Nature’s Action Guide: How to Support Biodiversity and Your Local Ecosystem

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 space Get to know the keystone plants that support wildlife Learn to identify the invasive plants that threaten biodiversity Provide nesting habitat and a sequence of blooms for pollinators Create pupation sites and plant host plants that support caterpillars Include water features and protect the watershed Manage your space in ways that protect bees, butterflies, birds, and other wildlife Inspire 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 light Mark windows to safeguard birds Prevent animal entrapment Use nontoxic home and yard products Many 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.