Annual Goals

Once your hard work has paid off and your community becomes an official Community Wildlife Habitat site, you can keep your Community Wildlife Habitat Team and community members engaged with post-certification goals such as continuing education classes, certifying additional habitats and partnership opportunities with other NWF programs.

In order to keep your community actively engaged in its Community Wildlife Habitat project, we require the Community Wildlife Habitat Team and community members to participate in post-certification activities and submit yearly updates to us.

To keep your Community Wildlife Habitat status, your team must continue earning a minimum of 40 points per year for communities with population greater than 5,000 and 30 points per year for communities smaller than 5,000.

Points

Activity

Required

Submit this yearly post-certification update form

10

Secure a feature article in the local media about your project

10

Maintain information kiosk, library or website established during certification stage

10

Create a website for your project, if your community does not yet have one

10

Continued hosting of annual event started during certification stage

5

Participate (through a booth) in at least one community event (up to 4)

10

Host or organize a Habitat Stewards or conservation advocacy training

5

Participate in a quarterly Community Wildlife Habitat conference call (up to 4)

10

Host a garden tour that features Certified Wildlife Habitat sites

10

Create a new demonstration garden, with educational signage

10

Continue regular column in your community paper/newsletter to educate community members about your project and how to take action

5

Deliver an oral presentation at a community group not yet associated with your project (up to 6)

10

Give a presentation on Community Wildlife Habitats to a neighboring community

10

Mentor a neighboring community through the certification process

5

Have member of habitat team serve on a community committee or board that addresses community environmental issues

10

Examine your community's weed ordinances, and other public policies, and work to make them more native plant and habitat friendly

10

Work with local park agencies to convert parkland to wildlife friendly landscapes.

10

Organize a community meeting with your congressional or legislative member about a current issue affecting wildlife

10

Educate your community about their carbon or water footprint and provide actions they can take to reduce it

1

Each additional home, townhome or apartment certified with NWF

3

Each additional common area (workplace, park, community garden, place of worship, farm) certified with NWF

5

Each additional school certified with NWF

TBD

Additional project approved by NWF