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Protecting Wildlife, One Yard At A Time

Posted by: davarnado

24 July 2006 - 9:00am

Some homeowners are using their backyards as habitat for wildlife, providing food, water, shelter and a place to rear offspring for a variety of creatures.

"Snug in his three-story treehouse of a home during a thunderstorm, Evan Earle Jr. talked about the benefits of a yard with native Florida vegetation and very little grass."

"Earle, 47, is not the only one who enjoys his landscape. He shares it at times with raccoons, opossums, cardinals, a red-shouldered hawk, ospreys, blue jays, mockingbirds, hummingbirds, squirrels, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and more.

Recently the National Wildlife Federation recognized Earle's yard as a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Earle joins the ranks of about 180 other Pinellas homeowners with certified yards."

Full Story: Wildlife Welcome Here
Source: The St. Petersburg Times, July 21, 2006
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