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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cody Martin, 633rd Communications Squadron client system technician, digs a hole to plant a tree on the nature trail at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 6, 2017. Volunteers from JBLE helped relocate pollinator plants from Bethel Park Garden where weeds were impeding their ability to pollinate properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois) AF boosts environment with plant relocation
Volunteers helped the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron relocate pollinator plants from the Bethel Park Pollinator Garden to the nature trail on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Once an old dumping ground, the pollinator garden was installed at Bethel Park in 2014 in accordance with the National Public Lands Day project to help clean up the area. The garden plants provided food or habitat for pollinator organisms such as hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and occasionally small mammals. A grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation and the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program awarded funds to 633rd CES personnel to plant a garden, however, due to the location of the garden, it has been underutilized by the public and overgrown with weeds.
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