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Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world
Saving the Sagebrush Biome

America’s wide-open sagebrush range stretches across 13 states and 382,000 square miles. Despite years of measures to protect this habitat, however, the sagebrush biome is disappearing fast.

Read the NW Magazine Fall 2025 Issue 📲: https://ow.ly/ZuA450XAWu4
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the only Thanksgiving leftovers are cranberry sauce...

🥇: People’s Choice Award Winner
📸: Maria Barroso

2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest: Honorable Mentions & People’s Choice 📲: https://ow.ly/RG3j50XAWOX
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The largest U.S. state, #Alaska

State insect: Four spot skimmer dragonfly 🪰
State mammal: Moose 💯

Check out our Southeast Alaska Conservation Council affiliate at 📲https://www.seacc.org/

YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te

📷🪰 | Mara Koenig
📷 💯| NPS
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Which photo is your favorite? 👀

1️⃣ Green sea turtle
2️⃣ West Indian manatee
3️⃣ Polar bear
4️⃣ Cardinal

Help us pick the next cover photo on our social media platforms. Vote by November 30th to let us know which animal we should feature! ⏬

Vote now 📲: https://ow.ly/WPYQ50XxJnY
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
✨Popular✨ or defying gravity? 👑🧹 Today we’re holding space for hummingbirds. 🐦

Flying through life, hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards, up, and down. Hummingbirds are mostly territorial birds—but if they're flying solo, at least they're flying free.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📢🦋 To round out 2025, we are celebrating this year's top 5 local advocates for monarch butterflies! Read our newest blog to learn more about the movement to protect monarchs. #MayorsMonarchPledge 📲 https://ow.ly/Olfy50Xv8sa
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Visit the white sand beaches in the #VirginIslands

Bird spotlight: Bananaquit 🐦
Flower spotlight: Tecoma stans 🏵️

Did you know we partner with organizations in all 52 states and territories?
YOU have a NWF affiliate near you🔗 https://ow.ly/HEH050Wh6te

📷🐦 | Dominic Sherony
📷 🏵️| Kim Starr
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Earth Tomorrow program has been preparing high schoolers for careers in environmental sciences, conservation, and more for almost 25 years. Learn more
📲https://blog.nwf.org/2025/11/success-this-school-year-starts-with-summer-institute/
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft rule narrowing the scope of the Clean Water Act will protect fewer streams and wetlands from pollution and destruction than at any point since the law’s passage in 1972.

Read the press release 📲: https://ow.ly/wHEq50XtGe2
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In many bat species, thousands to hundreds of thousands of individuals emerge from daytime roosts simultaneously each night, creating what scientists have dubbed a “cocktail party nightmare” of clashing echolocation calls.

Read the NW Magazine Fall 2025 Issue 📲: https://ow.ly/YEaf50XmN3c
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s #ElectionDay! 🗳️🦅🙋

Local and state elected officials regularly make decisions that impact you, your #vote helps decide who those officials are.

Find out if your community has elections today and how you can prepare before heading to the polls at www.nwf.org/vote.
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Owl bat, you didn't see this coming 🦉🦇

It's #BatWeek, so we're highlighting a close encounter between a fruit bat and a brown fish owl captured by photographer Anjani Singamaneni in this 2022 photo contest entry 📲: https://ow.ly/BEbs50TQ96Y

📸: Anjani Singamaneni
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy (almost) Halloween! 🎃

To celebrate Spooky Season, we've created four amazing wildlife stencils for you to download and use to carve your pumpkins! Which pumpkin stencil will you choose: pika, fox, cardinal, or raccoon? 👀

Get your pumpkin stencils today 📲: https://ow.ly/1ykG50Xizuq
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Calling all the fossil hunters... #Wyoming (WY) ⏬

State insect: Sheridan's green hairstreak butterfly 🦋
State flower: Indian paintbrush 🌺
Park Pick: Devil's Tower National Monument 🏔️

Wyoming Wildlife Federation affiliate📲http://www.wyomingwildlife.org/

📷🦋 | Robb Hanawacker
📷🌺 | NPS
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Join NWF tomorrow in Washington, DC to speak out for conservation science! 🦅🙋

We will hear from leaders in the conservation movement, scientists, and more about the impact of recent cuts and why everyone should be speaking out.

RSVP📲 https://www.mobilize.us/dashboard/nwf/event/857969/
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"What kind of a sick school is this?" 🌊🎸🥁🎤

The famous movie School of Rock taught us about each individual’s importance in making the band complete. What better way to celebrate than by learning the role each species would fill in an under-the-sea rock band?

Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/ioGE50XbjB1
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🦇 October is Bat Appreciation Month 🦇

Did you know there are over 1,400 bat species worldwide, with 47 of them found in the U.S. and Canada? These remarkable fliers not only consume vast numbers of mosquitoes but also pollinate night-blooming flowers.

Take the bat quiz 📲: https://ow.ly/3btU50XbitT
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Pack your bags, we're going on a leaf layer safari 🍂🔍

At first, a pile of fallen leaves might look like nothing more than yard debris. But hidden in that layer are secret survival shelters: the cocoons of North America’s moths!

Test your moth-spotting abilities 📲:
https://ow.ly/2nRT50X80fc
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
So, who’s in those yard waste bags? 👀

🐛 Moths
🦋 Butterflies
💡 Fireflies
🦎 Salamanders
🐝 Native Bees

A new study shows that when you dispose of your leaves, you’re also throwing away about 45% of your spring butterfly and moth populations. 📉

Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/w6bu50X7Yc3
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
GSU Perimeter College is building nesting boxes for the brown-headed nuthatch with support from NWF and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom grant program.

Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom 📲: https://ow.ly/JFv650X6pwt

2025 Wild Kingdom grant projects 📲: https://ow.ly/ftmo50X6pwu
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let's go to the Balloon Fiesta in #NewMexico (NM) ⏬

State insect: Tarantula hawk wasp 🪰
State flower: Yucca 🌼
Park pick: Capulin Volcano Nat'l Monument 🏜️

Check out our New Mexico Wildlife Federation affiliate at📲http://www.nmwildlife.org/

📷Damselfly | Renee Grayson
📷Capulin | NPS
October 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What animal is this? 👀

Hint: It's a moth...
October 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
IT'S FALL YALL 🍂🐛🐢🐸🦎🦋🍂

Which means (drum roll, please 🥁)... It's Leave the Leaves Month! 🍁🐛

During October, we will be highlighting various species that rely on leaf layers. From leaf layer safaris to yard waste statistics, we'll be incorporating quizzes, polls, and much more. 🚨
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Did you know the House is poised to pass a bill putting our drinking water and wildlife at risk of even more pesticides and toxic discharges?

🚨 Tell your representative to vote NO on the PERMIT Act! 🚨
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dall sheep, native to alpine pockets of northwestern North America, from Canada’s British Columbia, have evolved to stave off a host of predators. Now, face a different threat: a rapidly changing climate.

🥇 Portfolio
📸 Sonny Parker

2024 National Wildlife Photo Contest Winners 📲: ow.ly/k1FK50UAyEr
July 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM