Backyard Conservation: Habitat Hunt Featured on PBS Kids Web System 

The PBS-sponsored Backyard Jungle website, part of the PBS Kids web system highlights a different activity each month to get kids and their families interested in exploring the outdoors and the natural environment around them.

October’s featured activity is the Backyard Conservation: Habitat Hunt jointly developed by NRCS, Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) and Backyard Jungle staff. It will help young people explore their backyards and learn about natural systems.

On the website are three “challenge activities” that help young people focus on the elements needed for wildlife habitat—food, water, shelter and space. On the web page for parents and educators, the Backyard Conservation tip sheet on Wildlife Habitat is offered to help guide the exploration. A newly created partners’ page provides brief information and links for NRCS, WHC and the National Association of Conservation Districts—the originators of the Backyard Conservation campaign.

Backyard Jungle, aimed at ‘tweens (age 10-14+), logs 300,000 visitors per month with about 30,000 registered members (registration is free). Members interact on the website by posting drawings and photos, writing about their backyard discoveries and voting for each other’s submissions.
Your contact is Mary Cressel NRCS public affairs specialist, at 202-690-0547.