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Better Backyard
Abstract: Many of the challenges facing the Bay begin
in our own backyards. Everything we do effects the Bay ecosystem.
This guide provides ways to reduce an individual household's
effect on the Bay. It provides ways to reduce chemical use
in the home landscape, manage erosion in yards, divert water
away from homes to avoid flooding and wet basements, and create
rain gardens, raised beds, and permeable walkways. The guide
is organized into chapters that go from your yard to the water's
edge. This is a "resource document." It provides
general information on environmentally friendly landscaping
and points the reader to more technical and specific
information.
Organization: Chesapeake Bay Program
Web site: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/781.pdf
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