Keep feeding area, feeders, housing and baths clean. The National Wildlife Federation Suggests . . . Including appropriate native plants in your landscape. The plants usually require less water and can be maintained without pesticides and with very little fertilizer. Cutting your lawn in half.
Lawns are high maintenance and low in value for wildlife.
Saving water by using drip irrigation, water timers and liberal quantities of mulch. Pitching your pesticides and letting predation reign. Recycling clippings and lawn waste by composting. We recommend Gardening for Wildlife by Craig Tufts, NWF chief naturalist, as an additional reference in creating your Backyard Wildlife Habitat. Wild Birds Unlimited is proud to be an official retail partner with the National Wildlife Federation in promoting the NWF's Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program.