I wasn't able to participate in any of the marches yesterday, but i did get my heaping dose of hope and optimism by spending part of the day with my aquarium kiddos. Yesterday we joined the Return of the Natives group (https://csumb.edu/ron) to plant native vegetation on sand dunes in Monterey. We have done a number of revegetation efforts with Return of the Natives over the years, but this was our first dune planting. So fun! Our group of forty students, five teen leaders, and seven adults helped plant over 500 plants yesterday! We also had amazingly big waves and live music to keep us entertained. And no rain. A great day!
learning proper planting techniques
big waves in the background - no lower
dune plantings for today...
dune plantings for today...
the planting crew. All the black dots are new plants!
we put a windbreak made of straw in front
of all the new plants so they wouldn't get
blasted during the storm this weekend.
of all the new plants so they wouldn't get
blasted during the storm this weekend.
our live entertainment
(see this post for our entertainment at the last planting)
(see this post for our entertainment at the last planting)
the gulls were opting for walls instead of the tumultuous beach
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