Calabasas Registers as a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat

CALABASAS, CA -- The city of Calabasas has registered as a Community Wildlife Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation.

By joining this program, Calabasas is making a long-term commitment to citizen education about providing habitat for wildlife and employing sustainable gardening practices, such as reducing or eliminating the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, conserving water, planting native plants, removing invasive plants and composting.

“We’re very excited to be part of this effort to improve habitat for wildlife,” said Calabasas Mayor Mary Sue Maurer. “It is a program that ties together other work we've already done to protect all creatures including banning anti-coagulant rodenticides, restricting the use of throw away polystyrene containers that break apart and are ingested by birds, and restoring cement channels into natural flowing creeks that attract wildlife.”

Since 1973, NWF has provided millions of people with the basic guidelines for making their landscapes more hospitable to wildlife. NWF has certified more than 205,000 sites including yards, schools, businesses, community gardens, parks, and places of worship. Each of these sites provides the four basic elements that all wildlife need to thrive: food, water, cover and places to raise young.

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