A global decline in insects and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reminder about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. So, what can we do? Dr. Tallamy will discuss how to create landscapes that enhance local ecosystems rather than degrade them through the addition of native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, maintain diverse native bee communities, and manage our watersheds.

Whether you have expansive landscapes or a small yard, if we do this in half the areas that lawn, we can create a 20 million acre network of viable habitats. Along with his books, "Nature's Best Hope" and "The Nature of Oaks," Dr. Tallamy will discuss his approach to conservation that empowers everyone to play a significant role in the future of the natural world. Dr. Tallamy will lead a walk of the NSLM campus grounds after his talk to discuss ways that our own space could be altered to enhance the local ecosystem.

Free for NSLM Members / $10 for non-members