Nature’s Action Guide: How to Support Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem
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Previously published as Nature’s Action Guide: A Companion to Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope by Sarah F. Jayne.
Transform your space into a thriving, biodiverse habitat and make a positive impact on the looming biodiversity crisis. Are you ready to take action?
Make a lasting impact on the environment and create a healthier, more biodiverse ecosystem with Nature’s Action Guide: How to Support Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem. This comprehensive guide offers practical, cost-conscious, toward zero-waste solutions to help protect wildlife and preserve our planet.
Nature’s Action Guide features fifteen urgently needed actions to create healthy, functioning ecosystems where you live, work, and play. Each action includes an action checklist, step-by-step instructions, recommended resources, and informative tips.
Nature’s Action Guide is an ideal resource for everyone—gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Take action everywhere—in your yard or apartment balcony, on a farm, or wherever you live, work or play!
Develop a practical, natural, and beautiful vision for your spaceGet to know the keystone plants that support wildlifeLearn to identify the invasive plants that threaten biodiversityProvide nesting habitat and a sequence of blooms for pollinatorsCreate pupation sites and plant host plants that support caterpillarsInclude water features and protect the watershedManage your space in ways that protect bees, butterflies, birds, and other wildlifeInspire neighborhood acceptance for nature’s natural look
Limited space or no green thumb? City dwellers and non-gardeners can take important actions to support biodiversity:
Reduce night lightMark windows to safeguard birdsPrevent animal entrapmentUse nontoxic home and yard productsMany more DIY actions that make a positive impact on the environment
Illustrated with over 750 color photos and diagrams, Nature’s Action Guide will help you to take action to restore biodiversity and local abundance while we still can.
From the Publisher
Nature’s Action Guide
Foreword by Douglas W. Tallamy
Author of the best sellers Bringing Nature Home, Nature’s Best Hope and The Nature of Oaks. Dr. Tallamy has been featured in the New York Times and interviewed by NPR, the Associated Press, and numerous other outlets.
Take the 15 urgently needed actions to help your landscape provide these four essential ecosystem services
Support wildlife food webs
Shrink the lawn. Remove invasive plants. Plant keystone plants. Protect caterpillar pupation sites. Turn off the lights at night. Mark glass to prevent bird strikes.
Support pollinators
Plant host plants for native pollen specialist bees. Plant for all-season bloom. Leave stems, deadwood, and bare ground for nesting bees. Don’t buy plants treated with neonicotinoids.
Protect the watershed
Plant dense layers of plants to help keep water on your property. Avoid applying fertilizer. Use nontoxic pest and weed control methods. Properly dispose of toxins. Change water use habits.
Build soil and sequester carbon
Leave leaf litter. Leave deadwood on site. Plant dense layers of plants to protect the soil structure. Reduce mowing to reduce emissions. Plant trees and other plants to sequester carbon.
Nature’s Action Guide features 15 urgent action steps along with checklists, guides, and supplemental materials
Step-by-step checklists for each of the 15 actions featured in Nature’s Action Guide include page numbers that refer to an illustrated guide for each action.
Full-color guides for each action provide step-by-step DIY how-to instructions for taking action, along with recommended tools for regional adaptations and resources for further study.
Supplemental materials provide background information and topics worthy of further exploration.
Nature’s Action Guide includes full-color illustrated tips, resources, and step-by-step DIY how-tos.
Start small but be prepared to be amazed by how fast your wildlife-friendly landscape will come alive!
Use the BONAP maps (Biota of North America Program maps) to identify native, introduced, and invasive plant species.
Plan a wildlife-friendly landscape bed in seven steps aided by the resources and tools presented throughout the guide.
Add year-round water sources with ground-level and elevated water features.
You’ll know your landscape has come alive when . . .
. . . a caterpillar is spotted feeding on its host plant.
. . . holes appear in the stems that you left standing for native bees.
. . . a baby bird successfully fledges in your wildlife habitat.
. . . your water feature is a popular destination for wildlife.
Publisher : Old Garden (June 13, 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 274 pages
ISBN-10 : 0983235007
ISBN-13 : 978-0983235002
Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.62 x 11 inches
Customers say
Customers find this book provides detailed and organized information on ecological gardening. It offers clear, actionable steps to support nature without breaking the bank. They consider it a must-read for anyone interested in ecological gardening and taking action for the planet’s future.
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6 reviews for Nature’s Action Guide: How to Support Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem
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A Customer –
Makes an imperative actionable!
For those familiar with the native plant movement and the work of Doug Tallamy, the urgency of supporting biodiversity is not just understood—it’s deeply felt. We are part of a growing community that recognizes how crucial it is to take action for our planet’s future. Even small efforts can make a meaningful impact, but the path to making a difference can feel overwhelming, especially for those who are new to gardening or ecological stewardship.Nature’s Action Guide is the essential tool that bridges this gap, providing clear, actionable steps to support nature, whatever your budget and wherever you live.A concrete how-to guide endorsed by Doug Tallamy himself, this book teaches you everything you need to know about being a responsible steward of your local ecosystem. As Tallamy writes in the foreword, Nature’s Action Guide is a “step-by-step, easy-to-use manual that explains how each of us, regardless of our background or gardening experience, can accomplish all of the goals I propose in Nature’s Best Hope, as well as several I only hinted at!”Doug is spot-on. This book is a master class in practical sustainability, offering hands-on tools and in-depth guidance for people at every level of knowledge and experience. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a beginner, Nature’s Action Guide is the roadmap you need to turn your intentions into real, impactful action.Buy it—and, more importantly, use it—to start making a difference today.
Charlene Westgate –
clear, easy-to-read guide to creating wildlife habitat in our yards.
This book is a clear, easy-to-read guide to creating wildlife habitat in our yards.
Amazon Customer –
Important how-to companion for Natures Best Hope
This is a must for anyone doing ecological gardening. Detailed step-by-step guide with recommendations for tools and websites and other helpful resources. I am so happy it exists! A real necessity.
david –
Excellent guide, highly recommended!
This is an excellent, detailed guide full of useful information for the homeowner interested in helping nature. I’m an avid ecological gardener who does a lot of online research, but this book contains information and “how to” guides that I haven’t come across before. Very in-depth and the information is well organized. Highly recommended!
Sniffy –
Helpful.
I enjoy the helpful ideas on how to establish my praire. Gives several web sources to use.
seattle –
Beautiful,and informative
This book is a perfect garden preparation guide. The graphics s and instructions are very informative. The enclosed diary pages make for excellent record keeping. The division of chapters moves freely with excellent references. I will be buying copies for my son and daughter