This page provides information for anyone curious to know more about green buildings and development, land conservation, as well as ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Water-wise landscaping is the practice of using plants in a landscape that are adapted to local conditions and only need small amounts of water. Converting yards to water-wise landscaping conserves water and is a climate adaptation action residents can ta...
The benefits of using compost as a soil amendment include increasing soil tilth, fertility, water holding capacity, aeration, and drainage.
Beneficial insects & other natural enemies identification guide
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015, it is a good time to reflect on some of the factors that contribute to successful brownfields efforts at the federal, state, and local levels....
By "landscaping for wildlife," we can design a residential yard which attracts and supports native birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
A viable alternative to disposing of unwanted possessions in the trash is to donate them to a freestore to be used by others. If one does not already exist in your area, consider implementing one for the benefit of the community.
Utah is home to more than 20 percent of the 4,000+ named species of wild bees that are native to North America.
A Guide to Vegetative Propagation of Native Woody Plants in Utah
Permaculture is a design concept for sustainable, food producing landscapes mimicking the diversity and resilience of natural ecosystems
As popular as Utah’s deserts are, they are also very diverse and fragile, and can be highly affected by those that want to spend time there.
Rangelands can be managed to increase soil carbon storage through more equitable distribution of grazing pressure over time and space to reduce forage plant defoliation and increase carbon inputs from standing plants to soils. The overall ability of range...
The goal of providing recycling related information is to help individuals and businesses make informed decisions about recycling. This fact sheet will focus on green waste recycling for compost.
The goal of providing recycling related information is to help individuals and businesses make informed decisions about recycling. This fact sheet will focus on paper recycling.
Every year in the United States alone, it is estimated that as a many as 599 million birds are killed because they fly into a glass window; some researchers estimate the number may be as high as 988 million. This is approximately 10 percent of the bird po...
This fact sheet describes research conducted at Utah State University that identified factors to improve the success of regenerating aspen in southern Utah.
If you are looking for ways to save money and add creative flair to your daily life, reusing everyday items you are likely to throw away could be the answer!
This fact sheet provides communities and individuals with general urban gardening information about: Common contaminants that can be found in urban soil. Ways to identify contaminants and reduce exposure. Improving soils and growing plants in mildly conta...
Worm composting as it is more commonly known is the process of using worms to break down discarded food and other organic wastes and convert them into compost and liquid fertilizers.
The Brush-Mineral toolbox is a diverse and highly adaptable set of low-cost, shovel ready methods for using organic debris and mineral soil beneficially to improve your landscape, the broader community, and ecosystems within which you live. Brush mineral structures are inspired by the work of indigenous people, ecological design and permaculture principles.
Jeff Adams from Terrasophia LLC shows strategies for permaculture and climate resiliency on both a small and large scale.
At TEDxCharlottesville, Thomas Woltz shares how scientists and designers are rebuilding ecosystems through conservation agriculture.
Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 52 degrees in his region) to grow warm weather produce- citrus, figs, pomegranates - in the snow.
Sasha Reed, research ecologist, shows a climate manipulation experiment studying the effects of increased temperature and altered precipitation near Castle Valley, UT.
A webinar from June 25, 2020 Tim Graham, PhD in Entomology. Sometimes it's hard to see how something as small as insects and soil organisms have such a big effect. If you're looking for more reasons to use alternatives to pesticides, this webinar is for you! We covered some of the amazing relationships of some bugs we can see, and even tinier critters that we can't see. Come along as we delve into the wealth of biodiversity that can be found in your landscape and beyond.
This manual is to be used as a reference and guide for incorporating low impact development (LID) storm water approaches into new development and redevelopment projects.
Do you want to produce specific behavioral changes within your community?
For more than a decade, monarch butterfly numbers have been declining yearly and population estimates for 2014 are at record low levels—so low that scientists fear the migration phenomenon and monarch butterfly populations as a species are at heightened r...
"IN THIS ISSUE: A Message from NACDEP President; An Entrepreneur-Based Economy; Diversity, Change, and Social Justice; Exploring Unintended Consequences in Community Development; Providing Workforce Housing; Economic Growth vs. Economic Development; Land ...
Although the soil surface may look like dirt to you, it is full of living organisms that are a vital part of desert ecosystems. This veneer of life is called a biological soil crust.
