The National Wildlife Federation recognize the Waldorf School of Princeton for successfully creating an official Certified Wildlife Habitat site.
This new certified habitat joins NWF’s roll of more than 150,000 certified habitats nationwide. Wildlife habitats are important to year-round wildlife residents as well as species that migrate, such as some birds and butterflies. Each habitat is unique for both beauty and function.
The Waldorf School of Princeton’s habitat includes more than 20 acres of fields and meadows, wetlands, woods, and stream, in addition to one of the area’s largest and oldest working school gardens.
Work in the garden and the surrounding environment is integrated with the academic curriculum at every grade level, in addition to distinct gardening classes for children in first through eighth grade.
NWF’s Certified Wildlife Habitat program has been helping people take personal action on behalf of wildlife for more than 40 years. The program engages homeowners, businesses, schools, churches, parks and other institutions that want to make their communities wildlife friendly.
More information is online at nwf.org/habitat and princetonwaldorf.org.
