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National Audubon's initiative to bring conservation to each home and landscape is being implemented in Colorado with Audubon At Home's Colorado Wildscapes. This is a statewide habitat gardening guide that promotes:

• ● planting for year-round interest and wildlife habitat diversity,
• ● conserving water supplies by choosing waterwise plant selections,
• ● creating a healthy yard - a refuge for people as well as wildlife - by reducing pesticide usage, thus protecting water supplies,
• ● and selecting native plant species and removing invasive ones.

Audubon At Home is really a program for optimists – Colorado gardeners for sure – who believe that the actions they do can have a positive impact on the world around them. Colorado Wildscapes presents, in easy-to-do steps, backyard stewardship known as wildscaping – creating healthy, diverse habitats that feed, shelter and nurture wild creatures. Wildscaping builds healthy communities – both human and wild – by nurturing the natural webs of interconnected lives, from tiny ants to shimmering dragonflies and brilliant Western Tanagers.

Colorado Wildscapes also highlights the stories of Habitat Heroes – people throughout Colorado who are transforming their ordinary landscapes into wildscapes that support a diversity of wildlife (See examples below). Since the habitat guide is a statewide approach, a regional wildlife-friendly native plant lists is included in the guide.

"Colorado Wildscapes is available at bookstores throughout Colorado or through Colorado Audubon Chapters. For more information, visit Audubon Colorado."

Meet Colorado Habitat Hero #1 - Creating a Hummingbird Orchard in semi-desert shrubland. (PDF format)

Meet Colorado Habitat Hero #2 - Trading bluegrass for a green oasis in Denver. (PDF format)