Featured video: turning yards and neighborhoods into wildlife habitat
Jeremy Hancemongabay.com
December 03, 2012
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A new animation by the American Society of Landscape Architects introduces viewers to the benefits of making their yards and neighborhoods wildlife friendly. By focusing on the threat of sprawl to biodiversity, the video shows how urban and suburban residents can use native plants, freshwater, and wildlife-friendly structures to allow a space for nature, and, possibly even help create and maintain corridors for wild animals.
The video is a part of a of environmentally-themed animations funded by National Endowment for the Arts.
