Let’s hear it for the students at Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg who are learning inside and outside of the classroom.
They take their textbook environmental studies at Lakewood’s Academy for Marine Science & Environmental Technology into the field. And into the tidal marshes.
Specifically, into the Terra Ceia Ecosystem Restoration Site where they recently planted cord grass — a good portion of which they grew in a school nursery — to help stabilize the shoreline. Such efforts have never been more needed.
Sadly, the environmental academy has been impacted by budget cuts. Equipment and transportation are now lacking.
So, the students are holding fund-raisers. Field trips will continue.
Obviously, the lessons learned are not limited to erosion prevention.