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Habitat Network: Pavement or Gravel
Find out how gravel and pavement can be beneficial to a backyard ecosystem.
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Habitat Network: Freedom to Move
See how neighborhoods are working together to have cumulative positive impacts for birds.
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Habitat Network: Adding a Rain Barrel to Your Property
Learn about rain barrel basics, and find inspiration in other people's incorporation of this tool into a site.
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Habitat Network: Leaf Litter
Leaf-litter plays many important ecological roles. Find out some of the ways leaves are secretly at work in your gardens and parks.
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Habitat Network: Installing Cover Boards for Reptiles
Learn how to provide a cover board for reptiles who generally prefer drier conditions.
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Habitat Network: Installing Cover Boards for Amphibians
Find out how to make a cover board for Amphibians' dual life-cycle of aquatic and terrestrial stages.
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Habitat Network: Nest Boxes, a.k.a Birdhouses
Learn about the importance of bird house boxes in backyard habitats.
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Habitat Network: Living Fences
Find out what living fences are, and how they increase diversity.
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Habitat Network: Amazing Animals That Use Vernal Pools
Find out about species that use vernal pools for reproduction and continuity of life.
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Habitat Network: Rocky Mountains: Fruit Producing Trees
Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.
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Habitat Network: Black Walnut Resistance, Virginia: Design Challenge
Design challenges take photos of tricky spots in people's yards and put them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this tired backyard from Virginia.
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Habitat Network: La Pines: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this pine straw yard in LA.
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Habitat Network: Need Some Inspiring Design Advice for Your Yard? Submit a Photo
A resource page which explains how to submit a photo of a local backyard for expert design advice.
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Habitat Network: Winter Berries for Winter Birds
Find out about the change in diet for many bird species as the seasons change.
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Habitat Network: Native Trees and Shrubs
Find out why vegetation such as trees and shrubs play important roles in ecosystems.
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Habitat Network: Abundant Plants, Abundant Wildlife
See how increasing the area covered by plants in a yard or community has many benefits for humans and wildlife.
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Habitat Network: Get to Know the Plants in Your Yard With These Plant Id Tips
A guide that walks through some of our recommended tactics when identifying plants.
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Habitat Network: Get Reel When Mowing
Find out about different mowing options to provide a beautiful lawn which also serves an important ecological purpose.
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Habitat Network: Fen Wetlands
Sometimes called rich fens, find out about these saturated environments that are fed with mineral-rich groundwater and occur at low points or slopes in the landscape where the soil surface is intercepted by the water table.
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Habitat Network: Constant Bloom in Coral Springs: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out this how to help yard in the Everglades become more biodiverse.
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Habitat Network: Native Grasses for Your Native Lawn
Find out how to use native grasses to increase wildlife diversity in a backyard.
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Habitat Network: Native Lawn Ftw! (For the Win)
Find out about the advantages of planting native grasses in a lawn.
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Habitat Network: Salt Lake Xeriscape: Design Challenge
Design Challenge takes photos of tricky spots in people's yards and puts them out there for advice from the professionals at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out how xeriscaping can help this Utah yard.
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Habitat Network: Learn From 'Xperienced Xeriscape Gardeners
Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.