Trees for wetlands
Plants provide support
by NIC SRIDEJ
Issue date: 1/25/10 Section: News
Once upon a time, Lake Demorest was a flourishing body of water. One could nearly see the entire body of water from the windows in the Arrendale Library.
Today, it looks as if Lake Demorest has seen better days. It's now a wetlands, a mere remnant of its former glory. But now, thanks to Dr. Carlos Camp and a group of volunteers, future students of Piedmont College will be able to walk through a forest to get to the Swanson Center.
On Saturday morning, the first day for planting, faculty and volunteer students came together to plant oak trees.
On Monday morning, about 16 volunteers used their Martin Luther King Jr. Day break to help with the project.
The volunteers planted approximately 4,000 trees. According to Dr. Camp, they're not through.
They planted a wetland species of oak, which are estimated to fully mature in a 50 year time span.
However, volunteers found sycamore seeds beneath the soil, and several were found that had already grown to a height of three feet. The sycamores are estimated to be fully mature in 20 years.
Nikki King, one of the volunteers on Monday morning, says she felt good about giving back to the environment. Even though the end results are years away, she was still excited about participating.
The tree planters' efforts haven't gone unnoticed by the community. According to King, one woman was walking her dog Monday morning when she saw the volunteers planting seeds.
She was excited to find out that they were planting trees to help the environment and to give the wetlands a better look.
The current students of Piedmont College may not get to see what Dr. Camp and his volunteers accomplished over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, but the benefits of their labor will inevitably show in the years to come.
Today, it looks as if Lake Demorest has seen better days. It's now a wetlands, a mere remnant of its former glory. But now, thanks to Dr. Carlos Camp and a group of volunteers, future students of Piedmont College will be able to walk through a forest to get to the Swanson Center.
On Saturday morning, the first day for planting, faculty and volunteer students came together to plant oak trees.
On Monday morning, about 16 volunteers used their Martin Luther King Jr. Day break to help with the project.
The volunteers planted approximately 4,000 trees. According to Dr. Camp, they're not through.
They planted a wetland species of oak, which are estimated to fully mature in a 50 year time span.
However, volunteers found sycamore seeds beneath the soil, and several were found that had already grown to a height of three feet. The sycamores are estimated to be fully mature in 20 years.
Nikki King, one of the volunteers on Monday morning, says she felt good about giving back to the environment. Even though the end results are years away, she was still excited about participating.
The tree planters' efforts haven't gone unnoticed by the community. According to King, one woman was walking her dog Monday morning when she saw the volunteers planting seeds.
She was excited to find out that they were planting trees to help the environment and to give the wetlands a better look.
The current students of Piedmont College may not get to see what Dr. Camp and his volunteers accomplished over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, but the benefits of their labor will inevitably show in the years to come.
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David
posted 7/26/10 @ 9:37 PM EST
Tearing down the dam was a stupid idea. Now we don't even have barely a trickle. Some of the dam should have been left to create a waterfall.
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