Native Forests are Vital
Intact native forests hold the potential to benefit biodiversity, enhance nature-based climate solutions and ecological remediation, and provide invaluable access to nature – allowing people to connect with and learn about their local environment.
The National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Trees for Wildlife program prioritizes this critical action for people and the planet.
Trees for Wildlife supports healthy, sustainable, and wildlife-friendly communities by providing free or subsidized native tree seedlings to our partners nationwide.
The trees are planted through local habitat restoration projects or distributed at community tree giveaway events.
The Impact of Trees for Wildlife
Over the last four years, NWF and its partners have brought communities together to plant and care for more than 233,000 native trees. We are proud to support community leaders, partnering organizations, schools, and members of NWF’s Community Habitat programs, as they work to make their communities more ecologically resilient and sustainable.
In 2024 alone, NWF’s Trees for Wildlife program sponsored the planting and community giveaway of over 59,000 native trees! Partner organizations and community leaders engaged thousands of residents, neighbors, and youth through stewardship and volunteer events.
Nearly 5,000 young people learned the value of native trees and healthy habitats, and in many cases, had the special opportunity to care for their local environment through habitat restoration and tree planting.
Across five states (FL, MT, NY, OH, and TN), thousands of community members received native trees to enhance wildlife habitat at their homes. Individuals engaged through the 2024 Trees for Wildlife partnerships were also imparted with the knowledge and skills needed to care for their trees as they grow.
Show your support for NWF’s Trees for Wildlife by purchasing a gift from NWF’s Tree Shop, symbolically adopting wildlife, or donating trees in honor of someone today!
2023-2024 Trees for Wildlife Program Successes
Youth Environmental Alliance! (YEA!) | 3,568 trees
Broward County, FL, (Year-round)
So far in 2024, YEA has held nearly 60 environmental education, stewardship, planting, and tree giveaway events. Over six thousand people have been engaged through these efforts, of which more than 4,600 were youth. During these programs, people learned about how trees provide habitat for wildlife, cool the planet, and remove pollutants from air and water.
Over 5,300 sq. feet of invasive plants were removed, and more than 17,200 sq. feet of habitat was restored. Over six hundred native trees were planted and 2,914 trees were given away to students and community members to plant habitat at home.
Events held by YEA take place year-round and many more are planned for 2024. Learn all about their work!
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (FFGC) | 4,330 trees
Locations across Florida, Jan. 19, 2024
On January 19th, 2024, garden clubs across Florida held impressive Arbor Day ceremonies, tree plantings, and tree giveaways to celebrate Florida Arbor Day and the 100th anniversary of FFGC. More than 125 garden clubs simultaneously planted about 500 sizable trees.
At least 26 clubs gave away more than 8,000 native tree seedlings and 4,330 of those trees were supported by NWF.
Wakulla County Garden Club | 800 trees
Crawfordville, FL, Jan. 20, 2024
Wakulla County residents attended the 20th Crawfordville (FL) Arbor Day Tree Giveaway on January 20th at the County Extension Office. The 800 trees that NWF supported were red cedar, chinquapin, live oak, dahoon holly, pignut hickory, overcup oak, eastern may haw, parsley haw, possum haw, rusty blackhaw, and sweet shrub.
The Wakulla County Garden Club planted the seedlings in pots in February of 2023 and tended them every first Friday for a year to distribute at their event this year. Over 50 people volunteered this year (a record number!). Three hundred and fifty vehicles lined up and drove through the circular drive for trees.
Tennessee Environmental Council | 40,000 trees
Statewide: Tennessee, March 16th, 2024
Tennessee Tree Day 2024 engaged 19,741 volunteers statewide in planting approximately 120,000 native trees (40,000 supported by NWF) at more than 7,800 planting locations, which included all 95 Tennessee counties! The distribution of this number of trees relied upon a network of 162 local, volunteer-run community pick-up locations across Tennessee.
This year, Tennessee Environmental Council hit a huge milestone and planted its millionth tree through Tennessee Tree Day.
Visit the Tennessee Environmental Council website for more information about this incredible effort!
