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SECTION 1: Diagram of good vs. bad backyard on the bay
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SECTION 1A: Salt Marsh Diagram
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SECTION 2: Evaluation of your yard's impact on the Bay.
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SECTION 3: Bay friendly yard care tips
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SECTION 4: Coastal Erosion and Seawalls
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SECTION 5: Septic Systems
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SECTION 6: How to create a buffer of Native Plants
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SECTION 7: How to determine if you need a permit
- APPENDIX 1:
Coastal Buffer
Site Plan - APPENDIX 2:
Native Plant List - APPENDIX 3: Invasive Plants
- APPENDIX 4: Planting Guidelines
- APPENDIX 5: Sources of Native Plants
- APPENDIX 6: Technical Assistance
- APPENDIX 7: References and Sources of Information
Contributing Editors: Christy Law Blanchard, Sue Hudson, Alyson McCann and Dave Reis.
Illustrations by:
Sue Hudson
Invasive Plant species illustrations reprinted with permission from the Tennessee Exotic Plant Management Manual, Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council
Acknowledgements: John Bushoven and Keith Cinami
Design: Communications + Design Management
Backyards on the Bay was sponsored in part by grants from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Narragansett Bay Estuary Program.
Published Summer, 1999 by Save The Bay.
savebay@savebay.org
Mission of Save The Bay
The mission of Save The Bay is to ensure the environmental quality of Narragansett Bay and its watershed is restored and protected from the harmful effects of human activity. Save The Bay seeks carefully planned use of the Bay and its watershed to allow the natural system to function normally and healthfully, both now and in the future.
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In 1995, Save The Bay established the Habitat Restoration Program to address the causes of massive habitat decline in Narragansett Bay and to develop a plan to protect and restore the Bay’s salt marshes, eelgrass beds, and fish runs. This guide represents part of Save The Bay’s efforts to restore one of these key habitats: the salt marshes that line the Rhode Island’s coves and fringe its shoreline. This guide is meant to help property owners identify activities they can adopt to help protect and restore these productive salt marshes.
Save The Bay, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island is an independent, not-for-profit organization. Save The Bay® is a registered trademark of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.