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Become a Wildlife
Watcher During National Wildlife Week
Newswise — Take the
time to connect with
nature and enjoy
wildlife in your community this spring by
participating in the National Wildlife
Federation’s (NWF) Wildlife Watch, part of
the National Wildlife Week celebration from
April 19-27.
This year’s annual
event marks the 70th anniversary of National
Wildlife Week. It provides an opportunity
for people of all ages to get outside and
observe the wonders of nature by joining in
the Nature Quest™ Wildlife Watch. Taking
part is easy and it’s free.
Just visit
www.nwf.org/watch to download a wildlife
watch list for your state. The lists include
plants and animals. When you are finished,
you can share your sightings online with
Wildlife Watchers from around the country
and chat about your discoveries.
If you don’t know where
the best watching sites are, there is even a
link on the web site to NatureFind, where
you can identify green places and spaces in
your area where wildlife is likely to be
found.
Who knows, you might be lucky enough
to spot a bald eagle, a red fox with her
kits, an elusive spring peeper frog which
you often can hear but rarely actually see,
a tiger swallowtail butterfly, or the
brilliantly colored scarlet kingsnake.
“Spending time outdoors
offers so many physical and mental benefits
and leaves one with a true appreciation for
the natural world. Watching for wildlife is
simple, fun and builds conservation
stewardship,” says Eliza Russell, Director
of Education for National Wildlife
Federation.
National Wildlife Week,
NWF’s longest running education program, was
first observed in 1938 under the name
“National Wildlife Restoration Week”.
It was
President Franklin Roosevelt who declared
the first National Wildlife Week and from
the very beginning its goal has been to
educate children and adults about the
mysteries and wonders of wildlife, from
which a conservation ethic grows.
Past
honorary chairs of National Wildlife Week
include Walt Disney, Shirley Temple, Robert
Redford and Hopalong Cassidy.
Disney summed up his
feelings about wildlife when he said,
“Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie
under our feet and all around us.
"They are
discovered in tunnels in the ground, the
heart of flowers, the hollows of trees,
fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between
tides, and even drops of water. Life in
these hidden worlds is more startling in
reality than anything we can imagine.
"How
could this earth of ours, which is only a
speck in the heavens, have so much variety
of life, so many curious and exciting
creatures?”
If you enjoy Wildlife
Watch, consider participating in a variety
of other wildlife watching programs offered
by the National Wildlife Federation
including Nature Quest™ FrogWatch USA™.
Founded in 1936,
National Wildlife Federations’s mission is
to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for
our children’s future. The organization
creates programs to counteract nature
deficit disorder in children by encouraging
parents and other care givers to get their
kids to spend more time outdoors everyday.
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