Sacred Grounds Inspiring Hope with Native Plant Gardens on Congregation Grounds and Members Homes
N aomi Edelson, Senior Director, Wildlife Partnerships, National Wildlife Federation Naomi is an inspirational leader in the wildlife conservation community who is gifted at building movements of people inspired to action. She is respected for convening coalitions and motivating teams for success, as well as being an innovator in the field, creating new practical tools and expert guidance. As Senior Director for Wildlife Partnerships at National Wildlife Federation, she leads their partnerships related to securing greater funding to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered for state and tribal wildlife agencies focusing on the coalition building elements of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act campaign
(www.nwf.org/recoveringamericaswildlife). She also has led efforts to incorporate climate change into agency conservation planning. This included creating and co-leading three expert work groups including natural and nature- based features for resiliency, climate-smart conservation, and vulnerability assessment which led to award-winning guidance reports and associated trainings. She developed the first climate change adaptation webinar series for natural resource managers in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She works with NWF’s Gardening for Wildlife program (www.nwf.org/garden) to restore wildlife habitat where people live, work, learn, play and worship, including creation of the Native Plant Finder (www.nwf.org/nativeplantfinder) and founding and leading Sacred Grounds, a program for faith communities, with her focus in metro Washington D.C. including Maryland’s largest and most diverse population counties.
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