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  • Plant to Stop Erosion in Sloping Areas

    2025-12-05

    When you cover sloping areas with vegetation that is attractive to wildlife, you also help to prevent soil erosion. Plants protect the earth from elements like strong winds and rain.

  • Proclaim National Wildlife Week

    2025-12-05

    Does your municipality declare National Wildlife Week each year? It should! National Wildlife Week is a great way to increase community awareness of wildlife and habitat conservation.

  • Protect a Fallen Log Habitat

    2025-12-05

    If a tree in your backyard is dying and must be removed, try to save at least part of it for wildlife.

  • Protect a Local Habitat

    2025-12-05

    Some habitats that need a helping hand are quite small. For Most North American colonies range in size from a dozen to 300 plants. In the past 60 years, this particular colony has spread from just a handful of plants to about 16,000!

  • Protect a Small Migration

    2025-12-05

    We disturb a lot of plants and animals with our busy building projects.

  • Protect a Snag Tree

    2025-12-05

    Decaying or dead trees are known as snags, and are wildlife wonderlands! Snags are used by insects, birds, mammals, and amphibians as sites for perching, resting, roosting, feeding, grooming, hibernating, courting, and laying eggs.

  • Protect Our Waters from Hazardous Waste

    2025-12-05

    Toxic chemicals, such as solvents, cleaners, and darkroom chemicals, are often dumped down drains because people don't know what else to do with them. A great community service project would be to organize a day for these substances to be safely disposed of.

  • Protect Seashores

    2025-12-05

    Seashores are habitats for numerous species of plants and animals, and are a haven for migratory birds as well. It is important to treat these areas with respect.

  • Protect Your Community's Greenery

    2025-12-05

    During construction, vegetation is usually removed. With a little care, trees on construction sites can be saved or replanted for the benefit of wildlife and people.

  • Provide a Backyard Feeding Station for Birds

    2025-12-05

    In winter, when food is scarce, birds need more energy than usual to keep warm. A feeding station that provides nutritious food for hungry birds is like an oasis in the bleak cold.

  • Provide Nesting Materials for Backyard Birds

    2025-12-05

    In spring, many birds are on the lookout for materials to build their nests.

  • Publicize Your Project

    2025-12-05

    If you or your group is working to help wildlife: Tell everybody; the more people who know about your efforts, the better.