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Attracting Wildlife to Your Back Yard

A Guide to Increasing Wildlife Diversity and Aesthetic Value Around Your Home

by Chris Grondahl

Nongame and Watchable Wildlife Program
North Dakota Game and Fish Department

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This resource is based on the following source:

Grondahl, Chris.  1999.  Attracting Wildlife to Your Back Yard: A Guide to 
     Increasing Wildlife Diversity and Aesthetic Value Around Your Home.  North 
     Dakota Game & Fish Department Nongame and Watchable Wildlife Program.  
     46 pages.    

This resource should be cited as:

Grondahl, Chris.  1999.  Attracting Wildlife to Your Back Yard: A Guide to 
     Increasing Wildlife Diversity and Aesthetic Value Around Your Home.  North 
     Dakota Game & Fish Department Nongame and Watchable Wildlife Program.  
     46 pages.  Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.  
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/wildback/index.htm 
     (Version 16SEP99).

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Table of Contents

• Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
    
• Introduction
• Getting Started
• The Needs of Wildlife
  
  • Food
  • Water
  • Cover and Space
• Landscape Planning
  • Setting Your Personal Goals and Priorities
    
  • Producing a Drawing of the Property
    
  • Developing a Planting and Component Plan
    
  • Choosing and Planting Components
    
  • Maintaining Your Plan
    
• Wildlife Problems
  
  • Profiles, Problems, and Solutions
    
    • Squirrels
      
    • Bats
      
    • Mice and Voles
      
    • Rabbits and Hares
      
    • Snakes
      
    • Birds
      
    • Pocket Gophers
      
    • Skunks
      
    • Raccoons
      
    • Deer
      
    • Cats
      
    • Insects

  Appendices

  • Appendix A. -- Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Ground Cover Recommendations for North Dakota -- Provided by North Dakota State Forest Service
    
  • Appendix B. -- Additional Butterfly Information
    
  • Appendix C. -- Native Plant Seed Sources and Information for the Northern Great Plains
    
  • Appendix D. -- Gardening Around Deer
  • Appendix E. -- Sources of Further Assistance
  • Appendix F. -- References & Resources

  Figures

  • Figure 1 -- Landscape Drawing
    
  • Figure 2 -- Finished Landscape Drawing
    
  • Figure 3 -- Wild Yard Certificate
    
  • Figure 4 -- Wild Yard Application

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