Palmetto Bay, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/08/2015 -- Palmer Trinity School Eco Club participated in National Public Lands Day by removing exotic species and trash from Black Point Park and Marina. Some of the pollution at Black Point Marina has been there since Hurricane Andrew! Students removed Brazilian Pepper trees, an exotic species that inhabit the mangroves and prevent their growth. After a hard day of work, the students collected four tires and four bags of trash, providing a cleaner environment for visitors and native plant and animal species.

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Palmer Trinity School—a coeducational, Episcopal day school—provides a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that integrates knowledge, compassion and social responsibility, an essential goal of the school's mission. Palmer Trinity School serves students from a broad range of socio-economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds in grades 6-12.

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