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You can grow native plants in your yard and maximize your ecological impact by choosing ones that produce big benefits for Nature’s local food web.

Image by George from Pixabay During recent July 4th 250th anniversary celebrations, the song “America the Beautiful” rang out often “from sea to shining sea.” We have individuals and leaders of the past to thank for the beauty we enjoy now. As we begin the next chapter in American history, how will we approach natural resources conservation in the years ahead? Here are some local voices offering their thoughts: Jain Young Active in local environmental, food, and social

Throughout the United States’ 250 years as a nation, some people always have been interested in conservation. The greatest success in protecting natural areas, though, seems to have resulted from widespread interest generated by a person, group or event. Then as now, those swings have taken place amid the tension between the ideas of preserving natural areas as they are, using natural resources to the fullest, and seeking a compromise of sustainable use and living. THE BEGINN