Keep Austin Wild
Congratulations to Trudy and the Copperfield Neighborhood Organization for winning 3rd place in the City of Austin Wildlife Habitat Challenge!
The Neighborhood Habitat Challenge is an annual contest of the Parks and Recreation Department’s Wildlife Austin program. The challenge is part of the City of Austin ’s broader “Community Wildlife Habitat” initiative. In November of last year Austin became the first city in Texas and the largest metropolitan area in the country to receive the designation from the National Wildlife Federation. The certification was earned, in part, by mobilizing neighborhoods and individual residents to transform their backyards into wildlife habitats.
The first place Challenge winner is the Windsor Park Neighborhood Association with 48 habitats; second place goes to the Crestview Neighborhood Association with eight habitats; and the Copperfield Neighborhood Organization placed third with five habitats.
These winning neighborhoods have effectively demonstrated their desire to ensure local wildlife species continue to make themselves at home in our growing city. The habitats certified during the challenge not only provide linkages for animals to successfully traverse the urban landscape, but their creation has also served as a link to building a stronger sense of community. Participating neighborhoods have found this to be an inspiring neighborhood project that connects people of all walks of life and reconnects them to the nature found right in their own backyards. For more details about the challenge please visit www.keepaustinwild.com or call (512) 327-8181 x29.
