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Wildlife Habitat Protection and Restoration
Habitat is a combination of food,
water, shelter, and space arranged to meet the needs of
wildlife. Even a small yard can be landscaped to attract birds,
butterflies, beneficial insects, and small animals. Trees,
shrubs, and other plants provide shelter and food for wildlife.
The plants you use for food and cover will help determine the
wildlife species attracted to your backyard. Nesting boxes,
feeders, and watering sites can be added to improve the habitat.
There are many benefits of establishing a stand
of
native warm season grasses. In addition to being
useful as a form of conservation cover or as a forage
crop, native grasses are beneficial to wildlife
populations. All species of wildlife have certain basic
requirements. These include food, water, cover,
space, and arrangement. Native grasses provide
both cover and foods for many wildlife species, with
warm season grass mixtures providing the most
benefits. Properly managed fields provide nesting,
protective cover, undisturbed nesting sites, insect
populations for food, and open travel under a tall
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Publications
For the complete list of related publications, please go to
Publications Relating to
Wildlife Habitat Protection and Restoration.
Features
Featured Publications
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please
contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
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Acrobat Reader.
Benefits of Wildlife Plantings. (PDF; 102 KB) M. Brakie. 2008. East Texas
PMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. 02/25/2008. 2p. (ID# 7772)
Wildflowers for Wildlife Diversity in Conservation Plantings. (PDF; 270 KB) Ugiansky, R.J.
2008. USDA-NRCS, National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. June 2008. 2p. (ID# 8099)
Cheniere Building: Cooperation in South Louisiana
Marsh Habitat Restoration. (PDF; 10 KB) Richard Neill and Dean Blanchard. 2007. Golden Meadow
PMC, Kansas City, MO. 23 April, 2007. 1p. (ID# 7259)
Sage-Grouse
Habitat Restoration: getting started in the Dakotas. (PDF; 200KB) Bismarck PMC.
2007. USDA-NRCS, Bismarck, ND. February 2007. 6p. (ID# 7087)
Native
Grasses for Wildlife Habitat Georgia Job Sheet 645.
(PDF; 91KB) Keith Wooster Malcome Kirkland. 2007. Georgia
FOTG Job Sheet 645, Athens, georgia. 1/19/2007. 3p. (ID#
7058)
Coastal Waterbird Nesting Habitat
Enhancement. (PDF; 314 KB) Lloyd-Reilley, J. and S. Maher. 2002. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza
Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Oct. 2002. 2p. (ID# 4295)
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