Green Columbus | 10,000 trees
Columbus, OH, April 2024 (Multiple dates)
Green Columbus hosts an annual, month-long Earth Day worksite campaign in Central Ohio to beautify and preserve the city. Plant materials are provided at no cost to partners, which include parks, churches, schools, civic associations, nonprofits, and more who host volunteer opportunities in April and come to pick up free seedlings at Keep Columbus Beautiful during the distribution date.
This year, over 170 events throughout April successfully picked up and planted a record number of 74,000 seedling trees at restoration sites (including 10,000 native trees supported by NWF).
Learn more here about Earth Day Columbus!
Northern Rockies, Prairie, and Pacific Region, NWF | 200 Trees
Missoula, MT, April 2024 (Multiple dates)
Two hundred native trees were given away at IWFF WildFest, the MUD Earth Day Celebration, Earth Day Pint Night at GILD Brewing, the UM Earth Week Sustainability Fair, a pop-up giveaway at the Missoula Public Library, the UM Living Lab’s Air, Smoke, and Fire event (also hosted at the library), and an Arbor Day ceremonial tree planting event on the UM campus.
Having trees was an amazing tool for engaging people about habitat creation. By tabling at so many different locations, a wide variety of community members were engaged!
Hamburg ReTree and Seeds of Living Education | 250 trees
Hamburg, NY, April 24th & 25th, 2024
This was a wonderful collaboration between ReTree Hamburg & Seeds of Living Education to educate all grade 4 students in the Hamburg Central School District on the importance of native trees. School groups walked to the Community Center and went through four stations: Education, Observation, Twig Craft, & Tree Planting demo. NWF’s Trees for Wildlife supported the giveaway of 250 native red maple trees to the students and their families. The tree-hugging may have been a favorite of many!
Utilize the map below to see where Trees for Wildlife partnerships have occurred between 2021 and today, or click here to navigate to the map on the Trees for Wildlife website.
In the Southeast, approximately 89% of land is privately held, and this property is one of few community-owned forests with the county and its citizens owning the land. Youth and adults alike hand-planted 500 longleaf pine tree seedlings at the event and learned about tree identification and aging, wildlife, forest markets, and career opportunities.
These 500 trees were the first of 34,000 longleaf seedlings that will be planted this winter following a recent harvest of less-desirable and non-native trees. The restoration of this 532-acre forest will provide wildlife habitat, outdoor classroom space, and recreational and economic opportunities for local residents in this diverse community.
The benefits of restoring this forest for wildlife and for the community cannot be overstated — from providing habitat for birds like the red-cockaded woodpecker, to creating economic income for the county from its sustainable harvests of trees, and creating recreational opportunities such as equestrian and hiking trails.
Hoke County Commissioners and staff are working alongside the team of partners to ensure that the best interests of Hoke County citizens are represented and met throughout the process, as outdoor recreational and educational opportunities are built alongside economic and community wealth.
Funding for a portion of the restoration activities has been provided by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of North Carolina, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund, which includes funding from Altria Group, the U.S. Department of Defense, USDA’s NRCS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service.
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The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the U.S. Government or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and its funding sources. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government, or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or its funding sources.
]]>Over the last 20 years, NWF has supported a network of on-the-ground partners who are working to create more resilient places to live for people and wildlife. For the last six years, NWF, working with its close partner NatureScape Broward, has led the Broward Habitat Connectivity Project with support from the Community Foundation of Broward.
Watch our newest video, documenting how the Broward Habitat Connectivity Project (BHCP) is working to create more climate-resilient communities by planting trees, creating habitat, and expanding green space.
Migratory Birds and Habitat Connectivity
More than 1,000 bird species occur in the United States and U.S. Territories. Some live year-round in Broward County, Florida; others migrate here seasonally, and some stop in on their migratory routes to and from other countries. Of these birds, dozens are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act, facing threats such as climate change, habitat loss, and pollution. As migratory birds fly over Broward County they may notice the more than 50,000 new trees or 20 new habitat sites planted by the Broward Habitat Connectivity Project since 2016.
Dozens of partners and local residents came together to create new islands of habitat over the past six years. Volunteers and staff planted native trees and shrubs across Broward County and attended or supported more than 125 public or school-based events and workshops. Community buy-in and environmental stewardship are essential for building climate-resilient communities, and the BCHP has been successful largely in part to the thousands of teachers, students, volunteers, and residents investing in people and wildlife.
