Community Wildlife
Habitat Certification Resources

Backyard habitats

• MD Dept of Natural Resources, "Wild Acres Program"
   
• National Audubon Society
   
• National Wildlife Federation, "Garden for Wildlife"
   
• The National Wildlife Federation, "Gardening for Wildlife: How to Create a Beautiful Backyard Habitat for Birds, Butterflies, and Other Wildlife," Craig Tufts and Peter Loewer, St. Martin’s Press, 1995. (Book available for examination at Croydon Creek Nature Center.)
   
• Douglas W. Tallamy, "Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens," Timber Press, Portland/London, 2007. (Book available for examination at Croydon Creek Nature Center.)
   
• Craig Tufts and Peter Loewer, "The National Wildlife Federation’s Guide to Gardening for Wildlife: How to Create a Beautiful Backyard Habitat for Birds, Butterflies, and Other Wildlife," St. Martin’s Press, 1995. (Book available for examination at Croydon Creek Nature Center)
   
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Additional sources on specific topics

Sustainable gardening, water conservation and stormwater runoff

• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay publications
   
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF): Bay-Friendly landscaping
   
• Montgomery County Rainscapes
   
• Sustainable Rockville (see RainScapes Rewards Program)

Butterflies

• Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
   
• National Audubon Society

Birds

• Cornell University, “All About Birds”
   
  
• Bird Feeding Basics

Bees

• MD Dept of Natural Resources, "Creating a Wild Backyard – Bees"
   
  
• National Audubon Society
  

Calendars of Local Events

• Rockville Web site,  "This week in Rockville," "City Events and Activities"
   
• Croydon Creek Nature Center calendar of events
   
• Montgomery County Rainscapes calendar of events
   
• Brookside Gardens calendar of special events
   
• National Audubon Society Birding Festivals and Events Calendar
   
  

Native and non-native invasive plants

• LBJ Native Plant Database
  Search on “Maryland” to learn about local native plants and plant conditions
   
• The Maryland Native Plant Society
   
• City of Rockville Exotic and Invasive Plant List
   
• Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Flora of the Washington-Baltimore area
   
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bayscapes Conservation Landscaping Program
   
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping:Chesapeake Bay Watershed
   
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Bayscapes
   
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Provides link to publication entitled, "Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas."
  

Sources of native plants

• Montgomery County list of nurseries carrying native plants
   
• US Fish and Wildlife Service list of nurseries carrying native plants