Reduce Stormwater Runoff and its Pollutants

• US EPA Stormwater Management Techniques
• Stormwater Management for Homeowners
• How to Build and Install Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens
• Rain Gardens, A how to manual for homeowner
• Urban Waterways, Designing Rain Gardens (Bio-Retention Areas)

Provide for Wildlife:  Native plants, wildlife habitat

• Native Plant Selector
• NRCS Backyard Conservation Wildlife Habitat
• Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard
• Birds

Protect Water’s Edge

       ·     Riparian Buffers: Restoration, Designs, & Benefits

Multi-topic Web sites

•  University of Tennessee Extension Home Garden, Lawn, and Landscaping Publications
• The Tennessee Yardstick Workbook
• TYN Exhibit Panels
•  Horticulture on the Internet

Other State Yards & Neighborhood Programs

• North Carolina Yards and Neighborhoods Program
• Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program

 TYN Participant Tools

• TYN Yardstick Actions - Electronic Tracking Form
• UT Plant and Soil Science Soil Testing Guidelines