Create a home for wildlife

Species like this pileated woodpecker use dead trees for food and shelter.

You love watching the animals on your land but have you created a home for them? 

Are you rolling out the welcome mat in your woods? 

There are things that you can do to encourage more animals to call your land home or at least a stopping point as they migrate through your area.  This section gives you some ideas on what you can do to create better places for animals on your land.

Deer and Elk

Whitetail Deer

Blacktail and Mule Deer

Elk

Birds in Your Woods

Create healthy bird habitat

More activities for bird habitat

Using bird feeders

Count the birds in your woods

Turkey

   

Dead Wood

Create Snags and Cavities in Living Trees (and find out what a snag is!)

Downed Logs

Create a Brushpile
   Fish and Other Aquatic Species

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