Natural Resource Enterprises Wildlife and Recreation -- Mississippi

Natural Resource Enterprises Wildlife and Recreation -- Mississippi Recreational Gardens -- Establishing a Backyard Wildlife Habitat

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Natural Resources, Urban and Backyard Wildlife, Landscape and Garden Design

Publication Number: P2402

Creating a landscape to attract wildlife is a goal of many homeowners. As natural areas for wildlife have decreased because of urbanization, more and more homeowners are realizing there is more to a landscape than a sterile arrangement of plants. It can and should be a vibrant mix of elements in which critters, plants, and humans happily coexist.

Download the entire publication (PDF) above to learn how to establish a backyard wildlife habitat.

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