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  • Residential houses with well-maintained lawns and landscaping.

    How Homeowners Associations Can Protect Water Quality

    Chances are that you know someone who lives in a homeowners association, also known as an HOA. However, did you know that HOA rules and ex...
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  • A butterfly on a button bush flower

    Smart Yards Recipe Series

    Everything we do in our yards including fertilizing, raking, mulching, managing pests, and making plant choices affects water quality. Intr...
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  • Carolina jessamine is a native, drought tolerant vine recognized by bright spring flowers. The nectar is food for hummingbirds and native insects.

    Water Smart– Smart Yards Recipe Series

    Watering Lawns Overwatering depletes the water supply, increases stormwater runoff and pollution, makes plants more prone to disease an...
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  • Example of a rain garden planting from “How to Install a Rain Garden,” available on the Alabama Extension website.

    Reduce Runoff – Smart Yards Recipe Series

    Porous Is Smart Walkways, patios, and driveways are typically impervious. Excess water running off-site transports pollutants to local wate...
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    How to Install a Rain Garden

    Objective: You will learn how to install a rain garden and why installing a rain garden has a positive impact on your envi...
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  • Map of the Choctawhatchee-Pea Watersheds

    Choctawhatchee-Pea Watersheds

    About the Choctawhatchee-Pea Basin Agriculture in the Choctawhatchee-Pea (Choc-Pea) Basin encompasses 1,988,597 acres. It includes portions...
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