Running WIld Cont’d from page 102
“The emphasis has been on sell- ing this community with a new 21st-century ethic regarding na- tive grasses and wetlands that not only offers cleaner water downstream, but a whole differ- ent regimen of wildlife that lives in these wetlands and tall grass- es,” he says. RidgeWood West in Charleswood is the newest Qualico community to incorporate wetlands, and Vo- gan is excited about the possi- bilities for all of the area’s inhabit- ants, human and otherwise. “I’m really looking forward to see how we could create opportuni- ties for those wetlands animals, but also for animals that would live on the forest edge that could benefit from the relationship of a wetland next to a forest,” he says.
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