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Certified Wildlife Habitat Program
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Whether you have an apartment balcony or a 20-acre farm, you can create a garden that attracts beautiful wildlife and helps restore habitat in commercial and residential areas. By providing food, water, cover and a place for wildlife to raise their young, you not only help wildlife, but you also qualify to become an official Certified Wildlife Habitat and join the nearly 140,000 sites across the country.Support Type:
Technical AssistanceAvailable Funding:
Technical assistance for thefollowing types of sites:
For Backyards: https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/Certify
For Schoolyards: https://www.nwf.org/sitecore/content/Home/Garden-for-Wildlife/Create/Schoolyards/Resources
For Sacred Grounds: https://www.nwf.org/sacredgrounds
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Conservation Practices, Habitat RestorationEligibility:
Any site can be recognized as a certified habitat, regardless of size. Whether it’s your backyard, local park, schoolyard, rooftop garden or corporate landscape, National Wildlife Federation® wants to recognize all efforts to restore habitats for wildlife.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
A Growing Industry: Advancing Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland
