Southeastern University Collecting Live Christmas Trees to Enhance Wetlands

Brooke Thorington

Louisiana Radio Network

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.

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