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Mr. Abbott’s Computer Power classes participated in the Katy Prairie Conservancy **__Great Grow Out 2010__**. From the [|KPC website]: “The Katy Prairie Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust, the Katy Prairie Conservancy (**KPC**) works to protect greenspace for its conservation and recreational benefits, enhance wildlife habitat, restore tallgrass prairie and wetlands, sponsor scientific research, and offer public programming and activities to introduce the general and school-aged public to the sights and sounds of the prairie.” The KPC website has more information on preserving our Houston area native prairie habitat. **Great Grow Out** information is under the “Conservation” tab.

The **__Great Grow Out 2010__** will help restore native prairie plants at Warren Lake (near Hockley, TX). The students initially sowed seeds on “flats” that held 18, 3.5” pots. Once the seeds germinated, we took those seedlings and placed each seedling into it’s own 3.5” pot. We then grew them out for several more weeks. Those plants were then picked up by the KPC staff to complete the growing process at the KPC field office site. In the end, we had well over 1000 plants to give to the KPC.





Here are links to the press release and video interview:
[|Mr. Abbott's interview]