In Case You Missed It: Best Practices for Bird-friendly Land Management

Justin Proctor’s presentation explores bird-friendly best management practices to apply across rural, suburban, and urban landscapes. His talk explores strategies, technical assistance, and cost-share programs that can greatly simplify and accelerate the adoption of practices that increase habitat and biodiversity on your property. Specific practices to be covered include how to convert lawns into functional grasslands, transitioning to zero emission landscaping equipment, reducing and refining landscape management, dark skies lighting, and many more. 

You can watch a recording of this program with Justin Proctor, conservation biologist with the Smithsonian's Virginia Working Landscapes program. Browse our collection of recorded past programs on our Online Programs page.