Sac Audubon hosts author & native landscaping advocate
Sacajawea Audubon Society and the Valley of the Flowers chapter of Montana Native Plant Society will co-host a special virtual holiday program featuring bestselling author Doug Tallamy. “Nature’s Best Hope: Sustaining Plants & Animals That Sustain Us” will be held Monday, December 14th at 7pm. Tallamy will discuss findings from his latest book, Nature’s Best Hope, and share simple steps that each of us can – and must – take to reverse declining biodiversity in our world.
Mr. Tallamy brings a new approach to conservation that starts in our own yards. By landscaping with native plant communities that sustain food webs and biodiversity, we can enhance local ecosystems rather than degrade them. If we do this in half of the area in America we now have in mowed lawns, we can create a newHome-grown National Park – a 20 million acre network of viable habitats that will provide vital corridors connecting the few natural areas that remain.
Advance registration for this virtual event is required through www.sacajaweaaudubon.org.
Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 104 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 40 years. His book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published by Timber Press in 2007 and was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by the Garden Writers’ Association. The Living Landscape, co-authored with Rick Darke, was published in 2014. Doug’s new book Nature’s Best Hope, released by Timber Press in February 2020, is a New York Times Bestseller.
Sacajawea Audubon Society programs are free and open to the public. The events feature a special guest speaker the second Monday of each month, September through May. The organization’s mission is to build on an interest in birds to promote the conservation of our natural environment through enjoyment, education and action. •
