Archive for the ‘Habitat Management’ Category

Biodiversity Services Biodiversity Information

Biodiversity Services Biodiversity Information | Burns Environmental Burns Environmental specializes in environmental information and services related to conserving native habitats and related biodiversity issues.  The services we provide involve the identification and elimination of non native species in local settings on residential, and commercial scales, and the establishment of dominate native species in the area. [...]

August 30, 2009 · james · No Comments
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Native habitats and evolving lawn and landscape cultures

Lawn Culture Everyone loves a beautiful, freshly cut green lawn, well, almost everyone. More and more people are moving away from the traditional large grass covered areas, opting instead to use more trees, shrubs, and other plants, and they are “going native” with the varieties. I suspect that this trend will continue, as water use [...]

August 30, 2009 · james · 2 Comments
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Biodiversity Services

Biodiversity Services Preserving biodiversity may be the major ecological and environmental issue of this century. Whether it is in the worlds rainforest regions, the Pacific Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa, or right here on the North American continent, in East Texas. Any species that cannot continue to exist due to fire, chainsaw, or even other, invasive [...]

September 21, 2008 · james · One Comment
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Backyard Habitat Help

Backyard Habitat Help Backyard habitats can be great for the environment, for the entertainment and education of children and adults, for the control of unwanted insect predators like mosquitoes, and for many other less tangible reasons. Most of the work can be done by the motivated homeowner, but sometimes a little help is needed. we [...]

September 15, 2008 · james · No Comments
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Environmental Services |Exotic Vegetation Management

Environmental Services: Exotic Vegetation Management It’s a fact of life. Plants move. They migrate from one area to another using a bewildering variety of locomotion methods. Sometimes they travel by hitch hiking on people or animals, sometimes by wind or water, but travel they do. If there is an invasive plant in your area, the [...]

September 7, 2008 · james · No Comments
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What Is A Backyard Habitat?

A backyard habitat is a small scale wildlife refuge. Think of it as the “Great Outdoors” in miniature! It can be something as small as a few square feet for a butterfly garden, or a bird bath and feeder, or a full scale habitat, comprising an acre or more, and attracting all sorts of native [...]

September 4, 2008 · james · One Comment
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Backyard Habitat Project | Where do I start? Be DIRECT

Well, we are talking about backyard habitats, so, it would seem reasonable to start there! It really doesn’t have to be a backyard, it can be a front yard, or on the side of your home, or an unused lot. In other words, it can be almost any where. The place to begin, is in [...]

September 3, 2008 · james · 2 Comments
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