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Certify and Plant a Tree for Wildlife


Consider planting a superstar for wildlife—a tree! Don’t have enough space? Certify your garden today as a Certified Wildlife Habitat, and we’ll plant a tree in your honor. Check out who you can help by certifying your yard, and providing a tree to all the wildlife that will use it:

  • Butterflies like the tiger swallowtail use trees as host plants for their caterpillars
  • Most salamanders live on or under the ground or in the water, but the arboreal salamander calls the branches of trees its home
  • Woodpeckers nest in decaying trees, and their nesting cavities are later used by a wide variety of other bird species, from songbirds to owls to ducks
  • Fish even need trees! Tree roots stabilize river banks, preventing erosion and build-up of silt that destroys egg-laying habitat for fish such as trout and salmon
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By providing food, water, cover and places for wildlife to raise their young you are eligible to have your yard recognized as a Certified Wildlife Habitat. When you certify, you’ll join over 215,000 gardeners across America who provide safe places for wildlife to thrive. And when you certify now, you’ll give a native tree to a community or school that will plant and care for it.

Certify today!

Thank you for all you do for wildlife.

  Sincerely,

David Mizejewski
NWF Naturalist
 
P.S. Your $20 application fee will help further protect and restore key habitat for bees, butterflies, birds, amphibians and other wildlife nationwide. Plus, your certified garden will count toward meeting the goals of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, which will help support pollinators responsible for one third of our food supply.


Benefits of Certification
 
 
 
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- Certify today, and you’ll give a native tree to a community or school to plant and care for

- Personalized Certified Wildlife Habitat® certificate

- One year membership to NWF

- One year subscription to National Wildlife® magazine

- Monthly Garden for Wildlife e-newsletter

- 10% off the NWF catalog
 
 


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Certified Wildlife Habitat® Plaque

Once you are certified, help neighbors (and wildlife!) easily recognize your yard as animal-friendly with this stylish sign.

Made from rust-free recycled cast aluminum, this durable 8"x14" sign is available for wall ($89) or lawn mounting ($99). When you certify, select the lawn or wall plaque bundle at checkout.
 
 
 
*While supplies last. Substitutions may apply. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Excludes Schoolyard Habitat certifications.
**Excludes Schoolyard Habitat certifications.