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BACT| Barrington Area Conservation Trust BMPs for Your Yard Conservation@Home is a program that educates, supports and recognizes homeowners who incorporate a variety of eco-friendly practices into their yard. The foundation of the program

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BACT|

Conservation Trust Barrington Area

BMPs for Your Yard

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Conservation@Home is a program that educates, supports and recognizes homeowners who incorporate a variety of eco-friendly practices into their yard. The foundation

  • f the program

is native plants, storm water stewardship, and eco-friendly lawn care.

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The Trust was established in 2001 by citizens who shared a concern about disappearing open lands in the Barrington area.

History

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The mission of Barrington Area Conservation Trust is to preserve open lands, natural resources, equestrian character, and scenic beauty for the Barrington communities.

BACT’s Mission

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What We Do

Provide a variety of tools to help people preserve their land and make it healthier.

  • Conservation Easements
  • Heritage Corridors (Roadside Easements)
  • Owning Land
  • Stewardship
  • Conservation @ Home
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Created by The Conservation Foundation to recognize homeowners that were implementing eco-friendly practices in their yards. These simple practices, like adding natives to our yards, are the solution to reversing 2 alarming trends……

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“We simply have not left enough intact habitat for most or our species to avoid extinction.”

  • Doug Tallamy

BIODIVERSITY

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Every 20 minutes another species goes extinct, an alarming rate. .

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Extinct 1983

Passenger Pigeon Heath Hen Carolina Parakeet 1914 1932 1920

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Edward O. Wilson says that extinction is happening 1,000 times faster than it did before the coming of humanity.

Eastern Elk, Extint in 1880

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E.O. Wilson says people know about the loss of species, but they don’t grasp what that means….. It means that the living shield of

  • rganisms that maintain the

environment (the biosphere) is being shorn away….

  • source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSd2QFMoWxM
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By human activities:

H: Habitat destruction I: Invasive species P: Pollution P: human over-Population O: Overharvesting by hunting and fishing

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36 Million Acres Illinois has lost more than 90% of its original wetlands, 99.99% of its

  • riginal prairie.
  • 2007. Illinois Environmental Council Education
  • Fund. Illinois State Land Conservation Funding

Report.

Illinois

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Another trend that we can solve with native plants is…. The Hydrologic Cycle

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Barrington, Illinois

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Flooding

According to FEMA- Floods are the #1 natural disaster in the United States

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How can I make a difference?

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36 million acres 95% Privately Owned! .

  • 2007. Illinois Environmental Council Education
  • Fund. Illinois State Land Conservation Funding

Report.

Illinois

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“It is now within the power of individual gardeners to make a

  • difference. Unless we

restore native plants to

  • ur suburban eco-

systems, the future of biodiversity in the US is dim.” - Doug Tallamy

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“Our native insects will not be able to survive on alien plant species. This may sound like a gardeners dream: a land without insects! But because so many animals depend partially or entirely on insect protein for food, a land without insects is a land without most forms of higher life.” - Doug Tallamy

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Landscape as if life depended

  • n it…

because it does.

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Landscaping is not just Décor!

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Native plants are the BMP!

  • Provide food

and habitat for wildlife

  • Remove

pollutants

  • Reduce

flooding

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Native plants provide food

Insects are essential!

Of the 4 million or so insect species, merely 1% interact with humans in negative

  • ways. The remaining 99%:
  • Pollinate Plants
  • Eat “bad” insects
  • Provide food for other

animals, especially birds!

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Food During the Winter

Native plants provide food for birds in winter

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Native Plants Provide Shelter

Common Green Darner

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Shelter

Red-headed Woodpecker

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Native Plants Alleviate Flooding And Remove Pollutants

  • Filtering and Absorbing Water
  • Breaking up clay soil allowing

percolation

  • Removing pollutants from soils

and water

  • Stabilizing soils – reducing erosion
  • Sequester carbon
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Rain Water

Picks up sediment and pollution (like Phosphorus) from lawns and pavement and carries it directly into our water ways through the storm sewer system….

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Native Plants Filter out Phosphorus (P)

P feeds algae blooms, which cloud the water and lower the amount of O2 for fish. P is often bound to soil particles. Placing native plants in the flow path of stormwater runoff is critical for managing P.

