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Mission Statement

NWF's mission is to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Through education, inspiration, and assistance, these are the means through which the
National Wildlife Federation works toward our goal of a healthy and sustainable world where
people can live in harmony with wildlife and wild places. Our role is to bring people together
in support of this goal and to give them the knowledge, the tools and the help they need to

build a better future. While it's a big job, no organization is better qualified to make it
happen.
The National Wildlife Federation was born in 1936 to use education and cooperation as a

catalyst for uniting groups and their members -- from hunters and anglers to gardeners and
outdoor photography buffs -- behind their common love of nature and for directing their
shared enthusiasm to the cause of protecting it.

Today we are the nation's largest member-supported conservation group with more than six
million members and supporters and countless conservation victories. But the key to that

success remains the diversity of the many grass roots groups and individuals who come
together under the National Wildlife Federation's "big tent" to safeguard the wildlife and wild
places that are special to them. We stay connected to these grass roots through our field
offices and our network of independent state affiliate organizations across the country.
Together they work with other like-minded individuals and groups to build and empower the

conservation constituency needed to accomplish real change and bring people and
communities into harmony with the natural world. Our affiliates are often themselves a
collection of smaller local groups. Their representatives elect our volunteer board of directors