Back in green

So what does a tree-planting volunteer blog about when he is M.I.A. from said blog? Well, trees (or in this case, plants)!!!! Tuesday was a great day, minus a little flat tire ordeal. At the USDA Plant Material Center, I, along with the two other CG Wetlands team members, pulled about 1100 pieces of a grass called Spartina. The idea is that they (PMC) grow plants perfectly suited to these environmental conditions and then give them out to non-profits and nurseries who will then propogate and/or plant them on their own. It's a really important way for groups like our Wetlands Restoration program at Common Ground, which does not have a lot of throw-around cash, to make a difference in this cash-dominant world. It was a muddy and sweaty ordeal, but in the end, we were 1100 steps closer to restoring Louisiana's coastal wetlands...in a just and sustainable way, of course.