Imagine Our Florida, Inc.

May is American Wetlands Month

Learn about Florida's wetlands in this video created by Imagine Our Florida's volunteer, Gabby Irons.
How can you help Florida's wetlands? There’s actually quite a bit you can do.
1) Check your cleaning products to make sure they are phosphate-free. If they are, use them sparingly.
2) Clean up pet waste, and don’t let your pets do their business near streams.
3) Maintain your septic system properly if you have one.
4) Use less water by running only full loads of clothes, taking shorter showers, and installing water-efficient toilets and showerheads.
5) Wash your car at a car wash where they are required to properly dispose of water, or if you insist on doing so at home, wash it on the grass where root systems can filter the water before it reaches ground sources.
6) Abide by fertilizer laws.
7) Plant native plants in your garden since they are more accustomed to Florida's heat and dry seasons.
😎 If you don’t use native plants, use mulch to retain moisture and use rain barrels so you aren’t wasting water that is already filtered.
9) Clean up your garbage no matter where you are. Nanoparticles from old or broken-down plastics can be the worst threats to wildlife.
10) Reduce or eliminate meat consumption. Livestock produces over 1 billion tons of waste per year. That waste must go somewhere; too often, it makes its way to our wetlands and estuaries.

Learn about wetlands here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7mRJmwjmY&t=55s

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