If you’re looking for a way to dispose of your live Christmas tree and help the environment, Southeastern University has just the ticket. Rob Moreau, manager of Southeastern’s Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station said this is the 27th year they’ve recycled trees for wetlands in southeast Louisiana.
“And over time the grass will grow into those trees and sort of create a real stabilizing area there and almost start to create a little mound and what that does is it helps prevent erosion,” said Moreau.
Moreau said allowing trees to be placed along areas in the wetlands keeps them from clogging up landfills, it helps wildlife build habitats and it’s…
“Some of the best hands-on environmental education type of activity that you can do and so it really works well with our community members who do some volunteer work with my classes,” said Moreau.
You can drop your tree at collection sites in Tangipahoa Parish and even a well-known seafood restaurant. Moreau said they’ll begin collecting trees on January 6th.
“The City of Hammond, the City of Ponchatoula, Southeastern Sustainability Center, also Middendorf’s. We bring our Turtle Cove trailer out in front of Middendorf’s right there in Manchac, and people bring their trees there,” said Moreau.
Over the past 26 years, Turtle Cove has been involved in the deployment of approximately 40,000 Christmas Trees into the Manchac marsh in various areas
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