Students from
grades 3-12 across 18 parishes of south Louisiana are taking part in this project by establishing
wetland plant nurseries at their schools. Students are growing
native plant seedlings that they will plant in a coastal habitat
restoration project in south Louisiana.
Students are working with
a variety of seeds, including
the water oak,
southern baldcypress,
southern wax myrtle,
black mangrove,
red mulberry,
and Spartina alterniflora grass - just to name a few.
In 2008, 775 students in grades
3-12 participated in 16 restoration plantings at sites in
Louisiana. They transplanted a total of 5,465 plants. In the spring of
2009, 338 students in 8 plantings transplanted 3,388 plants.
Since
2000, 3,573 students have planted more than 29,000 student-produced
seedlings in Louisiana coastal zone. To see images from each of these plantings,
click here!
