Creating more life with native plants that sequester carbon – is something we desperately need to do as we continue to spew carbon into the atmosphere. Native plants – particularly grassland species – have deep roots and can store carbon in the soil. While native plants are sequestering carbon they also provide other benefits like slowing and filtering runoff water, and supporting wildlife, particularly insects.

Read more about soil carbon and soil restoration. in Jack Kittredge’s Soil Carbon Restoration: Can Biology do the Job?