HOW TO GARDEN FOR WILDLIFE

Follow these easy steps to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife to your own yard:

1. Grow native plants found in your area, including trees, shrubs and other plants that offer food such as pollen, nectar, nuts, cones, berries and other seeds.  (List of Native Vegetation on SAVE web site).

2. Provide water for wildlife with a birdbath, small pond or shallow dish ... or care for a natural spring or stream on - or near - your habitat.

3. Create protective cover for wildlife by growing a meadow, densely branched shrubs and, when appropriate, evergreens.  Place hollow logs and rock piles in your yard.

4. Provide places to raise young.  Attach birdhouses to metal poles and monitor their use.   Grow host plants for caterpillars to eat and provide dense plantings to create safe areas for nesting wildlife.

Please watch what you plant in your garden.  Exotic species not native to your region can become invasive and harmful to both perople and wildlife.

To learn how you can certify your yard through the National Wildlife Federation, please

call 1-800-822-9919 or visit www.nwf.org/bwh.