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Restoration of Turtle
Island
Jared Mitchell
Troop 153,
Fremont
The project that my crew and I worked on was to make
Turtle Island in Tule Ponds more
habitable. We removed many types of non-native weeds which were taking over
the space on the island and stopping the native plants from growing. This
allowed for the native plants to grow better. We also planted a willow tree,
a buckeye tree, and 74 tules. These tules will now provide a good shelter
for the turtles that inhabit the island. In the process we also removed all
garbage from the island and the surrounding area.
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removing vegetation around the island |
getting it ready to plant tules |
I would like to thank all scouts, friends,
and adults who helped me in this project: John Paratore, Kaylin Linke,
Derek Rodriguez, Karishma Patel, Daniel Loy, Melodie Yang, Max
Casebolt, Chaitanya Pillalamarri, Don
Ngyuen, Daniel Saley, Kunal Jangahala, Abhinav Janghala, Cory Louie, and
Carl Mitchell.
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planting tules by boat |
I would like to give a special thank to: Scott Ely,
Wesly Newhouse, Mark Loy, and Joyce Blueford. Without them the project would
never have been completed.
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