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National Wildlife Federation's headquarters is located in Reston, Virginia, overlooking a wildlife sanctuary. The land they now occupy, on the border of Reston and Lake Fairfax Park, had been used as a garbage dump for many years; National Wildlife Federation cleaned up and rehabilitated the land before moving into the site in 2001. [18]
As part of her legacy, Stanwood had founded the Cordelia Bird Club and had created the Stanwood Wildlife Foundation. Building on these two legacies, Richmond established the Birdsacre Sanctuary which opened in 1959. [9] While editor of the ornithological journal The Auk, Witmer Stone wrote in 1916 of Stanwood's investigations:
Max Nicholson, as he was known to all, was born in Kilternan, Ireland, to English parents.His family moved to England in 1910, settling in Staines.He became interested in natural history after a visit to the natural history museum and later took to birdwatching, beginning to maintain a list of birds seen from 1913.
National Wildlife is an American magazine published quarterly by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a nonprofit conservation group. In publication since 1962, and with an emphasis on wildlife conservation and natural history, it is designed to inform NWF’s Associate Members and other readers about key issues relating to the nation's natural resources and environment.
Jay Norwood Darling (October 21, 1876 – February 12, 1962), better known as Ding Darling, was an American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes.He was an important figure in the 20th century conservation movement and founded the National Wildlife Federation.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is an American foundation that was chartered by the United States Congress in 1984 to increase the resources available for the conservation of the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
This role advanced the work of the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Shafroth helped to reopen the crown of the Statue of Liberty which had been closed since 9/11 and to establish new national park units and national wildlife refuges, including Fort Monroe —the first spot to receive Africans on British-occupied ...
He was named Conservationist of the Year in 2008 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. [27] He received the Regional Forester's Honor Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2008. Baier received the U.S. Forest Service National Grasslands Prairie Partner Award in 2005. He was named Rockville, Maryland's Citizen of the Year in 1986.