Countless community leaders have shown their commitment to supporting wildlife conservation, increasing native plant habitat, and engaging residents in conservation initiatives through one or more of the National Wildlife Federation’s community based habitat programs listed below.
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Community Wildlife Habitats™
The National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat™ program partners with cities, towns, counties, neighborhoods, and communities of all kinds to become healthier, sustainable, and more wildlife friendly. Communities in this program earn community wide certification by certifying individual properties as Certified Wildlife Habitats® and by educating and engaging with residents throughout the process. Through the program, hundreds of communities are enhancing and restoring wildlife habitat in urban and suburban areas across the country, while also connecting to existing work around climate resiliency, community resiliency, urban forestry, water conservation, and beautification.
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Mayors’ Monarch Pledge
Mayors and other heads of local and Tribal government are taking action to help save the monarch butterfly, an iconic species whose populations have declined dramatically in recent years. Through the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge program, U.S. cities, municipalities, and other communities are committing to create habitat for the monarch butterfly and pollinators, and to educate residents about how they can make a difference at home or in their community.
Community Spaces
Hundreds of botanic gardens, arboretums, zoos, aquariums, museums, libraries, nature centers and parks of all sizes are Certified Wildlife Habitats®. If your organization has installed native plant habitat and has a water source, you can qualify to become a Certified Wildlife Habitat.® Your organization’s efforts can also help support Community Wildlife Habitat™ or Mayors’ Monarch Pledge efforts in participating communities.
