Everglades Restoration for Earth Month

The Foundation was involved in several restoration projects this month. We donated dozens of cypress and pond apple trees to be planted at Clear Lake in West Palm Beach for Earth Day.

Further up the water supply--the Foundation donated nearly 100 trees and hundreds of volunteer hours for an April 25th Volunteer Project at the Grassy Waters Preserve. The nearly 60 volunteers planted 4,000 native grasses (wire grass and muhly grass) as well as cypress trees in an area of the preserve that will soon be reopened to the public. The Preserve is also the City of West Palm Beach's Water Catchment Area. The native plants installed that day will help preserve and proect the water supply for over 130,000 people in Palm Beach County

And on April 28, students from the Forest Hill High School's Gale Academy of Environmental Sciences and Technology completed their Walk on the Green Side fundraiser by planting more than 100 trees on Torry Island in Belle Glade. Thanks to the students for organizing such a worthwhile event. The location was adjacent to a 2006 planting--so students got to see what their trees would look like in just a few years.