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In case you were looking for an excuse…Don’t rake your leaves, scientists say

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USA TODAY NETWORKDan Cassuto, KING
9:32 a.m. EST November 19, 2014

SEATTLE, Wash. — Here’s an excuse to use the next time someone asks you to rake the leaves: Science.

The National Wildlife Federation is encouraging people to leave the leaves.

On its website, the NWF says dry, dead leaves are important habitats for all kinds of critters, reports KING.

Butterflies, salamanders, chipmunks, box turtles, toads, shrews, earthworms, and other creatures live, lay eggs in or eat from leaves, according to NWF’s plea with the public to let the leaves stay where gravity left them.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/11/19/do-not-rake-your-leaves/19266079/

2 thoughts on “In case you were looking for an excuse…Don’t rake your leaves, scientists say

  1. Kill your grass and feed chipmunks, what a lovely idea! Not!

  2. Thats brilliant sandy…classic Ridgewoodite wanting it their way regardless of the facts. pissaway tax dollars
    PICKING UP LEAVES.!

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