Community Habitats

If you love gardening and connecting with people in your community, the National Wildlife Federation can help you certify your community as a Community Wildlife Habitat®.

A Community Wildlife Habitat is a community that provides habitat for wildlife throughout the community--in individual backyards, on school grounds and in public areas such as parks, community gardens, places of worship and businesses.

It is a place where the residents make it a priority to provide habitat for wildlife by providing the four basic elements that all wildlife need: food, water, cover and places to raise young.

The community also educates its residents about sustainable gardening practices such as reducing or eliminating chemical fertilizers and pesticides, conserving water, planting native plants, removing invasive plants and composting.

Community Wildlife Habitats are organized by a team of people, who not only help create habitat, but also hold workshops about gardening for wildlife and organize community events such as stream or trail cleanups.

A Community Habitat project creates a place where people, flora and fauna can all flourish!

WEBINARS

 
National Wildlife Federation offers free webinars to learn more about the Community Wildlife Habitat program. These webinars are free to the public and last about an hour.

New Webinar:  Achieving Community Wildlife Habitat Certification

Do you live in a community that is working towards becoming a certified Community Wildlife Habitat?  Or are you thinking of registering your community's project to become certified? To learn how to achieve certification, please join us for a free webinar.  Presenters will include team leaders from certified communities around the country.

Date:  Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Time:  4:00 - 5:00pm Eastern time

Where:  Both online and on the phone.  The website URL and call-in phone number will be sent to registrants via a confirmation email.

Agenda:

  • Welcome
  • Instructions for using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Education and Outreach--workshops, Habitat Stewards trainings, articles in the media
  • Earning Habitat Certification points--contests, giveaways, tabling events
  • Partnerships--working with other groups on community projects and certifications
  • Annual events--garden tours, Earth Day festivals, habitat fairs

Sign up here!  Questions?  Email us at paul@nwf.org .

A recording of the webinar will be available on this same web page about two weeks after the webinar for those who are unable to attend the live session.

Thank you for your interest in Community Wildlife Habitats!

Recordings of past webinars

•Starting a Community Wildlife Habitat Project (Sept. 27, 2011)