Total landscaping budget for the last quarter-century: one crisp hundred. The Luna moths are thriving, the lawn-care industry is in shambles.
The 'National Park' That Stretches From Coast to Coast
Entomologist Doug Tallamy has documented more than 1,380 moth species and 62 breeding bird species on his 10-acre Pennsylvania farm, which he restored by removing invasive plants and replanting natives for roughly $100 over 26 years. In new work, Tallamy argues the biodiversity crisis will be decided on the nearly 80 percent of land east of the Mississippi held privately — yards, campuses and balconies — not just in protected parks.
Source: The 'National Park' That Stretches From Coast to Coast — Reasons to be Cheerful
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