Local Initiatives & Yard/Habitat Certifications

Yard/Habitat Certifications

• Backyard Habitat Certification Program

  The Backyard Habitat Certification Program is a regional program that provides support and incentives for residents who seek to restore native habitat to their backyards. We help people create yards that are healthy for people, wildlife, and the planet.

  The program is offered to private residences (under one acre), as well as to schools, community groups, public institutions, and businesses. For $35, a Habitat Technician will visit the participant’s yard to identify noxious weeds and suggest beneficial native plants and other features that will attract and support birds and other wildlife. Recommendations are tailored to each participant’s yard and interests. Participants also receive other perks such as discounted prices on native plants, coupons to local garden centers, follow-up technical assistance, and certification signs to display in their yard.

  The Backyard Habitat Certification Program is a collaboration between Portland Audubon and Columbia Land Trust, with the program being facilitated in Clark County by the Watershed Alliance.

• Pollinator Protection Pledge

  The pollinator protection pledge is part of the Xerces Society’s Bring Back the Pollinators campaign, which is based on four simple principles: Grow pollinator-friendly flowers, provide nest sites, avoid pesticides, and spread the word.

  With these core values, pollinator conservation can be adapted to any location, whether you tend an urban community garden or a suburban yard, work in a city park or on a farm.

  Xerces Society Pollinator Pledge:

  1. Grow a variety of bee-friendly flowers that bloom from spring through fall.

  2. Protect and provide bee nests and caterpillar host plants.

  3. Avoid using pesticides, especially insecticides.

  4. Talk to my neighbors about the importance of pollinators and their habitat.

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Local Initiatives

• CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES - POLLINATOR PROJECT

  Clark PUD has so many great initiatives and a pollintor garden at their operations center.

• CLARK COLLEGE NATIVE PLANT CENTER

  Lots of great information, make sure and check out their plant sale!