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GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program. Benefits of native habitats and gardens on your corporate campus Increase employee morale We like to live and work where there are green spaces Improve community relations Reduce maintenance costs Protect water and air quality
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GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program • Benefits of native habitats and gardens on your corporate campus • Increase employee morale • We like to live and work where there are green spaces • Improve community relations • Reduce maintenance costs • Protect water and air quality • Make a difference to future biodiversity Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program Take a look at the following pictures of projects we have completed to see the types of projects that GCBO could do for you Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO’s Constructed Wetland What the wetland looks like 3 years after construction Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Architectural Drawing Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Dirt work to create the Wetland Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Wetland Construction Dirt work complete Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Wetland Construction Filling Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Wetland Construction Full with the 2 islands showing Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Wetland Established Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO Wetland Today Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO Wetland Today Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Gardens – Star Gazer Spot for small water feature & drip Soil & mulch in place with a few plants Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Rocks of the water feature and plants after 2 years Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Benches & table were an Eagle Scout project Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Demonstration Prairie Soil prepared in the fall of 2008 Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Demonstration Prairie Prairie sod was laid by hand on the prepared site. This is how it looked. Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Demonstration Prairie Spring 2009 Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Water Features Creek feeding into the wetland Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Water Features Top of creek with the wetland in the background Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Water Features Spray above shallow pond Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Water Features Bird bath with drip – birds love moving/dripping water Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Water Features Low, shallow bird bath with a constant drip. It is opposite our building front porch. Many birds use it from resident birds to neartic neotropic migrants. Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Water Features Bog pond under construction Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Avian Monitoring We can conduct inventories for you on your property Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Avian Monitoring Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
In-house Expertise • Habitat Projects on our properties • Created Wetland • Habitat gardens for birds and butterflies • Water features • Demonstration prairie • Monitoring Projects • Habitat Assessments Gulf Coast Bird Observatory