Nature's Best Hope - Conservation That Starts in Your Yard with Doug Tallamy

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Published 2023-10-27
join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for an evening with renowned entomologist, ecologist, and best-selling author Doug Tallamy. He will discuss how we can create home landscapes that enhance local ecosystems, rather than degrade them – to serve as sustaining refuges for native plants and animals.

Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened many to how, “everyone with access to a patch of Earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants.” Nature’s Best Hope is the next step in his vision for grassroots conservation. In it, Tallamy provides practical, effective, and achievable suggestions for how yards can be transformed into conservation corridors. Through individual action, he urges us to become part of the solution by shrinking lawns, planting natives, restoring beneficial insects, and creating connectivity.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Introduction-Douglas Tallamy
00:03:16 Insects and trees in a forest ecosystem
00:06:12 Preserving nature and ecosystem services
00:11:42 Conservation and restoration in human-dominated landscapes
00:14:52 Caterpillars' importance in food webs
00:19:10 Bird diets and caterpillar populations
00:22:54 Plant specialization and ecosystem restoration
00:30:05 Planting oaks and their role in supporting local ecosystems
00:33:19 Increasing biodiversity through native plant restoration
00:36:40 Reducing lawn size for environmental benefits
00:42:03 Conservation efforts and native plant restoration
00:44:50 Planting Keystone plants to support insect populations
00:50:38 Landscape design for caterpillar survival
00:53:10 Using native plants in suburban landscapes for pollinators
00:58:49 Humanity's relationship with nature and conservation
01:01:39 Environmental conservation and sustainability
All Comments (8)
  • @sharonlockwood1825
    What an incredible presentation! I learned so much and have ordered yellow lightbulbs midpoint. I’m already doing quite a few of these things but excited to try more solutions.
  • @johnhavel7685
    Mosquitos are a major problem near me this year especially we have a pond and a river and a large lake all within 1000 ft or less of where I live so we get lots of mosquitos anyway this year I started researching what eats adult and larval mosquitos and am working on figuring out a good strategy for reducing the population using native plants, and the predators they will be able to attract and support as well as fish for our pond that will help manage them and other ways of attracting and supporting predators of the mosquitoes hopefully by building a more robust ecosystem in the immediate area their populations will reduce over time and I won’t get eaten alive walking near the woods and waterways.
  • @eleonorabartoli2225
    Thank you for posting this video! Great lecture! So much information and practical advice we all need! Thank you Dr Tallamy for your dedication!
  • @user-io7md9sl1b
    Small changes have huge impacts...plant a native plant .... or five!