Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife and people thrive in a rapidly changing world
National Wildlife Federation Strategic Plan, 2024-2030
Meeting the Moment: Ensuring Wildlife, People, and Ecosystems Thrive
In a critical time of accelerating climate and biodiversity crises, we envision improved ecological balance and safe, equitable access to clean water, air, and land to ensure that all wildlife, people, and ecosystems thrive. Achieving our mission is now our mutual, unwavering goal.
The National Wildlife Federation commits to achieve their vision statement by:
Working across the Federation to implement effective and innovative practices, policies, and programs that benefit wildlife, people, and our planet.
Upholding the We Envision, We Believe, We Commit statements adopted by NWF Affiliates.
Expanding our impact, built through authentic relationships with existing Affiliates and with partners and communities that have been traditionally excluded.
Moving with integrity and courage to affect transformational change at the intersection between wildlife conservation and environmental justice.
Our Strategic Pillars
Pillar 1 Wildlife Recovery and Habitat Restoration
We will urgently confront the biodiversity crisis and sixth mass extinction that threatens more than one-third of all species of wildlife and native plants in the United States and globally by developing, promoting, and enacting science-based solutions so that wildlife and people can adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Pillar 2 Climate Solutions and Clean Energy
We will urgently confront the escalating climate crisis in collaboration with partners to realize a world with thriving wildlife populations, resilient ecosystems, sustainable communities, and equitable access to high-quality opportunities to the clean energy economy.
Pillar 3 Environmental Justice and Resilient Communities
Amplify the voices of marginalized communities to build and support an unstoppable movement that secures clean water, clean air, thriving and healthy communities, wildlife, and ecosystems for all.
One Federation Foundation
Build a stronger, cohesive, and collaborative One Federation that can achieve significantly greater results for conservation, embodying the shared values and Affiliate adopted resolutions which together provide a common vision and priorities, and recognizing that strength in each of its members increases the strength and impact of the Federation as a whole.
Key Takeaways
We are at a critical junction to address the immense and interconnected crises facing wildlife, people, and the planet.
Confronting the climate crisis by 2030 will require reducing pollution and making communities, habitats, and wildlife more resilient to climate-fueled disasters.
The National Wildlife Federation must authentically partner with communities to address the climate and environmental injustice crises.
Our state and territorial affiliates, our primary partners, have an essential role as partners in realizing this plan.
