80 SMITHSONIAN | April 2020Wild
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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1970-2020
Douglas Tallamy at
home in Pennsylvania.