Local Residents Lead the Charge
The science is clear, urban canopies keep cities cool when temperatures climb. This is why Broward County Leadership included a goal of 40% tree canopy across the entire urban county in the Broward County Climate Action Plan. Partners of the BCHP knew that this goal would only be successful by building relationships with residents and local leaders in areas with the least number of trees and green space.
Lauderdale Lakes City Commissioner, Beverly Williams, is known as the “Garden Champion of Broward County.” She has earned this title because of her leadership at the Children’s Community Garden, a community-managed space that has been the home base for many BHCP events. Born and raised in Florida with generational roots to the land and growing food locally, Beverly Williams is bringing her environmental leadership to the wider community, connecting with children, parents, and everyday residents.
The Children’s Community Garden has become a community bonding space as Beverly and her team supported residents during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering fresh produce to any resident who wanted it.
In Lauderhill, Mayor Ken Thurston has been an active and engaged collaborator, bringing the BHCP to his residents. He has been an elected official in Lauderhill for 12 years! Mayor Ken Thurston shares in our new video that residents of Lauderhill are leading efforts to address urban heat and tree equity. Mayor Thurston reflected on a notable rise in residents planting trees with a focus on selecting natives and species optimal for climate resilience. This shift, he says, is due to the dedicated staff and volunteers of the BHCP. Thurston and many other local officials in Broward recognized that public engagement and buy-in is crucial for projects aiming to address urban tree canopy.
Environmental Stewardship Fosters Social Resilience
The BHCP showed us that gardens, pocket parks, school habitats, and small areas can be integral building blocks of social infrastructure. When residents feel connected to their local environments, they are more likely to seek out behaviors to help protect their environment.
Such environmental stewardship is one of the most beneficial skills and values we can cultivate in our communities. When combined with quality accessible education, adaptable management, and advocacy, we see positive outcomes such as expanded urban tree canopy and community engagement. In fact, research has shown that environmental stewardship has served as a catalyst for revitalizing communities.
Environmental stewards can foster social resilience as part of disturbance and recovery cycles, and public green spaces can provide place attachments, a collective identity, social cohesion, knowledge exchange, and social networks.
This work has proved that when organizations like National Wildlife Federation connect grant opportunities to community-based organizations, local elected officials, and volunteers, we see positive outcomes in achieving urban tree equity and habitat restoration. To learn more about the Broward Habitat Connectivity Project please watch and share our new video!
For more resources on content relating to community-driven conservation check out the Community Wildlife Habitat program for ways to get involved in your community.
“Our prayer garden has really become that focal point of caring about what God has put in our hands,” said Pastor Michael Key of People’s Missionary Baptist Church in Toledo.
With technical and program assistance from National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes staff, 20 congregations in Toledo and a growing number in Grand Rapids and Detroit are creating beautiful spaces where both people and wildlife can thrive. And in the process, they’re linking their faith practice with environmental stewardship and building community connections beyond their own membership.
The participating houses of worship, representing diverse faiths and denominations, also have a unique opportunity to interact and work together through the Sacred Grounds Program. We believe that it is through these efforts, where people cross borders on faith and religion to achieve common goals and foster connections to the natural world, that both wildlife and people will thrive.
Putting Down Roots
Sacred Grounds builds on the Certified Wildlife Habitat program, through which nearly 800 places of worship have developed rain gardens, pollinator gardens, and outdoor spaces for meditation and education. Sacred Grounds takes the concept a step farther:
- Participating houses of worship create and sustain a Certified Wildlife Habitat on their site.
- Leaders integrate faith and environment conservation into their spiritual activities.
- Individual congregation members are engaged through group activities and encouraged to participate at home, including creating their own gardens.
- Congregations advocate for these practices in the broader community.
The idea for Sacred Grounds emerged about a decade ago when a National Wildlife Federation staff member Naomi Edelson started working with her synagogue and a few other area congregations to install native plant gardens and educate community members about the importance of sustaining wildlife habitats. This led to the creation of the Sacred Grounds program, whereafter she led workshops with other congregations in the Mid-Atlantic region over the next several years.
Four years ago, a diverse group in Toledo, Ohio—representing local government, nonprofits, and the private sector, including a native plant business, and even a cemetery—approached the National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center for assistance.
