Eighth Grade Participates in Ecosystem Restoration
February 13, 2015
Seventy-seven 8th graders and 6 teachers had the opportunity to participate in the largest coastal ecosystem restoration project in the Tampa Bay region on February 11, 2015.
The students and their teachers traveled to a new intertidal lagoon at Rocks Pond in Palmetto, Florida. With the help of three representatives from Tampa Bay Watch and one representative from Southwest Florida Water Management District, our 8th graders planted 1980 plugs of smooth cordgrass that was harvested earlier in the week from the bay grass plot on school campus. Tampa Bay Watch had an additional 600 plugs ready as well, for a total of 2580 plugs transplanted in the tidal influenced area.
Despite the chilly water it was a beautiful day and Shorecrest students work diligently to plant. This restoration project is an important component of the Coastal Awareness Program that has been made possible due to the mini-grant awarded to Shorecrest from the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.
The students and their teachers traveled to a new intertidal lagoon at Rocks Pond in Palmetto, Florida. With the help of three representatives from Tampa Bay Watch and one representative from Southwest Florida Water Management District, our 8th graders planted 1980 plugs of smooth cordgrass that was harvested earlier in the week from the bay grass plot on school campus. Tampa Bay Watch had an additional 600 plugs ready as well, for a total of 2580 plugs transplanted in the tidal influenced area.
Despite the chilly water it was a beautiful day and Shorecrest students work diligently to plant. This restoration project is an important component of the Coastal Awareness Program that has been made possible due to the mini-grant awarded to Shorecrest from the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.
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