New Year’s Resolutions for Nature

So what can we do to protect the land? Since the new year is just around the bend, let’s create some New Years Resolutions for Nature. Here are some things that can be put into place to protect and restore the land.  They are easy to implement and will have a beneficial impact on our environment. This time of year the temperatures drop rapidly and the littlest creatures must struggle to keep warm.  The bigger ones must find enough food to get through the night. What we do on our landscape greatly affects the wildlife.  Leave leaves alone so that animals and insects can take cover and setup nests and habitats.  Think about using a rake or use an electric leaf blower to have less of a detrimental impact on animal habitats. Please leave downed trees in place, as animals use them for cover. Another thing you can do is reduce or stop applying pesticides. Toxic chemicals kill pollinators and other beneficial insects and creatures. Donate to a Land Trust to preserve open space. There are many things that can be done to have a safer and more eco-friendly landscape, and we can all make an effort in the new year to incorporate better practices to keep the land, air and water around us clean and healthy. Our resident nature expert, and friend of the show, Victoria Alzapiedi gives us some great tips and New Year’s Resolutions that will help nature. For more info follow New Castle Healthy Yards and Help Save Chappaqua Buttonhook Forest, both on Facebook. Please subscribe to our podcast, The Many Shades of Green on Spotify, Apple, iHeartRadio, Spreaker and more. Visit HudsonRiverRadio.com and Malcolmpresents.com for past shows. A shout out to our wonderful engineer Neil, and to Malcolm, Brian, Victoria, GD Meg, the team working to preserve the Buttonhook Forest, and everyone concerned about Mother Earth. She needs our help… #RaiseYourEcoConsciousness