80 SMITHSONIAN | April 2020
Wild
Man
Fed up with invasive
species and sterile
landscapes, an ecologist
urges Americans to
go native and go natural—
and remake every
backyard, offi ce park
and traffi c island
by JERRY ADLER
photographs by MATTHEW CICANESE
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Douglas Tallamy at
home in Pennsylvania.