Broadlands Environment/Wildlife Team is looking for supporters

Dear Residents,

Broadlands Wildlife Habitat Community Committee has many great opportunities for your interest to help wildlife, environment and make a positive impact on global warming. Below are the required activities we have to do every year to maintain our certification. With this program we can build a green, beautiful community, improve our landscapes, improve our sense of community and educate our children about being environmentally friendly.

If you have any interest to do any part of these activities, or have any other ideas, please contact Oya, at 703-725-8040. Your volunteerism does not have to be lifelong commitment. We are very open to creative and out of the box planning and executing these activities.

Thank you.



Required Activities

10 Submit yearly post-certification update forms

10 Secure a feature article in the local media about your project

10 Maintain bulletin board or website established during certification stage

5 Continued hosting of annual event started during certification sta

10 Participate (through a booth) in at least one community event

10 Host a Habitat Stewards training

5 Frogwatch sites (up to 5)

10 Create a service-learning opportunity for high school students in your community

10 Get Access Nature or Ranger Rick adopted into the school curriculum

10 Have the college/university associated with your community become involved in the Campus Ecology program

10 Work with the department of transportation to convert medians into wildlife-friendly landscapes

10 Continue regular column in your community paper/newsletter to educate community members about your project

5 Deliver an oral presentation at a community group not yet associated with your project (i.e. Garden club, HOA) (up to 6)

5 Have member of habitat team serve on a community committee or board that addresses community environment issues

10 Examine your community’s weed ordinances, and work to change them to be more native plant and habitat friendly

10 Host a workshop to educate builders and developers in your community about what they can do to conserve habitat during the site selection, planning, and conservation phases of their projects.

10 Work with local park agencies to convert parkland to wildlife friendly landscapes.

1 Each additional home, townhome or apartment certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat site

3 Each community site certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat site

5 Each Schoolyard Habitats site certified

Minimum required every year is 40 points for communities with population greater than 5,000 and 30 points for communities smaller than 5,000.