“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.

Witnesses: Gordon Brownlee, Mt. Rushmore Nat. Memorial Soc.; Curt Buchholtz, Rocky Mntn. Nature Assoc. and Rocky Mntn. Nat. Park Assoc.; John Cook, Nat. Park Serv.; Jim Disney, Larimer County Bd. of Comm.; Max Dodson, EPA; Diana Freckman, Natural Resource Ecol. Lab., CO State Univ.; Jim Geringer, Gov., Wyoming; R. Bruce Hutton, Daniels College of Bus. Admin.; John Juraschek, Colorado Mntn. Club; John Low, Mesa Verde Fdn.; Barbara Pahl, Nat. Trust for Historic Preserv.; Michael Scott, Greater Yellowstone Coalition; Andrew Todd, Nat. Park Hospital. Assoc., and Amfac Parks and Resort, Inc.; and Jay Vestal, Nat. Parks Fdn.