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Show berry, cherry, sumac and autumn olive are examples. The problems of habitat are broader than the backyard back-yard or the front yard. As Kimball puts it, "To have a good life for wildlife and people, we have to preserve wetlands, woodlands and wilderness areas. We have to take care of our rivers and oceans. We have to work to save our open spaces and fields and prairies." Kimball said. "Protection of habitat is the key to healthy, abundant wildlife populations. popula-tions. Many wildlife habitats are now trampled by the march of unplanned growth and development." Besides registering his protest against unplanned growth in his locality, there are many things the average citizen can do to improve habitat. He can organize his friends to build a mini-refuge for wildlife in a section of the school grounds, or on a vacant lot in his town or suburb. A homeowner can build the same sort of mini-refuge in his own backyard if he has the space and the plants. One way to attract birds is to put up a birdhouse inthe backyard. The house can be designed to lure a favorite occupant. Planting sunflowers can also help wildlife. If seeds are planted in the spring as the earth warms, flowers will appear in about six weeks. When the seeds dry, birds and other animals will eat them. Some can be saved sav-ed to put in the bird feeder the next' winter. When additional landscap-' ing is undertaken, choosing-a choosing-a tre'e or shrub that produces berries is a way to provide bird food. Dogwood, service- Animals Need Good Habitat Many animals, like many people, have a housingprob-lem, housingprob-lem, thus a food and water problem. What they need is "habitat." And habitat is what they shall have, if the National Wildlife Federation has its way. The huge nonprofit organization or-ganization -is dedicating its thirty-eighth National Wildlife Wild-life Week to the theme, "We Care About Wildlife Habitat." Hab-itat." In announcing the annual event, scheduled March 16-22, 16-22, 1975, Thomas L. Kimball, Kim-ball, executive vice president pres-ident of the Federation, defined de-fined habitat as the place where animals live, including includ-ing everything they need for survival. He pointed out that every animal has specific habitat needs. The ring-necked pheasant needs grasslands and seed foods which grasslands provide. pro-vide. For the brook trout, cold clean water is indis- - pensable. The robin needs - lawns and meadows contain- ing worms and insects. "Every living thing on earth needs good habitat," |