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Articles & How-To's - Wildlife
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- Controlling Rabbits in the Landscape
The eastern cottontail is approximately 15 to 19 inches in length and weighs two to four pounds.
- Golf Courses as Wildlife Habitat
In the United States, there are approximately 15,000 golf courses, accounting for an estimated 4 million acres.
- Native Landscaping for Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Other Wildlife
A wildlife-friendly landscape is composed of four essential items: 1) food, 2) water, 3) cover or shelter, and 4) a place to raise young.
- Butterfly Gardens
Only a small amount of space is needed to provide butterfly habitat. You can create butterfly-friendly habitat by providing food (nectar plants), cover, water, and larval
- Effective Mole Control
Moles are insectivores (they eat insects), and they may control some insect outbreaks. However, mole activity can also cause considerable damage to lawns.
- Preventing and Controlling Woodpecker Damage
Woodpeckers are small birds (7–15 inches in length) and usually have brightly contrasting colors (often black, white, and red).
- Dealing with Nuisance Woodchucks
Woodchucks are members of the squirrel family.
- Preventing and Managing Raccoon Problems
Raccoons can be frequent, and sometimes troublesome, nocturnal visitors to backyards, garbage cans, field crops, gardens, and poultry houses.
- Managing for Forest Songbirds
Over the past few decades, biologists and birdwatchers have become aware of long-term population declines in some species of songbirds.
- Preventing and Controlling Deer Damage
If you choose to manage your deer problems, remember that there seldom are quick solutions. The key to success is persistence.
- Preventing and Controlling Coyote Problems
Coyotes are relatively adaptable and able to live in a variety of habitats across North America and into Central America.
- Nuisance Canada Geese: How to Deal With the Problem
Geese can be excluded from small ponds by constructing an overhead grid system of sturdy poles and Kevlar wire.
- Preventing and Controlling Blackbird Damage
When people talk about damage by “blackbirds,” they are often referring to a group of about 10 species, including red-winged blackbird, common grackle, brown ...
- Establishing Wildlife Food Plots
Before investing time, labor, and money, ask yourself why you want to establish food plots. Do you hope to increase the health and quality of the animals on your property
- Dead Trees as Resources for Forest Wildlife
Birds are the most obvious benefactors of dead trees. They use snags, limbs, and logs for perching, foraging, and nesting.
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