GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program Benefits of native habitats and gardens on your corporate campus –Increase employee morale We like to live and work where there are green spaces –Improve community relations –Reduce maintenance costs –Protect water and air quality –Make a difference to future biodiversity Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program Take a look at the following pictures of projects we have completed to see the types of projects that GCBO could do for you Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO’s Constructed Wetland Gulf Coast Bird Observatory What the wetland looks like 3 years after construction
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Architectural Drawing
Dirt work to create the Wetland Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Wetland Construction Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Dirt work complete
Wetland Construction Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Filling
Full with the 2 islands showing Wetland Construction
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Wetland Established
GCBO Wetland Today Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
GCBO Wetland Today Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Gardens – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Soil & mulch in place with a few plants Spot for small water feature & drip
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Rocks of the water feature and plants after 2 years
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Benches & table were an Eagle Scout project
Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Demonstration Prairie Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Soil prepared in the fall of 2008
Demonstration Prairie Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Prairie sod was laid by hand on the prepared site. This is how it looked.
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Spring 2009 Demonstration Prairie
Water Features Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Creek feeding into the wetland
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Top of creek with the wetland in the background Water Features
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Spray above shallow pond Water Features
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Bird bath with drip – birds love moving/dripping water Water Features
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Low, shallow bird bath with a constant drip. It is opposite our building front porch. Many birds use it from resident birds to neartic neotropic migrants. Water Features
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Bog pond under construction Water Features
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory We can conduct inventories for you on your property Avian Monitoring
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Avian Monitoring
Habitat Projects on our properties –Created Wetland –Habitat gardens for birds and butterflies –Water features –Demonstration prairie Monitoring Projects Habitat Assessments Gulf Coast Bird Observatory In-house Expertise