The Cold Blooded News The Newsletter of the Colorado Herpetological Society Volume 28, Number 2;   February, 2001

Animals Find Place to Live in the Wilds of Zionsville

ZIONSVILLE, Ind.

Judy Kojetin's yard was a natural wildlife habitat waiting to happen. So, with a little help from her friends, the Zionsville resident filed the necessary application to have her property designated as a backyard wildlife habitat. As a result, her yard on Bloor Lane became one of more that 100 sites in and around Zionsville that met the requirements of the program sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation.

On Friday, Mark Van Putten, the president of the federation, came to Zionsville and presented the town with a certificate designating it as a community wildlife habitat. Zionsville is only the second such community to hold that distinction. "This community has more backyard habitats than some states have," Van Putten told his audience in ceremonies at Lincoln Park.

Since 1973, the Federation has certified more than 217,000 backyard habitats, places where birds, butterflies, frogs, small mammals and native plants can thrive. The first community to be certified by the organization was Alpine, California, in 1998.

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