Conservation practices and activities you can do in your home and yard, such as water conservation, recycling, composting, buying local, alternative energy and energy conservation, and sustainable landscaping are the focus of this program area. Please stay tuned as we further develop this page, including useful links to other sources of information.
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING
Looking for tips on how to enjoy your landscape more and spend less time maintaining it? Want to cut back on your irrigation, attract wildlife and manage stormwater better? Consider taking our Natural Landscaping course. Check out the course syllabus and PowerPoint slides for classes #1 and #3.
Want to attract birds and other wildlife to your yard? This fact sheet on Wildlife Use of Trees & Shrubs Native to the North Olympic Peninsula tells you how our native plants are used by local wildlife.
Check out these other sustainable landscaping resources:
LessLawn, more life
Natural Yard & Garden resources from Seattle Public Utilities
Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies - website of author Owen Dell
Grow Your Own Native Landscape - WSU Extension publication
WATER CONSERVATION and RAINWATER COLLECTION
Download our list of Water-WisePlants for Landscaping or the Saving Water Partnership plant list for ideas about plants that are particularly well suited for dry conditions.
Download our guide to Rainwater Harvesting to learn the basics of collecting and storing roof runoff water.
This guide to rainwater harvesting will help you learn the basics of how to collect and store roof runoff for use as stock water and irrigation. Pictured is a 1,100 gallon cistern used to collect roof water for livestock watering on a farm in Clallam Bay.
More water conservation tips can be found at the following websites:
Wildfire Resources
REDUCE YOUR WILDFIRE RISK
OTHER RESOURCES:
Clallam County - WSU Extension
Clallam County Dept of Community Development