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An ecologist explains how to turn your garden into "national park"

There are 6 easy steps you can take to support local ecosystems.

by Nina Pullano
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Our ecosystems are in trouble.

Scientists warn we could be in the middle of the sixth mass extinction.

3 BILLION

Birds disappeared from North America in the past 50 years

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