Dr. Elizabeth Heise

Elizabeth Heise, an assistant professor of geology and oceanography at UTB-TSC, described efforts to establish how things were through fossil records and re-plant native mangrove, oxeye daisies and other vegetation.

"There are no commercial groves of these plants," she said.

The restoration of the greenhouse, located next to Scorpion Field, includes the addition of four rain gutters that each holds 1,000 gallons of water for use in the greenhouse, according to Elizabeth Heise, a professor of environmental sciences at UTB-TSC.

The greenhouse also has a solar panel that runs electricity to pumps that pump the water back into the building.The greenhouse holds four rooms with 2,000 native plants, including mangrove, grasses, spartina (a smooth shore grass), and native grasses from the Bahia Grande, Heise said.Students in the JASON project, Gorgas Science Society and ENLACE/BASE projects on campus completed the planting.

The greenhouse and the plants will be maintained through coordinated effort between Heise and Mary Jane Shands, the JASON project director.
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"As soon as the pilot channel is cut (in the Bahia Grande), we will start taking the plants out," Heise said.

Last week, Alderwoman Courtney Hayden brought to the Board of Aldermen a plan recommended by Dr. Elizabeth Heise, an assistant professor of geology at the UTB-TSC.

The restoration of the greenhouse, located next to Scorpion Field, includes the addition of four rain gutters that each holds 1,000 gallons of water for use in the greenhouse, according to Elizabeth Heise, a professor of environmental sciences at UTB-TSC.

The greenhouse also has a solar panel that runs electricity to pumps that pump the water back into the building.

The greenhouse holds four rooms with 2,000 native plants, including mangrove, grasses, spartina (a smooth shore grass) and native grasses from the Bahia Grande, Heise said.Students in the JASON project, Gorgas Science Society and ENLACE/BASE projects on campus completed the planting.

The greenhouse and the plants will be maintained through coordinated effort between Heise and Mary Jane Shands, the JASON project director.
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"As soon as the pilot channel is cut (in the Bahia Grande), we will start taking the plants out," Heise said.