They had come together to promote native plant gardens, and the Sacred Grounds program worked with them to develop materials and create a program to support houses of worship to carry out this work and become demonstration sites. By early 2018 the Sacred Grounds Toledo team—which includes the City of Toledo, the Toledo-Lucas County Sustainability Commission, Wild Ones Oak Openings Region, Woodlawn Cemetery, the Toledo-Lucas County Rain Garden Initiative, the Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District, and Poppin Up Natives—and the National Wildlife Federation were actively engaged, in planting partnership, with local houses of worship.
Greening Infrastructure
The benefits of creating native plant gardens are well documented. To name just a few, they:
- Help manage stormwater and improve water quality.
- Attract pollinators, like bees and butterflies.
- Provide opportunities for people living in urban areas to connect with nature and enjoy the health benefits of spending time in the great outdoors.
Participating in Sacred Grounds can lead to a few other perks, as well. Some local governments offer financial incentives for creating rain gardens and other runoff management strategies. Congregations can also save time and money by incorporating sustainable landscape maintenance and avoiding annual replanting. But the biggest draw is simply the opportunity to make connections between faith practice and environmental stewardship.
The National Wildlife Federation works to establish authentic partnerships in each city, recognizing that while all ground is sacred, each community has unique challenges and opportunities. In Detroit, for example, residents are faced with skyrocketing water bills, which are based in part on the amount of impervious surface coverage on their property. Rain gardens and other green infrastructure projects are a great way to address local flooding and reduce water bills.
In Detroit, faith based institutions, which often have significant areas of impervious surface, are facing new drainage fees that are assessed by the amount of impervious acreage. In order to lessen these significant increases in monthly bills, many houses of worship across the city are increasingly interested in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) projects but often lack funds and resources to get started.
Knowing that houses of worship serve as vital community anchors for disseminating native habitats, rain gardens and other best management practices (BMPs), the NWF Great Lakes Sacred Grounds Program was awarded a grant in June 2020 through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund along to come alongside nine houses of worship to help build resources and capacity to create and maintain large and small scale GSI projects and rain gardens.
Through our partnership with Friends of the Rouge (FOTR) and Sierra Club of Michigan, organizations with long-term experience and commitment to community-led rain garden installations across the city, we are equipped to build upon the already existing network of native plant green infrastructure projects and continue developing connection within the faith community to ultimately improve the health of both wildlife and people.
In line with the National Wildlife Federation’s commitments to equity and justice, Sacred Grounds supports houses of worship that might not have the financial or technical resources to meet the unique needs of their community on their own. The project is continuing through the COVID-19 pandemic as people seek out ways to deal with social isolation through safe, outdoor activities. In Toledo, we’re working together with the Sacred Grounds Team to host virtual workshops open to the public, and the first 50 people to register, receive a voucher from a local nursery to buy enough plants to start their own 10′-by-10′ garden.
Healthy habitats and healthy communities go hand in hand—and Sacred Grounds is promoting both in the Great Lakes region and beyond.
This Pride Month, we bear witness to the ongoing struggle for racial justice and the long overdue national conversation about race that is occurring in the wake of the harassment and horrific murders of Black and Brown men and women.
Intersectionality—the interconnected nature of identities—is at the core of the LGBTQ+ community. Although the last decade’s Supreme Court decisions and a seachange of public opinion have signaled a more welcoming environment for segments of the LGBTQ+ community, LGBTQ+ people of color—in particular Black and Latinx trans women and men, such as Tony McDade—face an epidemic of violence and frequent indifference from law enforcement and lawmakers.
As millions stand with friends, family, and colleagues of color in calling for justice and opportunity for all, hear from some LGBTQ+ voices from our National Wildlife Federation family on how their identities connect to their work and passion for conservation.
Alya Garrison-Ahmed
Office Manager, National Wildlife Federation Rocky Mountain Regional Center
“As a bisexual, brown woman, I’ve always searched for a home—a place to celebrate and grow, while embracing who I am. In the outdoors and at the National Wildlife Federation—surrounded by strong and beautiful people—I feel more connected to the power and beauty of my queer identity.”
