The Registry of Nature Habitats

Attracting Wildlife to Your Back Yard

A Guide to Increasing Wildlife Diversity and Aesthetic Value Around Your Home

Table of Contents

• Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
    
• Introduction
• Getting Started
• The Needs of Wildlife
  
  • Food
  • Water
  • Cover and Space
• Landscape Planning
  • Setting Your Personal Goals and Priorities
    
  • Producing a Drawing of the Property
    
  • Developing a Planting and Component Plan
    
  • Choosing and Planting Components
    
  • Maintaining Your Plan
    
• Wildlife Problems
  
  • Profiles, Problems, and Solutions
    
    • Squirrels
      
    • Bats
      
    • Mice and Voles
      
    • Rabbits and Hares
      
    • Snakes
      
    • Birds
      
    • Pocket Gophers
      
    • Skunks
      
    • Raccoons
      
    • Deer
      
    • Cats
      
    • Insects

  Appendices

  • Appendix A. -- Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Ground Cover Recommendations
  • Appendix B. -- Additional Butterfly Information
  • Appendix C. -- Native Plant Seed Sources and Information
  • Appendix D. -- Gardening Around Deer
  • Appendix E. -- Sources of Further Assistance
  • Appendix F. -- References & Resources

  Figures

• Figure 1 -- Landscape Drawing
  
• Figure 2 -- Finished Landscape Drawing
  
• Figure 3 -- Nature Certificate
  

Grondahl, Chris.  1999.  Attracting Wildlife to Your Back Yard: A Guide to
     Increasing Wildlife Diversity and Aesthetic Value Around Your Home. 
     North Dakota Game & Fish Department Nongame and Watchable Wildlife
     Program.  46 pages.  Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
     Center Home Page.
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/wildback/wildback.htm
     (Version 16SEP99).