The Suburban Habitat
site focuses on the home environment as an opportunity to cultivate a
home ecosystem, with featured links on water, food, shelter,
biobalance, harmony, tools, recycling and habitat development. The site
emphasizes development of a balanced ecosystem in home gardening,
including integrated pest management and preference of natural
solutions over chemical warfare and other ecologically disruptive
solutions.
Backyard Conservation"
shows you how conservation practices that are used on agricultural land
across the country to conserve and improve natural resources can be
adapted for use on the land around your home. These practices help the
environment and can make your yard more attractive and enjoyable.
NWF: Native Plants - information from the National Wildlife Federation encouraging the public to grow more native plants in their gardens.
Journey North:
Unpave the Way for Wildlife - illustrates how creating backyard refuges
can help people ensure that the annual migrations of birds and
butterflies through their regions continue.
WindStar Wildlife Institute - teaches people how to attract more wildlife to their property.
Wild Ones We promote the establishment of native communities around homes and businesses, using ecologically sound practices.
Habitat Gardening Club of Central New York:
A Wild Ones Chapter Habitat gardening is gardening to provide habitat
for wildlife ... but also to create a more interesting, healthier
environment for people!
About.com: Backyard Habitat Shows how to make a home for birds, butterflies, and nature's other creatures.
Backyard Wildlife Habitat The official site from the National Wildlife Federation. Serves as guide for creating a thriving backyard wildlife habitat.
Backyard Wildlife Habitat Learn about landscaping for wildlife.
Backyard Wildlife: Planting for Habitat This site provides information on planning and planting for a wildlife habitat in the backyard.
Create a Backyard Habitat
Points to sites that describe how to manipulate your yard into a garden
that provides essential resources for different kinds of wildlife, such
as birds, butterflies, small mammals, and other creatures.
eNature: Backyard Wildlife Habitat This site offers tips for attracting more birds, butterflies, and other creatures to your backyard.
Florida Wildlife Federation: Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program Working to promote and expand gardening for wildlife in Florida.
Gardening for Wildlife
A collection of articles from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden addressing
how to attract birds, butterflies, and other creatures to your garden.
West Virginia
About Landscaping for Wildlife - Has information about West Virginia
Wild Yards Program as well as butterfly gardening, native plant
sources, and providing habitat for birds.
Landscaping for Backyard Wildlife
Missouri's great patchwork of prairies, streams, forest, glades,
savannas and wetlands provide habitat for thousands of native plants
and animals. Since European settlement, however, larger and larger
pieces of this patchwork have been altered to provide habitat for just
one animal: people.
Habitat Gardening in Central New York
In Habitat Gardening in Central New York, we learn from Central New York experts and from each other about such topics as:
National Zoo: Wildlife Gardening A good site that discusses how making small adjustments to your outdoor space will let you support wildlife.
Texas Wildscapes
Habitat restoration and conservation plan that enables Texans to
contribute to wildlife conservation by developing wildlife habitats
where they live and work.
Wikipedia: Wildlife Gardening A school of gardening that is aimed at creating an environment that is attractive to various forms of wildlife.
Natural History Museum: Wildlife Garden A living exhibition featuring the sights, sounds, and smells of the countryside.