After evaluating your yard, and filling out an application, the information is reviewed by the National Wildlife Foundation naturalists. They look for the basic elements discussed above- food, water, cover and a place to raise young. Once your yard is certified, you receive a personalized certificate from the National Wildlife Foundation, recognizing your yard as an official Backyard Wildlife Habitat. Your habitat is assigned its own unique number and is entered in a National Register. This organization focusses on individual lifestyles.
Members manage their property for the benefit of wildlife.
They attempt to lessen the negative effect of development on the quality of our environment. Home Ground is published quarterly. Organic fertilizers and pest controls, and beneficial insects. General references The Backyard Naturalist. Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden.