This thesis explores Michael Rosenzweigs concept of reconciliation ecology to advocate for including native wildlife as stakeholders in urban design to activate public spaces for conservation. The thesis begins with a brief review of biodiversity conservation within conservation biology, a field focused on species needs, and landscape architecture, a profession driven to improve the human environment. Guided by a select review of existing frameworks for conservation design, and a synthesis of urban wildlife habitat program guidelines, the thesis proposes a preliminary framework for reconciliation ecology site design that includes species within site programming. The framework identifies opportunities for habitat within existing landscape types, with their embedded cultural values, based on the life cycle habitat requirements of wildlife species. Projective design then applies the framework to a public park in Burlington, Vermont, for a focal species, the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). The selected site responds to Rosenzweigs call to include species in habitats where humans live, work and play. reconciliation ecology; little brown bat; urban design; biodiversity; Vermont