WV Wild Yards Application

How To Apply to the West Virginia Wild Yards Program:

Read the Wild Yards booklet available online at www.wvdnr.gov. Fill out this application completely. Provide a rough sketch or diagram of the property you would like to have considered as a West Virginia Wild Yard. Label property dimensions and directional North. Show existing habitat features and habitat features you plan to add. If you have any questions about the application, call the Wild Yards Coordinator, at (304) 637-0245 or email DNRWildYards@wv.gov. If your application is approved, you will be added to a state-wide register of WV Wild Yards. You will also receive a certificate designating you as a Wild Yards participant and a sign to post in your backyard habitat area. We would greatly appreciate any photos of your backyard habitat! You could even send in shots of you, your family, or friends working in or enjoying your habitat area. These pictures may be used in presentations about the Wild Yards Program so that others may learn from your habitat management experiences. You will be given photo credit if ever we publish your photographs in Wild Yards materials or WVDNR presentations. This would be an enormous help to us to help get the word out about wonderful West Virginia Wild Yards!

We look forward to hearing from you!
Applicant Information
Name*

First NameLast Name
Telephone*
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Email
example@example.com
Property Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState

Zip Code
County*
YesNo
Mailing Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Property size (approximate square feet or acreage)
private residencepark/recreation facilityfarmcorporate landOther
city/urbansuburbrural communityagricultural landscapeforested landscapeolder neighborhood in city limitsOther
Target Species*
What wildlife species or groups of species would you like to attract? (List the top 5) For example: cardinals, flying squirrels, butterflies, woodpeckers, songbirds, small mammals, amphibians, pollinators, etc.
Water
year roundseasonally
bird bathwater dripping into a bird bathnatural springwildlife poolpondstreamOther
Food
List the species and number of plants on your property that provide food to wildlife such as acorns, berries, nuts, seeds, buds, nectar, etc.

Large Trees (e.g. red oak)

Rows	Species Name	Number
Tree Species 1
Tree Species 2
Tree Species 3
Tree Species 4

Small Trees (e.g. flowering dogwood)

Rows	Species Name	Number
Tree Species 1
Tree Species 2
Tree Species 3
Tree Species 4

Shrubs (e.g. elderberry)

Rows	Species Name	Number
Shrub Species 1
Shrub Species 2
Shrub Species 3
Shrub Species 4

Perennials (e.g. bee balm)

Rows	Species Name	Number
Perennial Species 1
Perennial Species 2
Perennial Species 3
Perennial Species 4

Vines (e.g. Virginia creeper)

Rows	Species Name	Number
Vine Species 1
Vine Species 2
Vine Species 3

Annuals and Biennials (e.g. black-eyed susan)

Rows	Species Name	Number
Annual Species 1
Annual Species 2
Annual Species 3

Please provide information (species name and number of plants) about any additional wildlife food plants here
YesNo
Size of unmowed grassy area(s)
Please provide units (square feet, acreage, etc.)

List any feeders you have, what food is supplied, and the time of year that they are filled (e.g., 2 hummingbird feeders, filled with sugar water, from spring to early fall)

Rows	Feeder Type	Number	Food	When filled?
Feeder 1
Feeder 2
Feeder 3

Cover

(places to hide, nest, rest, raise young, etc.)
Dense shrub thicketsEvergreensGround coversBrush pilesLog pilesRock piles/wallsMeadow/prairie patchShrubby/brushy habitat patchMature trees for nestingSmall trees for nestingTrees with cavitiesDens in ground or in rocksWildlife pools or pondsNest boxesPlants for butterfly caterpillarsOther
Shrub thicket types
Evergreen types
Groundcover types
Meadow/prairie patch area
Please provide units (square feet, acres, etc.)
Shrubby/brushy patch area
Please provide units (square feet, acres, etc.)
Nest box types
Butterfly host plants
Future plans for habitat improvements

Give the who, what, where and why. (What are you doing, where are you putting it, what is it providing, and which animals are going to benefit?) Examples: 4-5 brush piles along perimeter of yard to provide cover for cottontail rabbits; 2 nest boxes in mowed area of yard to provide nesting sites for bluebirds; 1 suet feeder on pole with bird feeders to provide food in winter for woodpeckers
Future habitat improvements
Specify for each proposed improvement: a) What will be added, b) Where, c) What it will provide, and d) Which animals will benefit
Wild Yard Property Diagram/Map*

Provide a rough sketch or diagram of the property you would like to have considered as a West Virginia Wild Yard. Label property dimensions and directional North. Show existing habitat features and habitat features you plan to add.
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Additional Comments
Provide any additional information about your property here.
Type a question
Should be Empty:

Applicant Information

Water

Food

Cover

Future plans for habitat improvements