Certify to Show Your Commitment to Wildlife

Certify to Show Your Commitment to Wildlife.

Anyone can create a welcoming haven for local wildlife. Turning your yard, balcony container garden, schoolyard, work landscape, or roadside greenspace into a Certified Wildlife Habitat® is fun, easy, and can make a lasting difference for wildlife.

How You're Helping Wildlife Rapid and large-scale changes to our lands and waters mean wildlife are losing the habitats they once knew. Every habitat garden is a step toward replenishing resources for wildlife such as bees, butterflies, birds, and amphibians—both locally and along migratory corridors. By adding pollinator-friendly and monarch-friendly plants when you certify, your garden also counts toward the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge.

When you certify, your $20 application fee supports the National Wildlife Federation's programs to inspire others to make a difference and address the issues leading to declining habitat for wildlife nationwide. A portion of your fee also supports work for local wildlife in select affiliate partner states.

Certification Requirements Certified Wildlife Habitat® applicants are asked to confirm they’ve provided the required number of elements for each of the following:

Food

Water

Cover

Places to Raise Young

Sustainable Practices

Before applying, download the checklist to ensure you have met all the requirements for your wildlife garden. Benefits to Certification When you certify you will become a member of the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife™ community and receive the following benefits:

1. Personalized certificate

2. A one-year membership in the National Wildlife Federation and subscription to National Wildlife® magazine

3. 10% off the National Wildlife Federation catalog merchandise, including nesting boxes, feeders, birdbaths, and other items to enhance your wildlife garden

4. Subscription to monthly Garden for Wildlife e-newsletter with gardening tips, wildlife stories, and other resources

5. Exclusive option to purchase attractive garden signs designating your garden as a Certified Wildlife Habitat® with the National Wildlife Federation

6. Make your garden a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat.

Get our NEW Certified Wildlife Habitat® sign! Our redesigned Certified Wildlife Habitat® sign incorporates the National Wildlife Federation's new logo, featuring our ambassador Ranger Rick. Only those who have created a wildlife habitat garden and earned Certified Wildlife Habitat® status can post the sign.

There are two ways to receive your sign:

Certify now and you'll have the option to purchase a sign.

Already certified? Log in to purchase a sign.

Click here for the National Wildlife Federation website.

You can find the Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust on Facebook and the web.

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