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3. Provide water & shelter Providing nesting sites, shelter and clean, fresh water is also essential for encouraging wildlife. But care must be taken not to create breeding sites for mosquitoes. ^ Place a birdbath in the garden. Remind your customers to change the water every few days to keep mosquitoes from breeding. ^ Learn an organic approach to landscape maintenance from the Standards for Organic Land Care: Practices for Design and Maintenance of Ecological Landscapes, from the Northeast Organic Farming Association, www.nofamass.ors?. ^ Select groundcovers, shrubs, and trees that provide a variety of nesting sites. ^ Specify rockwalls and boulders as design elements that also provide habitat. ^ Install bird and bat houses in locations that are secure and away from a lot of activity. ^ Snags are dead trees left in place. Consider leaving wood materials or downed trees if they don't threaten structures or parking areas or create a fre hazard. Water and shelter supports wildlife and adds interesting elements to the landscape. 4. Use organic pest 5. Conserve or restore natural management areas & wildlife corridors Pesticides do not kill only the target pest species. Birds, bees, butterflies and other creatures are also vulnerable in many cases they are more sensitive to the toxins than the pests. Eliminating or at least using them only as a last resort is one of the most important practices for nurturing wildlife. ^ Refer to the integrated pest management practices in the section: Protect Water & Air Quality. ^ Use only products allowed by OMRI (see page 33). ^ Read the label on every pesticide (including naturally derived pesticides) that you use for toxicity to non-target organisms. Benefcial organisms, which can keep pests under control, are not harmed. The soil's ability to flter out pollutants and suppress disease is fostered. Ties Careful site planning, especially for new development along the urban-wild interface is important for protecting biodiversity. Natural areas and corridors increase habitat and range, supporting a diversity of organisms and allowing them to travel safely between sites. ^ Become familiar with local open space requirements. ^ Limit earthwork and clearing of vegetation. ^ Place impervious surfaces outside of tree drip lines. ^ Specify, in the construction contrail, penalties for destruction of proteiled soil, trees and other vegetation. ^ On previously developed sites, restore open space by planting native vegetation. ^ Build in wildlife corridors adjacent to open spaces, wild lands, and creeks. ^ Consider corridors when designing roads and fencing. ^ Protect or create a diverse buffer of dense low maintenance vegetation along monocultures, creeks and the bay. The San Francisco Bay Area's open space, plant and animal diversity is proteiled. Runoff is slowed, streams are cooled and bank erosion is prevented. FOR SUCCESS Flowering Periods of Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects Jan Feb f1;r Apr play Jun Jul Aug Sep QR Na L1ec Sa'a sp (1Mllow sp.) Cearalhrrs sp 8acchvns Hmirea (Mule Fat) rkhilea sp (Var'row sp.j Rhanrxrt cai6~xrara (CoffeebveyJ Pxvuar,fi~dj~alw (1-Idly-Leaf Cherry) FiPOgaxm sp (Buckwheat sR) Somb+lars sp [Elderberry sp.) Nae~r~es e.~vrlrycc+'ia [Toym] Mycpawm pov~Ei'irm [Creeping Boobialla) Ardr~cras fiadcdarir ITJarrowleaf Milk+reeA) 8accharis p~tn'ais (Coycrte 2rush) ADAPTED FROM GOHNFLOWEH FARMS WILOLANO/AGHICUL TUBE CATALOG ~~ ~. ti Fem... -~.,, tD vs 51