For Sarah Densmore, Class of 2021, volunteering is rooted in a deep-seated mission: “I volunteer because of my love for nature and all within it,” she shares. “By giving care to our wildlife, we encourage incredible diversity to thrive and continue for generations to come.”
Beyond her hands-on work with wildlife, Sarah serves our chapter as the Advanced Training Calendar Coordinator—the “scout” who finds all the unique events for us to earn AT and ensures our members can easily find those opportunities on our VHAT calendar.
From Injury to Independence Sarah honed her specialized skills through her work with Texas Metro Wildlife Rehabilitators and is now a wildlife rehabilitator herself. She recently shared a remarkable success story involving a very special patient.
The black bear cub pictured here with Sarah was found injured in June 2025, at approximately five months old. Her recovery involved surgery and a strictly hands-off rehabilitation process. Because rehabilitated wildlife must remain as wild as possible to survive, this photo captures the very last time she was handled by humans.
Ready for the Wild Today, this cub is a healthy yearling and a true success story! She has fully healed and—most importantly—has maintained her natural instinct to avoid humans. She is scheduled to be released back into her natural habitat this week! Woohoo! .
“I am where I am today, doing what I love, because of my volunteer work through BPTMN,” Sarah says.
We are so proud to have volunteers like Sarah dedicated to both the members of the Blackland Prairie Chapter and to wildlife rehabilitation.
