Conservation At Home

Anyone can help conserve national, state, and local parks and other protected areas by taking action at home! Water, lands, and air are all connected, so the actions people take at home have far-reaching effects. People interested in helping protect water, air, and wildlife can do a variety of things: Plant native flowers, use dark-sky friendly lighting fixtures, limit or avoid fertilizer, and reduce water waste. Explore these topics for more ideas.

How You Can Help

Help Pollinators

Even small changes in our own backyards can help pollinators survive and thrive.
Help Birds

Explore this list of the seven simle actions to help birds.
Conserve Water

Use a reusable bottle, avoid fertilizer, and take other actions to conserve water.
Protect Night Skies

You, your neighbors, and your community can make a difference in conserving our heritage of starry skies.
Remove Invasive Species

We can all work together to help defend our national parks and other public lands from invasive species.
Live Blue

Whether or not you live on the coast, the state of the ocean affects us all. Help protect our oceans by living blue.
Recreate Responsibly

Practice Leave No Trace principles to reduce your impact.
Volunteer

You can make our great places even better!
Visit Green

With a little advance planning, you can make your visit to parks and special places green.