David Mizejewski
Naturalist, National Wildlife Federation
When I first started at the National Wildlife Federation twenty years ago, I was not out. Even after I came out to myself and my close personal network, I was cautious about who I told at work. As a cisgender gay man, it was easy to fly under the radar and keep my personal life private. But when I was launched into the public eye in 2005 as host of the Animal Planet TV series “Backyard Habitat,” I was chosen to be included in the Out 100 list, Out magazine’s “greatest and most well-known tradition: a prestigious compilation of the year’s most impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people.” I knew I had a choice to make: accept the honor and be fully visible in both my personal and professional life, or decline and stay partially in the closet out of fear.
Needless to say, I chose to live as my authentic self everywhere and haven’t looked back. I believe that visibility is the first step in understanding and acceptance and can literally save lives. My identity as a gay man and as a conservationist are inseparable parts of who I am, and I’m proud of how the National Wildlife Federation’s commitment to Equity and Justice in all of its forms has grown to what it is today. We still have work to do, but I’m proud to help embody the truth that we’ll be most successful in our conservation work when we bring people together, diversify the people speaking up for wildlife, and support the interdependent needs of both people and wildlife.
Lisa Pohlmann
CEO, Natural Resources Council of Maine
It is a great pleasure to be focused on protecting the nature of Maine at this point in my advocacy career, because that is what drew me to live in Maine 40 years ago. I love camping, hiking, and kayaking all over the state, and I love the fantastic people I get to work with every day to change policies on climate change, clean air and water, and conservation. Our work is of the highest order now – and we need all kinds of people to get involved. I appreciate that as environmentalists, we are trying to do that more and more. Happy Pride!
Zach Evans
Senior Digital Campaigns Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation
As a teen, I spent many weekends camping with the Boy Scouts, volunteering for roadside cleanups, and working my first job maintaining a Land and Water Conservation Fund-supported neighborhood park. Despite my love of the outdoors and nascent understandings of my racial and queer identities, labels like “environmentalist” or “Latino” or “LGBTQ+” would have felt ill-fitting or uneasy.
Since then, I have ‘come out’ as an adopted Latino kid with a loving multiracial family, and as an out and proud man of color. Now, as a digital content creator for a conservation organization, I bring my perspective to the stories I help tell on behalf of our nation’s wildlife, waters, and public lands. Labels that once seemed strange are now points of pride. From my journey to feeling comfortable in my own skin, I’ve learned the importance of meeting people where they are, the need to write to invite (and not exclude), and that many people don’t know (yet) that they’re conservationists at heart.
Levi Hahn
Social Media & Creative Services Manager, Natural Resources Council of Maine
In one form or another, my involvement with environmental efforts for the past 10 years seems like the most natural thing in the world – no pun intended. As a gay man, I’ve been given the unique opportunity to understand why it’s so important that we fight for the survival and rights of the beings and elements that can’t stand up for themselves. It’s a privilege to use my drive to help advocate for nature, its wildlife, the climate, and every thing and one living under the rainbow.
Julie Sibbing
Associate Vice President of Land Stewardship, National Wildlife Federation
I didn’t discover myself until later in life, but have been extremely fortunate that when I came out as a lesbian, my family, friends and colleagues made the transition easy and most accepted me for who I am.
My wife and I had our first date hiking in Shenandoah National Park and picnicking in Big Meadow. We got engaged at Big Meadow a year later and were married outdoors surrounded by fall leaves the following year. We love to hike in all seasons, bike the C and O canal, and go camping. I am now blessed with four wonderful stepchildren and have enjoyed camping and hiking with them as well. Yard games on the front lawn have kept us sane during the pandemic. The outdoors is where we are happiest. I am so grateful to work at the National Wildlife Federation and to know my colleagues and our leadership accept me and my family.
I was overjoyed by the Supreme Court decision this week and to know that those who work in less welcoming environments now won’t have to worry about their jobs if they want to be themselves.
Finding pride in their work, LGBTQ+ folks at the National Wildlife Federation and across the globe are helping to increase the visibility of different identities in the fields of conservation and environmental advocacy.
