{"id":1466,"date":"2026-06-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/dragonfly\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:25:23","slug":"homegrown-conservation-a-conversation-with-doug-tallamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/dragonfly\/2026\/06\/homegrown-conservation-a-conversation-with-doug-tallamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Homegrown Conservation: A Conversation with Doug Tallamy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Doug Tallamy joins our “flipped” podcast series, with Aimee Kemp hosting,  to discuss the Homegrown National Park movement and how individual actions in our own backyards can restore critical biodiversity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The “guru” of the native plant movement, Dr. Doug Tallamy<\/strong>, joins host Aimee Kemp<\/strong> to discuss a revolutionary idea: your backyard is the next great frontier for conservation. As a founder of Homegrown National Park<\/strong>, Tallamy argues that we can no longer rely solely on parks and preserves to save biodiversity; we must enlist the 78% of the U.S. that is privately owned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Doug Tallamy discusses how native oaks\u2014the ultimate “keystone species”\u2014provide the critical energy through acorns and insects that fuel entire local ecosystems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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