CREDIT: TODD BUSH
Since 1973, the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife® program has been educating and empowering people to turn their own small piece of the Earth—their yards and gardens—into thriving habitats for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Likewise, about one half of the National Wildlife Federation’s 52 state and territorial affiliate partners are supporting wildlife habitat garden and restoration programs unique to the flora and fauna native to their state.
Twenty-six state affiliates of the National Wildlife Federation have had a long track record working in their states to increase habitat for backyard wildlife species. In addition, the entire nationwide state and territorial affiliate network had adopted resolutions to protect pollinator populations, eliminate neonicotinoids, and other efforts to support habitat. Check out the link for your state below to learn of statewide and local resources for creating habitat where you live. Many affiliates offer workshops, native plant sales, and community events that support creating a Certified Wildlife Habitat®, pollinator pathways, monarch gardens, and more.
- Arizona Wildlife Federation
- Arkansas Wildlife Federation
- Association of Northwest Steelheaders (Oregon)
- Colorado Wildlife Federation
- Conservation Coalition of Oklahoma
- Conservation Federation of Missouri
- Delaware Nature Society
- Florida Wildlife Federation
- Indiana Wildlife Federation
- Iowa Wildlife Federation
- Kansas Wildlife Federation
- Kentucky Waterways Alliance
- Louisiana Wildlife Federation
- Mississippi Wildlife Federation
- Montana Wildlife Federation
- National Aquarium (Maryland)
- Nebraska Wildlife Federation
- New Jersey Audubon Society
- New Mexico Wildlife Federation
- North Carolina Wildlife Federation
- Prairie Rivers Network (Illinois)
- South Carolina Wildlife Federation
- Tennessee Wildlife Federation
- Texas Conservation Alliance
- Vermont Natural Resources Council
- Wyoming Wildlife Federation