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Last summer, the National Wildlife Federation and NatureScape Broward launched the Broward Habitat Connectivity Project with support from the Community Foundation of Broward which has multiple goals:
- Create new islands of habitat for migratory birds travelling through urban Broward County by planting trees that will provide food and cover;
- Provide interested residents in the neighborhoods surrounding the new “islands of habitat” free trees to plant in their own garden and strengthen the network of habitat in the area;
- Plant native trees to increase tree canopy in the areas of Broward County that have the lowest percentages of tree canopy in the County;
- Create outdoor learning laboratories for students to learn STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects through hands-on environmental education in the newly planted areas;
- Help meet specific County goals for increasing tree canopy and community resilience; and
- Provide much needed shade at schools to escape the hot Florida sun!
A few days ago, at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School, a team of volunteers, parents, teachers and students worked to transform a 450 foot stretch of grass and weeds adjacent to the school track into a wooded habitat for migratory birds and an outdoor learning laboratory for students at the school. While it will take time for these trees to grow, other 10-15 foot trees planted by the Broward County Tree Trust will provide shade and habitat this spring and summer.
Among those planting and helping were parents from the PTA, school teachers, staff and leadership, NWF Habitat Steward Volunteers, Broward County Master Gardeners, staff from Wells Fargo and more than 150 students. Together we removed weeds, spread mulch and top soil and planted 40 native Jamaican Caper and Simpson Stopper trees.
Additional habitats have been planted as part of the Broward Habitat Connectivity Project at the adjacent Oriole Elementary School, North Lauderdale Elementary School, Tequesta Trace Middle School, the Wingate Oaks Center, Lauderdale Elementary School, Larkdale Elementary School, Broward Central Regional Park and Quiet Water Park.
Learn more about how you can plant trees and garden for wildlife
Photos by Patrick Fitzgerald
Learn more about how to create a wildlife habitat at your school
Here’s a quick, fun way to get families outside this spring. Invite your neighbors for a community clean-up!
In our neighborhood, folks shared their yard tools and gave each other gardening tips, while parents and kids cleaned up trash from the nearby stream. Find out three tips to improve your community clean-up by watching my video diary:
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Some photos from our clean-up:
Have you organized a community clean-up in your area? What worked for you?
If you enjoy organizing community events, you might enjoy our Community Wildlife Habitat program where you encourage your neighbors to garden for wildlife.
National Wildlife Federation’s Storytelling Video Diary Series shares the candid tales of nine NWF staffers from around the country; armed with their cameras in the Great Lakes, California, South Dakota, the Pacific Northwest, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC, these nine staffers will share with you their individual trials, epiphanies and stories as they unfold in their daily adventures.
There are a lot of little moments throughout my life that made me this way and brought me to NWF, many of which took place outside my front door. This video is actually an indoor moment about a tiny little thing—that wasn’t hard to do or hard to grasp—that apparently made a big impression on me when I was about six. Are you dying to know what it was? You will probably be surprised! Watch this video and find out!!
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I guess the point I’m trying to get across is it doesn’t take a lot to build a connection with the natural world. I work on NWF’s Be Out There movement to reconnect kids with nature. Every generation says it, but it’s a different time. Getting a good healthy dose of outdoor time isn’t as easy as it once was and regardless of age, it’s so good for you! I’ll share some outdoor moments—old and new—along this crazy ride, and hopefully you’ll share some with me too.
National Wildlife Federation’s Storytelling Video Diary Series shares the candid tales of nine NWF staffers from around the country; armed with their cameras in the Great Lakes, California, South Dakota, the Pacific Northwest, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC, these nine staffers will share with you their individual trials, epiphanies and stories as they unfold in their daily adventures.
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3… 2… 1… Liftoff!
For the next six months we’ll publish weekly video blogs, such as this one about the Sky Dance of the American Woodcock.
There are 10 participants from around the Federation: Lindsay Hauswald, Carla Brown, Danielle Moodie-Mills, Beth Pratt, Bentley Johnson, Kendall Mackey, Tony Summers, Nic Callero, and Ryan Stockwell, and myself.
I know I speak for all the participants when I say “Welcome!” We look forward to sharing our stories from around the Federation with you.
National Wildlife Federation’s Storytelling Video Diary Series shares the candid tales of 10 NWF staffers from around the country; armed with their cameras in the Great Lakes, California, South Dakota, the Pacific Northwest, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC, these 10 staffers will share with you their individual trials, epiphanies and stories as they unfold in their daily adventures.