Hornets Believe: Hornets Plant 1,900 Trees at Wildlife Refuge
By: Jim Eichenhofer, Hornets.com
June 23, 2009
Take the 15-minute drive from downtown New Orleans to the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, and you may witness a few eerie sights along the way. As you begin to approach the 23,000-acre refuge, you’ll spot the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park, closed since Hurricane Katrina after the storm created severe flood damage in 2005.
The impact on the Six Flags park is just one example of the devastation that resulted from Katrina in the New Orleans East portion of the city. Bayou Sauvage was no different. The refuge – located entirely within New Orleans city limits, making it the largest urban wildlife refuge in the U.S. – lost a large portion of its trees. The park was also negatively impacted by an influx of saltwater that occurred during the Katrina storm surge.
With Bayou Sauvage facing a long-term need to vegetation, numerous companies, students and volunteer groups have assisted the park recently, helping to plant trees within the refuge. On Friday, June 19, approximately 80 members of the Hornets organization aided the cause by carrying and planting 1,900 trees at the Bayou Sauvage.
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By: Jim Eichenhofer, Hornets.com
June 23, 2009
Take the 15-minute drive from downtown New Orleans to the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, and you may witness a few eerie sights along the way. As you begin to approach the 23,000-acre refuge, you’ll spot the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park, closed since Hurricane Katrina after the storm created severe flood damage in 2005.
The impact on the Six Flags park is just one example of the devastation that resulted from Katrina in the New Orleans East portion of the city. Bayou Sauvage was no different. The refuge – located entirely within New Orleans city limits, making it the largest urban wildlife refuge in the U.S. – lost a large portion of its trees. The park was also negatively impacted by an influx of saltwater that occurred during the Katrina storm surge.
With Bayou Sauvage facing a long-term need to vegetation, numerous companies, students and volunteer groups have assisted the park recently, helping to plant trees within the refuge. On Friday, June 19, approximately 80 members of the Hornets organization aided the cause by carrying and planting 1,900 trees at the Bayou Sauvage.
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