Helping wildlife at home

There are many easy ways you can help preserve and protect wildlife!

Individually

• Keep your cat(s) indoors

• Pull the shades on your windows to avoid bird window strikes

• Put raptor silhouette stickers on your windows to prevent songbird window strikes

• Plant native plants

• Avoid the use of pesticides, insecticides, and rodenticides

• Keep standing snags - these are terrific homes for wildlife!

• Delay tree work until November - nesting season now extends from March to November, so it's best to conduct tree work in late fall or early spring

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Locally

• Attend town meetings (Planning Board, Board of Selectment, Conservation Commission)

• Support conservation and your local environmental nonprofits

• Learn about and advocate for the Dark Skies Initiative

• Help educate others on the important roles wildlife play, and tips for coexistence

• Spend time outdoors, enjoying nature!

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Globally

• Eat organic 

• Avoid GMO foods and products

• Eat sustainably harvested foods

• Buy from eco-conscious companies or 1% for the Planet businesses

• Reduce energy use and use of fossil fuels

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