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Community Spotlight: A Pocket Prairie for Channelview, TX

In April of 2025, culminating two years of community engagement work and NWF’s Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program at Channelview High School, NWF and our local partners created a … Read more

Q&A with ECHO’s Landscape Designers

At the National Wildlife Federation’s Early Childhood Health Outdoors (ECHO) initiative, landscape architecture is a major piece of their mission to expand access to nature for young children across the … Read more

Igniting Interest: Introducing Students to the Art of Prescribed Burning

The longleaf pine range of the Southeastern United States has seen a rapid decline in acreage as human development continues to cause significant declines in natural habitats. In an age … Read more

Start Snapping: The Garden for Wildlife® Photo Contest Returns this August!

About the Photo Contest This year marks our seventh annual Garden for Wildlife® Photo Contest! This contest celebrates the power of photography to communicate the importance of supporting wildlife where … Read more

Getting to the Wild Side of Seattle

April 7-13 was National Wildlife Week and April is Earth Month, a time to be especially aware of the ecosystem that sustains us and how we can be better stewards … Read more

5 Amazing Native Flowers for Your Garden

Gardeners across the country are searching for flowers to make their gardens pop! While there are lots of considerations when it comes to choosing plants, one big one is whether … Read more

Which Native Plant Are YOU?

It’s rare that we think of plants as having personalities. Plants don’t typically exhibit a lot of the behaviors that we associate with personalities like talking, walking around, making faces, … Read more

“Weather” or Not: Nature Play in All Seasons!

The budding green of spring, the warm sun of summer, the colorful foliage of fall, and the brisk chill of winter—the majesty of our outdoor world is on display throughout … Read more

Coastal Resilience Program Update

The tide is changing at NWF, and on this most recent current we swept up a new Senior Manager of Coastal Resilience! Allow us to introduce Kate Vogel, National Wildlife … Read more

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Reshaping Public Perspectives of Prescribed Fire: A Success Story from the Southeast

Fire suppression dominated the 20th century, with campaigns and messaging warning the public about the danger of fires in forests. Generations of Americans grew up with Smokey Bear’s “Remember… Only … Read more