Senior Urban Ecology Planner Denver Parks and Recreation Denver, Colorado
Inserting this simple, 14-word sentence into your city's landscape code is guaranteed to boost the abundance of native biodiversity in your urban spaces: All new or improved landscapes must contain at least 60% regionally native plant species. Research shows native plants are more likely to provide critical forage, shelter, and lifecycle resources for native urban wildlife and increase biodiversity overall. Because native plants coevolved with native animal species, they provide the greatest assurance that vital resource needs are being fulfilled.
