Thanks to a grant from the Brown Foundation with the Woodlands Conservancy and Chevron Oronite, fourth graders discovered the value of protecting and preserving their environment through planting trees. Not just any trees though! They have learned that many invasive species have grown in the place where our native plants should be. The invasive trees grow quicker and shadow the trees that should rightly be there. Also, the native trees have the highest nutritional value for the woodland creatures that live there. Today these fourth graders with a little help from their families, planted about 200 trees that we hope will live and thrive over the next few decades. Parish officials were invited to see that even the youngest in our community can make a difference and can sometimes remind grown-ups of what is important. It was a great learning opportunity and one these students won't soon forget.
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