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(picture ). Suppose you had to think about turning an area of wasteland into a place that both people and wildlife can enjoy, what would you do?
From the previous pages in this book, you can see that some living things need open ground, some need woodland and others need ponds or rivers. Some need
dry soil while others need moist soil. There has to be enough variety to attract different animals and make food chains. Most wildlife also needs to have some protection from people.
Plan for variety
You can make all of these possible, even in a small area. The key idea is to make the place as varied as possible (picture ). If a part was dug out to make a pond or a lake, any spare soil could make some small hills. With this simple step you have created lots of different types of land for different species to thrive.
If the hills are now planted with trees, then you have the start of a woodland. Leaving strips of land without trees creates
open ground for those species that need it. Adding a path that goes into part of
the woodland, across some open ground (picture ) and beside part of the pond or lake completes the simple plan. This makes it easier for people to visit, and also makes it more likely that they will not go on the rest of the land. In this way, much of the land is left almost undisturbed for the shy creatures to live in.
With these simple steps, both people and wildlife can thrive.
  A footpath leads from a woodland area across open grassland.
  An artificial island has been left in this old gravel pit to make
a safe home for some waterbirds.
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