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The Truth About Grass’s Impact on Water Use

“Grass lawns are the biggest water waster in the West!” “Lawns don’t provide any ecological functions or benefits. Why do we have them?” “Maintaining lush, green lawns in dry climates promotes unsustainable landscaping practices!” These statements−or similar versions of them−have become increasingly common in drought-prone states like Nevada, California, and Arizona where traditional turfgrass lawns […]

Water Management

Every Drop Counts

Every Drop Counts in Healthy Green Spaces Healthy green landscapes—parks, sports fields, home lawns, gardens, and urban forests—perform essential environmental functions like mitigating urban heat, slowing stormwater, sequestering carbon, producing oxygen, preventing soil erosion, and filtering pollutants from the atmosphere and water ways. Water conservation and the maintenance of healthy green landscapes may be perceived […]