Backyard Habitat Classes

WNS staff & docents, with the assistance of SWIMNA & SWIMGA members, are organizing a new community-wide certified backyard habitat initiative, an established program of the National Wildlife Federation. WNS will offer quarterly backyard habitat seminars for individuals desiring to apply the concepts to their home, school, business, organization, or other properties. WNS hopes to encourage individuals to take an interest in fostering community outreach efforts.

Both basic introduction classes and advanced topic classes will be offered one Saturday a season. The basic class will run on a Saturday morning, and cover basics of wildlife habitat requirements and backyard solutions. The advanced topics class will run the same afternoon, and will cover three topics that vary each time, such as composting, rain gardens, rain barrels, lawn reduction, reduced chemical use and alternatives, attracting various flora and fauna, and many more.

The cost for each class is $15/person. Registration is required. Class size is limited to 50. The following is the class schedule for the rest of 2009:

March 21, 9am-noon Basic Backyard Wildlife Habitat Seminar
May 30, 9am-noon Basic Backyard Wildlife Habitat Seminar
May 30, 1-4pm Backyard Wildlife Habitat Advanced Topics Seminar
Sept 12, 9am-noon Basic Backyard Wildlife Habitat Seminar
Sept 12, 1-4pm Backyard Wildlife Habitat Advanced Topics Seminar

Call Lauren Preske at 479-0771 ext. 102 for more information.