Myakka headwaters

Again, out volunteering with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, planting once more, native 'pop ash' along the banks of the upper Myakka River. 

Myakka's headwaters in eastern Manatee County.

 

 

Standing in open prairie, the Foundation's volunteer coordinator & 'land steward', Esmeralda Figueras (L) discusses with a volunteer the day's placement of pop ash saplings.

 

Volunteers planting the saplings along the river's bank.

a volunteer's field packpack

 

 

A little further downriver, with inter-mingling mature pop ash lining the opposite shore, a likely swimming hole waiting for some late afternoon kids.