Earlier today, more than 250 Gulliver seniors, along with ecology experts and volunteers from Surfrider Foundation's Miami chapter, teamed up to remove tons of invasive species and plant 500
indigenous sea oats. Overall, this effort helped restore the dune and preserve the unique ecosystem along the Miami Beach coastline.
As part of this initiative, clean-up crews removed large swaths of the invasive scaevola plant as well as plastic debris and litter from the dune and beach areas between 13th and 14th Street along Ocean Drive. Several tons of unwanted foliage and debris were also cleared from the environmentally sensitive area before beneficial, native sea oats were planted.
About Gulliver Schools:
Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission to create an academic community devoted to educational excellence, with a personal touch, that fulfills each student's potential.
About Surfrider:
The Surfrider Foundation is a global environmental non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of our world's oceans, waves, and beaches. Accomplished through a powerful grassroots activist network the Miami Chapter focuses on reducing the negative impacts of single-use plastics, removal of invasive species of plants and replanting of indigenous plants that protect the coastal ecosystem.
