Natives For Your Neighborhood - George D. Gann

Gann Chief Conservation Strategist, The Institute for Regional Conservation International Policy Lead, Society for Ecological Restoration May 5, 2020 Acknowledgements o Cara Abbott, for moderating and setting up! o All the IRC folks, past and present, and all our conservation partners. [...] Improve our sense of place? How Can We: Increase success of native plantings? Connect conservation areas? About 800 species of native plants have been recorded in Palm Beach County, a little more than one half of the South Florida total and about one quarter of the Florida total. [...] What We Can Do: Increase plant and animal habitat and connectivity throughout the urban and suburban matrix - Through use of native plants within their native ranges - Gardening for wildlife This can happen virtually anywhere – at residences and office complexes, in parks, and even in medians. [...] We Must Restore Degraded Ecosystems, Small and Large, Fragmented and Connected Native Plant and Wildlife Data Current Taxodium distichum Models in USDA Climate Change Tree Atlas State and National Distribution Data Facebook Pages How can we better link national and local resources for native landscaping and restoration? National Wildlife Federation National Audubon Society Plant Agents Precise Dat. [...] NFYN Encourages It is not Prescriptive THANKS ! Natives For Your Neighborhood Slide Number 2 Slide Number 3 Slide Number 4 Slide Number 5 Slide Number 6 Slide Number 7 Slide Number 8 Slide Number 9 Slide Number 10 Slide Number 11 Slide Number 12 Slide Number 13 Slide Number 14 Slide Number 15 Slide Number 16 Slide Number 17 Slide Number 18 Slide Number 19 Natives For Your Neighborhood: The Data Sl.