Think Wild offers tips to make your backyard wildlife-friendly
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Bend wildlife hospital and conservation center Think Wild has tips for Central Oregon residents to make their backyards wildlife-friendly. Through native plant gardening, implementing water features and rock piles, and installing nesting boxes and feeders, residents can create living landscapes to nurture and support wild animals and their native habitat.
As summer approaches and area residents look for ways to improve their gardens, Think Wild suggests keeping wildlife in mind when designing lawn and garden improvements.
Restoring native plant habitat helps to protect Central Oregon’s biodiversity. Native plants provide food and shelter for wildlife, are easy to maintain, conserve water, and come in a variety of bright colors. The planting of native wildflowers helps to support essential pollinators such as bees, birds, bats, butterflies, and beetles.