Wildlife Habitat Council

 Silver Spring     Maryland

http://www.wildlifehc.org     << visit website

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Wildlife Habitat Council Charity Profile

The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) is a nonprofit, nonlobbying 501(c)(3) group of corporations, conservation organizations, and individuals dedicated to restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat. Created in 1988, WHC helps large landowners, particularly corporations, manage their unused lands in an ecologically sensitive manner for the benefit of wildlife. More than 2 million acres in 48 states, Puerto Rico, and 16 other countries are managed for wildlife through WHC-assisted projects.

Habitat projects on these lands, which vary in nature and scope, are corporate-driven cooperative efforts between management, employees, community members, local conservation groups and local, state and federal agencies. By creating volunteer-based wildlife teams of company employees and community groups like Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts and local schools, WHC wildlife programs achieve a high level of success. WHC also works to broaden understanding of wildlife values through the incorporation of environmental education, volunteer participation and community outreach programs.

Since 1990, WHC has certified hundreds of programs at corporate facilities around the world providing third-party credibility and an objective evaluation of projects through our Corporate Wildlife Habitat Certification/International Accreditation Program. Certification validates wildlife habitat projects to employees as well as the community at large, transferring sustainability into people's everyday lives. Contemporary scientific and academic thought attributes increased significance to the role of privately owned lands in establishing and maintaining habitats to conserve species diversity in places where people live, work or play.

Among many honors, WHC has received Presidential recognition for its unique role in building partnerships and won the Chevron-Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Award. WHC was also honored by Virginia Environmental Stewardship Awards in the nonprofit category at the for undertaking initiatives to restore and enhance natural resources.