  • source: US EPA: Landscaping with Native Plants Exploring the Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits
  • Conference. Dec. 2004. http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/conf12_04/conf_knwldge.html
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Infiltration Rates

7.5” per hour Native Switchgrass

Source: US EPA: Landscaping with Native Plants Exploring the Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits

  • Conference. Dec. 2004. http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/conf12_04/conf_knwldge.html

0.29” per hour Turf Grass

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Install Rain Gardens to Keep Water on Your Property and Soak into the Soil

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Do Rain Gardens Really Work?

The City of Burnsville, MN wanted to protect Crystal Lake from excess phosphorus and large volumes of storm water runoff.

Before After (2004)

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Paired Watershed Study 2 very similar residential areas were monitored

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17 new rain water gardens were added to a 25- lot, 5.3 acre neighborhood with traditional curb and gutter

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Rainwater Gardens were sized to handle a 0.9 inch rainfall event.

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The gardens were designed to capture street runoff via curb cuts.

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SUCCESS! 90% Reduction of Runoff into Crystal Lake

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Add a Shoreline Buffer of Native Plants 15’ of planted buffer removes 30-60% of P 30’ of planted buffer removes 75-85% of P

  • source:US EPA: Landscaping with Native Plants Exploring the Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits Conference. Dec. 2004.

http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/conf12_04/conf_knwldge.html

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Shoreline and stream buffers situated in flat soils effectively remove sediment, nutrients and bacteria from stormwater runoff and septic system effluent.

  • Source USEPA http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/npdes/swbmp/Riparian-Forested-Buffer.cfm
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Native Plants are BMP for Shoreline Erosion

Turf grass cannot anchor the shoreline – roots are not deep enough.

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Shoreline Stabilization

  • Turf Grass Shoreline
  • Native Shoreline
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Pond behind Onion Pub and Brewery before Restoration

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After

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Pond Restoration Geothermal Heating Vermi Composting of Food Waste Spent grains from brewery composted Growing some of the food Locally-sourcing food as much as possible Bio-swales in parking lot Native planting throughout the campus Recycling brewery water

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More things we can do to help biodiversity and the hydrologic cycle….

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Lets think about our lawns!

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The Dollars and Sense?

  • Americans spend 27 Billion dollars

yearly on grass care – 20 Million Acres!

  • Lawnmowers account for over 5% of

total air pollution

  • Watering of lawns account for 30%
  • f total water use
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Installation and Maintenance Costs First Year Installation Costs/Acre

Landscape Treatment Low-End High-End Turf Grass $7,800 $14,825 Native Landscaping $3,400 $ 5,975

Source: Natural Landscaping for Public Officials: A Sourcebook. Chicago: Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, 2004

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Installation and Maintenance Costs 10 Year Average Maintenance Costs/Acre

Landscape Treatment Low-End High-End Turf Grass $5,550 $6,471 Native Landscaping $1,600 $1,788

Source: Natural Landscaping for Public Officials: A Sourcebook. Chicago: Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, 2004

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Our Lawn Care Fertilizer and pesticide application practices produce polluted, nutrient-rich runoff that increases algae growth and reduces dissolved O2 in nearby lakes, streams and wetlands.

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Create a Place for Biodiversity! Replace Lawn with Native Gardens

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Reduce or Eliminate Chemicals

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Native Oak Trees

Bur Oak White Oak Red Oak

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Oaks No.1 for Wildlife

  • Oak trees support an astounding 543

species of Lepidoptera (i.e., moths and butterflies).

  • 60 species of birds feast on the insect life
  • Blue jays, flickers, turkeys, squirrels, deer,

mice and more rely on acorns.

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Conserve Water with a Rainbarrel!

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Remove Invasives

Garlic Mustard Buckthorn Teasel

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Permeable Sidewalks and Driveways

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Get Certified!

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“I hope to convince you that, for our

  • wn good and certainly for the good
  • f other species, we must do better.

Native plants will play a disproportionately large role in our success.”

  • Doug Tallamy Bringing

Nature Home

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“Its about taking responsibility for the world in which we live, and acting as if we will have to answer to future generations for the state of the world we leave to them. Ultimately, its about what each of us can do, right now, in

  • ur own backyard, to help restore the lost

harmony between humanity and nature.”

  • Amma’s InDeed

Campaign for Nature Preserving Biodiversity Guidebook.

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Lets Get Started!

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Contact BACT - We’re Here to Help!

Free Advice, Plant Lists, Referral to Contractors Members get free home visit (non-members $25) Purchase Plants from us – Members get 10% off plant purchases Rain barrels Plants for shoreline stabilization, buffers, raingardens

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