20051008 - Michael Barber, 18, of St. Petersburg, playfully pretends
to push Shannon Reed, 17, of St. Pete Beach, into the water while the
two planted Saturday morning. The largest salt marsh planting in Tampa
Bay history was done Saturday morning by about 300 volunteers in the
mud of Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve in Ruskin. The group,
coordinated by Tampa Bay Watch and other organizations, planned to
plant more than 22,000 plugs of salt marsh grass along the shoreline
of the preserve to reestablish habitat for area wildlife. (Brian
Cassella / St. Petersburg Times)
