Recent newspaper and internet articles include:
Everett Herald 6/17/2010: "See Camano Island paradise on backyard wildlife tour"2013 Garden Tour HeraldNet features some stunning wildlife photographs from Linda Webb's yard: "Helping wildlife, one yard at a time" 2012 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS: "Camano garden offers peaceful, natural habitat for wildlife" The story behind the inspiring yard of Camano's very own Linda Webb is featured in the April 2012 issue of BirdWatching Magazine. Scroll down to the bottom of that page under the "NWF honors community wildlife programs" heading to read the paragraph about Camano's community wildlife program. 2011 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS: "Gardens in tune with nature" HeraldNet: "Lessons in backyard wildlife habitats begin on Camano Island tour" "Herons and the people who love them" a Whidbey Camano Land Trust Blog entry by Val Schroeder Fall birdwatching trip: Everett Herald 11/13/2010: Explore prime birding areas on Camano Island 2010 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS 6/22/2010: "Wildlife habitat explored in Camano Island garden tour" Gardeners Pick Their “Gold Medal” Favorites Want to add beauty and wildlife value to your yard? National Wildlife's article highlights Oregon Grape, championed by our very own Jean Bach, who has been a member of the Camano Wildlife Habitat Project’s steering committee since 2002. 2009 Education Days 2008 Garden Tour Camano Island woman pushes for wildlife-friendly yards (HeraldNet.com Feb 2009) Manicured lawns giving way to natural look (cnn.com March 2007) Coloring Communities Evergreen about Washington State's certified habitats (NWF Jun/Jul 2006) Val Schroeder of Camano Island, WA was the first National Wildlife Federation Volunteer of the Year!
"The award represents what a cool project Camano has because I certainly didn't do it alone!" The NWF Volunteer of the Year Award is an NWF organization-wide award and was first presented in March 2006 at the Annual Meeting in New Orleans. For this award, recipients have to be nominated by their peers, NWF staff or NWF affiliate members for their volunteerism in the prior calendar year. Val is featured on the NWF's Faces of Conservation page. Click on her photo there to learn more.
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