10 Ways You Can Protect America's Wildlife and Habitat

1. If you participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), donate by designating Defenders of Wildlife our CFC number is 0904.

2. Check with wildlife authorities before clearing or filling in land or redirecting small streams. You could be disturbing wildlife that lives in these areas.

3. Adopt an imperiled animal through our wildlife adoption program and pass along the conservation message to a friend or loved one. Go to http://www.wildlifeadoption.org/ to adopt a wolf, polar bear, tiger, dolphin, elephant or other imperiled animal.

4. Refuse to purchase or support the importation of wild rainforest birds of any kind. The trade in such birds results in the destruction of fast-disappearing rainforest habitat. And the conditions in which these birds are shipped are terribly inhumane!

5. Talk with your friends, family and neighbors today, and urge support for the Endangered Species Act, which is itself endangered! Go to http://www.saveesa.org/.

6. Follow the news regularly to be aware of new threats to wildlife and its habitat and how you can make a difference locally and nationally.

7. Help us stop the barbaric aerial gunning of wolves in Alaska by going to http://www.savealaskawolves.org/.

8. Join local groups in their efforts to clean up rivers and creeks.

9. Avoid using open flames outdoors, unless strictly supervised. It takes just one spark to destroy areas of fields and forests.

10. Leave a bequest for wildlife by naming Defenders of Wildlife in your will, trust, retirement plan, or insurance policy. Go to http://donate.defenders.org/giftplanning for helpful information.