How-to Tips for Backyard Habitats

• The National Wildlife Federation's Backyard Habitat
• The Natural Resources Conservation Service
• The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Metro Natural Gardens program
  

Specific Landscaping Ideas

• Community Gardens
• Schoolyard Habitat
• Workplace Habitats
• “Birdscape”
• Landscaping to attract butterflies, small garden critters or frogs and other marine life
  

Helpful Books

• Welcoming Wildlife to the Garden: Creating Backyard & Balcony Habitats for Wildlife by Catherine J. Johnson, Susan McDiarmid, and illustrated by Edward R. Turner, 2002
• Living with Wildlife: In the Pacific Northwest by Russell Link in association with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2004
• Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest by Russell Link in association with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1999
  

Helpful Websites:

• America’s Wildlife Resource American Beauties Native Plants
• Audubon Society of Portland
• Audubon Society Brochures
• The Office of Sustainable Development:
• Downspout Disconnect Program
• Commercial Compost Program
• Wildflower Program
• State/Federal/University Support:
  • Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Oregon State University Extension Services
• USDA Forest Service for the Pacific Northwest Region
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
  

Don't have a backyard? Try container gardening on your porch, windowsill, or doorstep!

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