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Inviting Wildlife Into Your Garden: Providing Water

Jul 1, 2000

Vol. 5 Issue 3, Summer 2000 By Patty Selly If you are lucky enough to have a pond, stream, or...

Give Wildlife a Break

Jan 1, 2000

Vol. 5 Issue 4, Fall 2000 By The Humane Society of the United States (reprinted with permission) Be especially watchful...

The Impact of Pets on Wildlife

Apr 1, 1999

Vol. 4 Issue 2, Spring 1999 By Leslie Sinn, DVM Cats are the most popular pets in the United States...

In Harmony With Nature: Flying Squirrels

Jan 1, 1999

Vol. 4 Issue 1, Winter 1999 By Gerry Adams My wife and I were doing the annual cleaning of the...

Backyard Wildlife: The Downside

Apr 1, 1998

Vol. 3 Issue 2, Spring 1998 By Barbara Holland Loudoun County is generously blessed by deer. With more than 60...

Spring Wildlife Tips

Apr 1, 1998

Vol. 3 Issue 2, Spring 1998 By Leslie McCasker Handling the most common types of spring encounters with wildlife Baby...

Hazardous Roads Ahead

Jan 1, 1998

Vol. 3 Issue 1, Winter 1997/1998 By Leslie McCasker Avoiding animal & car encounters and what to do if one...

Wildlife Encounters: Forestalling Unwanted Winter Guests

Oct 1, 1997

Vol. 2 Issue 3, Fall 1997 By Ann Hocker Gray SquirrelPhoto by Nicole Sudduth One of the pastimes my husband...

Bringing in the Butterflies

Apr 1, 1997

Vol. 2 Issue 2, Spring 1997 By Barbara Holland Spicebush Swallowtail. After a close call with pesticides and habitat destruction,...

Wildlife Encounters: Bears in the Backyard, Snakes in the Basement

Jan 1, 1997

Vol. 3 Issue 1, Winter 1997 By Ann Hocker Coexisting with Bears and Snakes Photo by Nicole Hamilton As the...

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