Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy

 CWC is working to certify Chautauqua County as a National Wildlife Federation Community Habitat. The Chautauqua County Wildlife Habitat Program will connect residents while educating and engaging them about the importance of wildlife and habitat conservation one yard at a time. Key factors of a sustainable wildlife habitat are food, water, cover, places to raise young and sustainable practices. 
www.chautauquawatershed.org 

Wildlife habitat gardens are a haven for local birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. Tell us how your yard or garden provides habitat and the National Wildlife Federation will recognize it as a Certified Wildlife Habitat®.

You can share your accomplishment and commitment to helping wildlife with your neighborhood by purchasing and posting an exclusive Certified Wildlife Habitat® sign.
www.nwf.org

• Find out which native species you can plant in your garden to provide habitat for pollinators in the Pollinator Pathway Project (PDF) brochure.

• The DEC, along with NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets and many environmental organizations, prepared a NYS Pollinator Protection Plan (PDF). It outlines steps everyone can take to increase the survival rate of critical plant pollinators.

The Annual Tree & Shrub Sale promotes conservation practices by offering plantings at an affordable rate. Landowners can practice conservation by planting seedlings, transplants, and conservation seed mixes to provide food and shelter wildlife, reduce heating/cooling expenses, protect water quality with buffers, reduce air pollution and stabilize eroded land.

Seedlings are an inexpensive way to replace trees that have been damaged, harvested or lost to disease.

 www.soilwater.org