J.A.M.I.N. Mangrove Planting

We’re back in Jamaica again for some Jamaican mangrove planting… taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in a new mangrove education and restoration program called Jamaican Awareness of Mangroves in Nature. Students from Holland High School and William Knibb High School are visiting degraded sections of mangrove forests in Falmouth, Jamaica to plant mangrove trees they have been growing all school year. Join us in our fun, excitement, and learning through the photo journey below…

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth, teaching Holland High School students how to graph their mangrove propagule growth data.
Alumni from Louisiana State University volunteer during their vacation to help remove old stumps and level soil at the JAMIN mangrove restoration site.
Volunteer Kayla Kimmel helps plant mangroves at the JAMIN mangrove restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.
Lauren Thayer, Lousiana State University Alumni, plants mangrove trees at the JAMIN mangrove restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.
Rachel Villani and Tamra Dardenne, Louisiana State University alumni, volunteer to help restore the mangrove ecosystem in Falmouth, Jamaica.
Heather Brand and Matt Trumbull help to restore the mangroves in Jamaica so that one day their daughter will be able to enjoy this beautiful ecosystem.
Kayla Kimmel takes time out from her vacation to restore the mangroves in Falmouth, Jamaica.
The students from the JAMIN program planted the shorter trees with the orange tags last year. They have grown so much in just one year!
University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Education and Outreach Coordinator, Shanna Thomas, squats to appreciate how much the mangroves have grown since last year.
The red mangrove propagules are growing tall at the Falmouth mangrove restoration site.
Partners from the University of the West Indies and the Living Oceans Foundation celebrate a day of hard with with volunteer alumni from Louisiana State University.
Group photo with students from Holland High School before we restored the mangroves
Tenth grade student from Holland High School pauses for a photo before she plants her mangrove propagule.
Students from Holland High School plant their mangrove seedlings at the restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.
Holland High School Biology students plant mangrove seedlings that they have been growing for the past 8 months.
A young lady from Holland High School proudly holds up her mangrove propagules.
Biology students from Holland High School say goodbye to their baby mangroves.
Holland High School Biology teacher Cherrida Walters gets her hands dirty and helps her students plant their mangroves.
Holland High School student helps carry one of the plant flats to the restoration site. Each individual propagule was tagged with flagging tape.
Students at Holland High School plant their mangroves carfully in the ground.
The mangrove propagules are planted about one inch deep in the soil. This student from Holland High School makes sure that her propagule is firmly planted in the ground.
Students from Holland High School take a break and pose for a group photo.
William Knibb High School Biology students tag their mangrove seedling with tape, so they can identify which type of media each one was planted in.
William Knibb High School Biology students group photo
William Knibb High School students get ready to plant their mangrove propagules at the Falmouth restoration site.

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