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How to turn down the volume and protect wildlife in your yard and garden

The Nature Conservancy highlights that daily noise from power tools and machines disrupts wildlife like birds, squirrels, rabbits, frogs, and insects.
Noise generated by machinery, vehicles, building activities, and factory operations disrupts animals’ behaviors related to feeding, nesting, and reproduction.
Kevin Munroe of The Nature Conservancy explains that animals with soft songs, such as warblers and bats, cannot reproduce because noise drowns out their communication used to find mates.
Studies show artificial noise causes stress, hearing loss, and elevated heart rates in wildlife; Munroe urges shifting noisy yardwork later and recommends creating sound buffers and sound barriers.
Reducing noise benefits wildlife that support pollination, pest control, agriculture, and the economy, suggesting that managing noise helps maintain essential ecological functions.

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