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been thinking about writing to my city about the idea of incentivising citizens to turn their lawns into a network of small, privately maintained nature reserves. could possibly redeem suburbs in a small way.
>Tallamy continues his argument that America’s obsession with clearcut lawns and non-native plants is destroying the regional ecosystems that plants, insects, animals, and humans depend on. The solution he proposes is a Homegrown National Park.
>The connected corridors of our Homegrown National Parks have the potential “to restore some semblance of ecosystem function to more the twenty million acres of what is now ecological wasteland.
Just today I went for a walk on a trail that runs through the city. Just a tiny portion of space allocated to a trail and nature and I saw so many birds. Cedar Waxwings, common grackles, starlings, redwing blackbirds, etc. and some smaller birds I couldn't identify. All they need is a little space.
