Pests! Dealing with Nuisance Wildlife

We all love wildlife...until it starts digging up our yard, eating our plants and biting us, that is. What do we do if our beautiful butterfly habitat is crawling with aphids, mosquitoes are driving us inside and a black snake just ate our favorite bluebird family? Every gardener or nature lover will have to deal with "nuisance" wildlife at some point, but don't hang up your gardening gloves just yet! Visit the below resources for tips on understanding and dealing with these uninvited guests.

•  Birds: Essential Bug Controllers - Maryland DNR Wild Acres Program
•  A Common Sense Approach to Managing Landscape Problems - Maryland Cooperative Extension
•  Dealing With Nuisance Wildlife - Maryland Cooperative Extension
•  Feeding Birds, Not Squirrels - Maryland DNR Wild Acres Program
•  Got Bugs? Get Bats! - Maryland Cooperative Extension
•  Great Horned Owl: Rodents & Rabbits Beware - Maryland Cooperative Extension
•  Not All Alien Invaders Are From Outer Space - USDA-APHIS
•  Predator Guards - Maryland Dept of Natural Resources Wild Acres Program
•  Snakes - Maryland Cooperative Extension
•  Suburban Deer Management - Maryland DNR Wild Acres Program
•  Uninvited Wildlife - Maryland DNR Wild Acres Program
•  Wetlands Eat Mosquitoes! - Environmental Concern

Also See:
Habitat Features To Attract Wildlife
Native Habitats for Wildlife
Native Landscaping


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