Friendly Wildlife Management

Living in the Front Range of Colorado is rewarding in a lot of ways – the views of the mountains, skiing, cheering for our favorite professional sports team whether it be the Broncos, Rockies, Nuggets or Avalanche.  We also have a great variety of wildlife that includes deer, elk, bear, a variety of wild birds, and cute little animals such as chipmunks, rabbits and even raccoons!  However, sometimes those adorable wildlife that we love to watch in the National Parks and as we drive along the Interstate Highways invade our yards and cause damage to our gardens, lawns, and landscape.  But………we don’t necessarily have to take drastic measures to manage wild animals in order to protect our home space.  There are many ways to deter
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Living within Nature’s Landscape Cont’d.

Daffodil in the snow

When I wrote that I was unsure how to live within a Western landscape in drought, it it immediately seemed that Nature took offence and sent snow and precipitation directly at us.  We’re still in a drought, but the winter storm that forced us to reschedule Susan Tweit and Jim Steinberg certainly illustrated another way to live within the landscape. 

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