Mill Seat Landfill maintains 225-acres of designated wildlife acres within their 385-acre site. The designated wildlife areas are comprised of upland deciduous woodlands, deciduous swamp, successional shrub upland habitat and marshes. Mill Seat Landfill maintains an active Wildlife Habitat Management Plan, which includes an array of habitat protection and enhancement practices. In addition, Mill Seat Landfill has a partnership with Black Creek Wildlife Station where they release rehabilitated wildlife (i.e., owls, hawks, foxes, rabbits) within Mill Seat Landfill’s wildlife acres.

Given Mill Seat Landfill’s successful implementation of a comprehensive wildlife habitat management program, Mill Seat Landfill received international recognition in 2004 in the form of the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Certification (Corporate Wildlife Habitat Certification/International Accreditation Program). WHC was particularly impressed with Mill Seat Landfill’s planning and development of wetland habitats and the maintenance of the meadow habitat. Additional information regarding WHC can be found on their webpage at www.wildlifehc.org.

WHC has certified hundreds of programs at corporate facilities around the world providing third-party credibility and an objective evaluation of projects. Certification validates wildlife habitat projects to employees as well as the community at large, transferring sustainability into people’s everyday lives.

Approximately 13 Great Egrets visited the Mill Seat Landfill

on a sunny day during the summer of 2006. At the turn of the century,

Egrets were almost extinct; however, they are now protected by law

and are not considered threatened. A Cool Fact about Egrets:

The longevity record for a wild Great Egret is nearly 23 years.