Backyard Wildlife Primer
(Page 13 of 14)
September/October 1986
By Raymond Zoanetti and the Mother Earth News editors
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, state and county agricultural extension departments, state environmental or parks and recreation departments, and many more governmental agencies on the federal, state, and local levels can offer invaluable assistance to the backyard naturalist. (Some state forestry divisions can even provide you with tree seedlings at very low cost.) If you can't find appropriate organizations in the white pages of your phone book, you'll find complete listings of virtually all conservation- and wildlife-oriented organizations, both private and governmental, in the National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Directory 1986, available in most libraries or for $15 plus $2 shipping from the NWF, 1412 16th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036-2266.
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Nurseries
Many nurseries today offer native species; most can provide excellent advice on selecting and planting vegetation for your climate and growing conditions. An excellent guide to local and mail-order nurseries, both retail and wholesale, and to the characteristics and availability of about 1,300 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other foliage is Nursery Source Manual: A Handbook, available for $3.05 postpaid from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225.
Universities and Colleges
All institutions of higher learning have superb libraries containing up-to-date reference books and scientific periodicals. In addition, many individual departments — agriculture, ecology, botany, zoology, forestry, for example — are rich sources not only of literature but of expertise and advice.
Recommended Reading
We can't possibly list all, or even a significant fraction of, the many nature- and wildlife-oriented books and publications available. The following, though, will get you started:
Books on wildlife, natural landscaping, practical ecology:
Wildlife In Your Garden by Gene Logsdon (Rodale Press, hardcover, $14.95), Nature's Design by Carol A. Smyser (Rodale Press, hardcover, $22.95), The Earth Manual: How to Work With Nature to Preserve, Restore, and Enjoy Wild Land-Without Taming It by Malcolm Margolin (Heyday Books, P.O. Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709, $8.95 postpaid).
Field guides:
The Audubon Society Nature Guides, available in several regional editions: Deserts . . . Atlantic and Gulf Coasts ... Eastern Forests . . . Grasslands . . . Pacific Coast . . . Western Forests . . . and Wetlands (Alfred A. Knopf, softcover, $14.95 each).
Periodicals:
Environmental Reconstruction News, a monthly four-pager containing timely, practical backyard habitat tips and source information, geared primarily to eastern regions. Published by a professional wildlife landscaper, available for $10 a year from Environmental Reconstruction, P.O. Box 1292, Hightstown, NJ 08520.
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