CoMo Wild Yards Program

CoMo Wild Yards Program

“The CoMo Wild Yards program promotes sustainable land stewardship practices at people’s homes and businesses, improving biodiversity in the city and building resilience to climate change.”

The CoMo Wild Yards Program provides peer-to-peer assistance to landowners within the City limits of Columbia for the restoration of native plant and animal habitats on their property. We offer advice in landscaping with environmentally sound and sustainable management practices, including the use of native plants, invasive vegetation management, water conservation, wildlife habitat development, and other stewardship practices that promote a healthy ecosystem for wildlife and people.

Request a CoMo Wild Yards consultation by completing the consultation request form.

 

Consultation Request Form

What happens during the consultation?

Staff will walk with you through each section of your yard that you are interested in transforming. They will perform a landscape assessment using the program criteria and provide you with recommendations in a written plan to improve the conservation value of your property. A follow-up visit will be performed in six months to one year, and with compliance to the initial recommendations, you will be awarded one of three different levels of achievement (silver, gold, or platinum). 

Once certified, you will be given a yard sign highlighting your accomplishment and designating your yard as certified wildlife habitat in Columbia. To maintain your certification, you must continue managing your yard at the certification level you were awarded. View the criteria for silver, gold, and platinum level yardsopens PDF file .

I already have a plan, and I'm ready to certify my yard

Great! Open the request form and click the “certification assessment” after entering your name and address. After completing the certification assessment request, a staff member will contact you to set up an appointment to certify your yard. 

If you have a question, or you would like to learn more, please contact: