A Year of Helping Birds: Provide Habitat - Plant Native Plants and Leave the Leaves

A Year of Helping Birds: Provide Habitat - Plant Native Plants and Leave the Leaves

Bird populations are dropping drastically and much of this is the result of habitat loss. Native plants are a primary source of habitat for birds; they supply food, shelter, and nesting for raising their young. Learn how you can help birds survive and thrive by planting natives in your yard, patio, or window box.

A Year of Helping Birds: Flex Your Spending Power

A Year of Helping Birds: Flex Your Spending Power

Coffee, burgers, and toilet paper - they don’t seem like they have anything to do with birds, but they do: they all require land to grow, and so do birds! This month we’re going to explain how these common products are produced and how their production often hurts birds. Most importantly, we’re going to give you bird-friendly alternatives.

Blackened soil

Blackened soil

Controlled burns and black soil have many benefits to our native ecosystems. These ecosystems evolved with fire, initially caused by lightning, and also set by indigenous people, who burned to increase forage for game. So now our ecosystems are fire dependent, more healthy when they burn regularly.