Haycock Township is a wonderful place to live partly because of it’s abundance of natural flora and fauna. The habitat is one of our strong assets and we can take it upon ourselves to maintain and improve our environs. Haycock Township was officially recognized as a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat on Oct 21, 2012; the 63rd in the United States.
“A Community Wildlife Habitat is a community that provides habitat for wildlife throughout the community–in individual backyards, on school grounds and in public areas such as parks, community gardens, places of worship and businesses. It is a place where the residents make it a priority to provide habitat for wildlife by providing the basic elements that all wildlife need”. http://www.nwf.org . Residents (and businesses/places of worship, schools) interested in certifying your backyard, go to http://www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife. Their website also has alot of information on wildlife gardening.
Certifying Haycock Township as a National Wildlife Federation Community Wildlife Habitat will have a positive impact on the community. In addition to the primary benefits to the wildlife habitat, it will also bring the community together while working toward our goals to support the bee and bat populations, replacing invasive plants with native species, and reducing herbicides and other toxins. It should engage healthy scholarly activity as well – we intend to have workshops on how to bee keep, how to make a bat house and what to plant after you pull out the stuff that shouldn’t be there. The community, young and old, can submit their activities, questions, share answers on our blog https://haycockwildlifehabitat.wordpress.com. Check it out! The blog is also intended to stimulate creative juices – where we can publish your drawings, writings – short stories, commentaries, poems, photos, and even upload videos. Experience the thrill of sharing and getting published! Additionally, it should stimulate the local economy by highlighting local businesses and increasing the value of real estate.
In addition to this blog: https://haycockwildlifehabitat.wordpress.com/ , there is a Facebook group “The Haycock Wildlife Group”. If you are an avid Facebook user, contact Robin (Heydenberk) wrh2@Lehigh.EDU if you’d like to help administer this group.
Those of you that would be interested in playing more of a role with our Haycock Wildlife Habitat group and would like to serve as a team member (including K-12 students!), please contact Julie at goingreenpa@yahoo.com or better yet, call (610) 847-2411.
References Relating to the Goals of the Haycock Community Wildlife Habitat
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Invasive Plants
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what plants are invasive (and how to identify them)
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Invasive Species: Bamboo
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