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Ah-hah! Now we know what the heck they were saving the rest of the plants for! A totally different kind of floating island. Very cool! As you can make out from the picture, these floating mats have holes in them for these specially potted water plants. In this picture, they are preparing the first of two such rafts. This was taken just before the alligator grabbed one of the boys. NO! Just kidding. I have never seen a gator in this lake.
In the picture below, they are making final preparations to plant the other island, which was to be more of a wildlife island, as opposed to a plant life raft. This island, in the picture, is the one you saw Mrs. Garrison checking on in my Christmas Eve post.
And in the meantime, if you would like to see more of this area, check out Clearwater Daily Photo, and Clearwater Beach Daily Photo. If you enjoy photography for the sake of photography, check out my photo blog. Thanks for coming today!
very cool and neat idea and a great way to learn about conservation.
ReplyDeleteThis continues to be an interesting series of photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat posts! Please keep writing about this as our kids are active scouts.
ReplyDeleteGreat posts! Please keep writing about this as our kids are active scouts.
ReplyDeleteGreat posts! Please keep writing about this as our kids are active scouts.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're showing the good kids are doing. Too often we only hear about the bad. . . .
ReplyDeleteBTW. . .While we were on Sanibel Island last weekend, we saw a sign warning of alligators in the area. YIKES!
BRAVO!!! What a fabulous thing they are doing. It is so important that kids are in the forefront of these conservation efforts.
ReplyDeleteOh now we see what the float is about. Thanks for the daily update. Nice blog of yours.
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