The Institute for Regional Conservation, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring ecological diversity in Delray Beach, celebrated the United Nations’ annual holiday by planting populations of species that historically grew in the area but have become extinct or underrepresented. Staff members Cara Abbott, George Gann and Michelle Smith worked with a group of volunteers from the community on the Restoring the Gold Coast program. ‘While sandy beaches have been renourished, sea oats have been planted and turtle nests protected, the vast diversity of coastal uplands has remained in a depleted state,’ Gann said. ABOVE: (l-r) Smith, volunteer John Campanola, Gann, volunteer Tina Pugliese and Abbott. Photo provided
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