Objective 2: Best Management Practices
4) Habitat Restoration Documentation
Bird nesting boxes and platforms
Bluebird trail
Bluebird trail
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Fifth graders check a bluebird box with NCEEC staff.
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Bluebird chicks
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Bat boxes
Large bat box
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Small bat box
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Native gardens
Planting guide to the office native garden.
Meadows
In the winter the meadows remain intact to provide food and shelter for wildlife.
Praying mantis egg case
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Pollinators in the meadow
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Cover crops
Cover crops reduce erosion and provide food and shelter for wildlife.
Vernal pond, small pond, shallow ponds
Vernal pond is a breeding ground for a variety of local amphibians in the spring.
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Small pond planted with wetland plants. Pond is fed by the rain barrel. Frogs and other organisms use this for their habitat.
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Lined shallow ponds are frequented by frogs, salamanders, and aquatic macro-invertebrates. Bees also use this for their water source.
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Shoreline buffer
Shoreline buffer prevents erosion and has helped establish a cross-section of marsh plants in warmer months.
Brush piles, decomposing logs, snags
Brush piles are created after major storms to provide habitat for wildlife.
Decomposing log
Five-lined skink on a snag
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Brush pile
Snag
Toad on the forest floor
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