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Starting a Community Wildlife Habitat™ Turning your community into a Community Wildlife Habitat doesn't happen overnight, but the investment is well worth the time. 1. Pick a Community Wildlife Habitat Team Leader For your Community Wildlife Habitat project to be successful, you will need a motivated and dedicated person to guide the Habitat Team and community. This individual, known as the Community Wildlife Habitat Team Leader, will be responsible for the following duties:
2. Build a Community Wildlife Habitat Team A team effort is required for your Community Wildlife Habitat project to be sustainable. While each team will be unique, we recommend a team of four to ten people who represent various viewpoints in the community. NWF can assist you in building your team by putting you in touch with certified Certified Wildlife Habitat participants, Habitat Steward volunteers and other contacts in your area. A sample Habitat Team might include representatives from a selection of the following:
3. Register Your Team and Put Together a Plan of Action Once you've formed your Habitat Team, your first project will be to research your community and develop goals, a vision statement and an action plan based on the results of your research. With the information you gather, you will be able to complete the Community Wildlife Habitat Registration Form (Note: This form is a PDF document, size 550 Kb. Need PDF help?). Once your community registers its Community Wildlife Habitat project with NWF, you will receive
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