How You Can Help Wildlife ?

Live in the City :

Many of us yearn to live in the country, so we can be closer to nature and enjoy the peace and quiet. It's ironic that this urge is actually destroying thousands of acres of wildlife habitat each year in Wisconsin. We need to develop a new environmental ethic in Wisconsin, encouraging everyone to stay in the cities. We need to make cities more liveable and leave the remaining wild areas to the wildlife.

Support Strict Zoning :

Landuse zoning is one of the few tools available to the government to protect wetlands, natural areas and environmental corridors. Unfortunately, such zoning is often opposed by powerful land development or political forces. It's important for citizens to show support for zoning to balance against these negative pressures.

Create Habitat in Your Backyard :
You can help sustain wildlife in your own backyard, with careful selection of native plants, trees, structures, nest boxes, water and food.

Conserve Energy :

We must work together to reduce our energy consumption. This is vital to stopping climate change and global warming. Energy conservation also reduces direct habitat losses (from coal mining, oil drilling and oil spills) and toxic pollution to air and water, which all threaten wildlife.

Limit Your Family Size :

Each person requires space and natural resources to live. Our human population is rapidly rising to levels which make it difficult to provide adequate resources for humans while sustaining a healthy environment for wildlife. If each couple limited themselves to no more than 2 children, our world’s population could stabilize and support everyone without conflict or suffering.

Get Involved and Talk to Your Legislators :

Many of our current governmental regulations are not helpful for preserving wildlife habitat or conserving energy, and some policies actually reward large energy users with lower bulk rates. Citizens need to contact their legislators and ask for better policies.