habitat,” she said,
adding it was not something she’d really planned to do. A friend who
had visited told her she should get the property certified.
So she did.
“We have over 50 different varieties of birds,” DeShane said. “Crazy,
huh?” She talked about seeing a baby fawn… baby foxes. “We have a
family of raccoons living in that tree over there,” she added...
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