
Book Recommendations for the New Year
In "Nature's Best Hope," Doug writes:
"When a landscape is transformed from a self-sustaining native plant community to a suburban [or urban, or agricultural] landscape, the cardinal in your yard is not just a cardinal in your yard: it is your cardinal. As such wild creatures can no longer depend on wild natural plants to sustain them, you must assume responsibility for the well-being of your cardinal, your blue jay, and your American toad."