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Helping Hands

LSU Coastal Roots:
2007 Planting Season

 

Each school in the Coastal Roots Program  worked very hard this year to produce healthy and strong plants for their restoration partners.


Click on the links below to view images from their planting trips.

 

2007 Restoration Planting Trips

Date

School

Restoration Partner Site

April 10

JH Williams Middle

Constance Beach, Cameron

April 17

Montegut Middle

Montegut Hurricane Protection Levee

April 19

Lafayette Middle

Fifi Island (near Grand Isle)

May 22

Abbeville High

Marsh Island

October 16

Harry Hurst Middle

Wetland Watcher Park

October 18

Albert Cammon Middle

Bayou Segnette S.P.

November 15

St. Martin Episcopal

Bayou Segnette S.P.

November 16

S. Lafourche High

Grand Isle S.P.

November 29

St. James Science & Math Academy

Bayou Segnette S.P.

November 30

Our Lady of Mercy

Fontainebleau S.P.

December 4

Luling Elementary with JB Martin Middle

Wetland Watcher Park

December 6

St. Louis, King of France

Fontainebleau S.P.

December 13

Pierre Part Elementary

Patterson State Museum
Maple Bayou Hunting Club

December 14

Lafayette Middle

Avery Island

December 21

St. Joseph’s Academy

Fairview Riverside S.P.

  


Questions about this project? Contact:
Pam Blanchard LSU Dept. of Educational Theory, Policy, & Practice, College of Education [225/ 578-2297]
Ed Bush LSU Center for Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences [225/ 578-1044]
David Bourgeois LA Sea Grant Marine Fisheries Agent, LSU AgCenter [504/ 632-6852]

Funded by:
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
(2006-8)
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (2008-9)