Transforming Your Yard Into a Certified Wildlife Habitat
Anyone with outdoor space—from a small urban patio to a full backyard—can turn their yard into a Certified Wildlife Habitat® through the National Wildlife Federation by providing food, water, cover, places to raise young, and sustainable practices.
How Backyard Wildlife Habitats Help Arizona Conservation
Building a backyard wildlife habitat helps Arizona conservation by replacing some of the food, water, shelter, and travel connections that disappear as natural land is developed (urban sprawl)…
Can a Wildlife Habitat Work in the Arizona Desert?
The secret to creating a wildlife habitat in Arizona is not trying to turn Phoenix into a rainforest. A successful desert habitat works with the Sonoran Desert by combining reliable water, desert-adapted plants, food sources, shade, shelter, and safe places for wildlife to move through the landscape. When an ecosystem pond or recirculating water feature is designed correctly, it can become the heart of that habitat…
What Wildlife Will an Ecosystem Pond Attract in Arizona?
An ecosystem pond in Arizona can attract an incredible variety of wildlife, including songbirds, hummingbirds, butterflies, dragonflies, frogs, lizards, beneficial pollinators, and even occasional visits from larger desert animals looking for a drink. When designed correctly using Aquascape ecosystem principles, a backyard pond becomes a thriving oasis that supports biodiversity while providing endless enjoyment for homeowners…
Why Should I Create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat in Phoenix, Arizona?
When designed correctly with an ecosystem pond or water feature, native and desert- adapted plants, a backyard habitat also conserves biodiversity, reduces chemical use, and creates one of the healthiest landscapes possible in the Arizona desert…
Wildlife vs. Your Pond: How to Protect Your Fish from Predators in Arizona
In Arizona, the biggest threats to a backyard pond fish are herons, raccoons, neighborhood cats, snakes, and other opportunistic wildlife. The best way to protect your koi and pond fish is to use a layered defense system…
FROGS IN A PHOENIX BACKYARD POND
Phoenix homeowners love frogs! We are often asked if you can have frogs in your Phoenix backyard pond. Yes! Build it and they will come…
CRITTER CONTROL AROUND A PHOENIX POND
Most Phoenix homeowners understand that we don’t have near the predator issues that exist in the rest of the country, and most of us are grateful that we don’t have to deal with otters, muskrats, or alligators. We do have our own persistent fish-eating predators to deal with, though: herons and raccoons are the two we hear about the most…
Phoenix Ponds and Pest Management
Phoenix homeowners are often concerned about insects while hanging around their Phoenix pond, as well as how to deal with pest management next to a living organic water feature…
ONE CEATURE’S PARADISE . . .
Phoenix Homeowners often have questions and misconceptions about backyard ponds when it comes to algae, temperature, plants, fish, frogs, etc. This could be because they’ve never lived with a pond in Phoenix before, or because they grew up with a “pond” in the Midwest but it was quite different than what they see in Phoenix backyards…