Wildlife Habitat Council

Wildlife Habitat Strategy and Planning: WHC delivers customized, comprehensive services that help companies align conservation efforts with business needs. WHC works with over 80 members and numerous partners to build strong conservation programs on their lands using a variety of approaches that range from the development of conservation plans, implementation of conservation projects on corporate lands, stakeholder and employee engagement in plan design and implementation, and corporate-wide approaches that leverage conservation to meet a business opportunity. The voluntary conservation programs can be found in 47 U.S. States, the District of Columbia and 19 countries. Comprehensive services focus on property-scale efforts and extend to nature-based solutions to climate change. Under the Climate Action Works Initiative, The Organization helps corporate landowners utilize nature-based climate change solutions that are corporate-driven, community-minded, and biodiversity-based. During a year of challenges related to the pandemic, technical expertise was widely dispensed related to the use of conservation and biodiversity as a tool for health and wellness. Another initiative, across fence lines, seeks to connect corporate lands with urban and community forestry.

Conservation Conferences: The WHC conservation conference, hosted in person or virtually, provides attendees with educational opportunities, relationship building, and awards recognition. Over 400 individuals attend this annual meeting open to conservation leaders, community members, students, decision-makers, and employee volunteers from all programs engaged in conservation. The summer meeting includes learning sessions and networking events in which participants share successes, discuss challenges, and inspire one another.