National Wildlife Federation
| Founder(s) | Jay Norwood Darling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, United States |
| Area served | United States |
| Focus | Environmentalism |
| Method | Education, training, research, lobbying |
| Revenue | $88,102,000 USD (2008)[1] |
| Members | Over 4,000,000 [2] |
| Motto | "To inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future." |
| Website | nwf.org |
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization. It has over four million members and supporters.[3]
NWF seeks to educate people of all ages by publishing a variety of wildlife magazines, including Wild Animal Baby, Your Big Backyard, Ranger Rick, and National Wildlife Magazine, and by the Backyard Habitat series on Discovery's Animal Planet along with IMAX films, such as Coral Reef Adventure, India: Kingdom of the Tiger, Bears, Wolves, and Dolphins. It has an online field guide of plants and animals called Enature.com. Also, the NWF offers hands-on training and support for habitat restoration through its Backyard Wildlife Habitat and Schoolyard Habitat programs.
Some of NWF's goals include: solutions to global warming; reducing mercury pollution; strengthening the Endangered Species Act; fighting invasive species; saving the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling; restoring America's waterways; reforming the Army Corps of Engineers; and educating future environmental stewards.
NWF's headquarters is in Reston, Virginia.
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Board members [change]
The following individuals make up NWF's top executive staff:[4]
Larry J. Schweiger, President & Chief Executive Officer
Jaime Matyas, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Dulce Gomez-Zormelo, Treasurer, VP for Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Cynthia Lewin, Secretary, Senior VP and General Counsel
Volunteer programs [change]
The NWF runs a large network of volunteer programs that reaches over 10 million people.[5]
Some of the current programs include:[6]
- Habitat Ambassadors
- Habitat Steward Volunteers
- Habitat Steward Hosts
- The Louisiana Grant Project
- Global Warming Ambassadors
- Wildlife Literacy Ambassador
- Frogwatch USA Volunteer
- Behind the Scenes Volunteers
Regional offices [change]
Apart from its headquarters, the NWF runs ten regional offices across the United States.[7]
Other articles [change]
References [change]
Books [change]
- Thomas B. Allen, Guardian of the Wild: The Story of the National Wildlife Federation, 1936-1986 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987) ISBN 0-253-32605-2
