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CERTIFIED FOR WILDLIFE
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
FEDERATION (NWF) and
National Audubon Society
offer programs through
which can certify your property, large

or small, as wildlife habitat. The NWF CREDIT: NWF
CREDIT AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PORTLAND
Garden for Wildlife Program (formerly

called the Backyard Habitat Program)

requires the property owner to evaluate

his or her own property. Once you fill

out the required forms and pay a fee,

you receive your certificate and a sign

for your yard. The Audubon program their impact on certain species, such

is administered by various regional as monarch butterflies. The signs can

chapters, sometimes in conjunction generate interest from neighbors, who

with other partners. Each one is a little might be inspired to create habitat in their

different; for example, the Swaffords management and wildlife stewardship. yards, too. In the case of the NWF program,

participated in the Certified Backyard A qualified technician evaluates the proceeds go toward increasing declining

Habitat Program in the Portland, Oregon, property, helping identify invasive weeds habitat for bees, birds and wildlife.

area. A collaborative effort between the and making recommendations that are

Audubon Society of Portland and the right for the specific property and fit with RESOURCES
Columbia Land Trust, the program has five other landscaping goals.
elements: invasive weed removal, native Audubon Programs: Contact your nearest
plants, pesticide reduction, stormwater Why certify? Enrollment in programs regional chapter, NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat
can potentially help researchers track Program: http://bit.ly/1KIewHw

Wildlife
Welcome. The
boulder ring,
conceived as a
play area for the
Swaffords’
children, is
surrounded by
pollinator plants,
such as daylilies.

CREDIT FOR BOTH:
JUSTIN JAMES MUIR

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