COASTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS

Caspersen Beach (113 acres)

In partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Sarasota County Natural Resources, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Native Plant Society.

11th grade students from the Out-of-Door Academy clear dead Brazilian Pepper trees, from the north end of Caspersen on the east side of the beach road and pick up trash along the roadsides and beach.  The peppers had been killed by spraying with an herbicide.  When the area is cleared seedlings of native plants will be planted, and the area will be monitored for any new growth of peppers.  ALS volunteers have been doing similar work throughout the Caspersen area since 1999.

Native plants regain a foothold: beach sunflower, prickly pear cactus, railroad vine, red cedar, sea grapes, cabbage palm, necklace pod, sea oats.

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