Area Girl Scouts plant mangroves on island

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Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida’s Service Unit Collier 13 planted baby mangroves on Oct. 7 along the shoreline of Woodring Road on Sanibel. The planting event was organized as part of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Adopt-A-Mangrove program. Scouts from Troops 791, 255, 440, 426 and 502 received the mangrove seedlings from the SCCF in January, then nurtured them until they were strong enough to be planted. They earned their Girl Scout Tree Promise patch in the process.