What do you do?

[altyfc]

What do you do at your home to create space for wildlife?

Is it something you think about much?

[spadlet]

Originally Posted by altyfc

What do you do at your home to create space for wildlife?

I don't do much at 'home' because I kive in a flat so there aint much space. My dad has an alotment though and we're trying to encourage preditors for slugs and snails, if that counts?

[macgardener]

We've tried to make our garden bird-friendly. We have birdbaths and lots of shrubs and trees, and we don't use any garden chemicals. Until a few years ago our place adjoined bushland and we used to get visitors, mostly kangaroos, but there are houses around us now.

[brianidaho]

My efforts have been towards improving forest health and condition on my property, cleaning up dead, downed trees, planting new ones and clearing excess brush. The deer seem to like it, as soon as I clear a trail I find a lot of deer tracks on it. Also seeing a fair amount of bear kaka on my trails, and some moose tracks.

We have several cats...they have a negative impact on the rodent and bird population. On the other hand, coyotes ocassionally take a cat, so I guess all's fair in the end.

[Claire]

Yeah, I think about it quite a lot, although so far I just have a wildlife stack/hotel, birdfeeders and a pond. The pond's only just over a year and a half old, but is teeming with life - my favourites are the frogs and toads and the dragonflies and damselflies.

[macgardener]

Originally Posted by brianidaho

My efforts have been towards improving forest health and condition on my property, cleaning up dead, downed trees, planting new ones and clearing excess brush.

Maybe it's different in your types of forests? Here dead trees and logs are habitat.