As part of an ecosystem restoration lesson in October, Environmental Science Laboratory students got firsthand experience in restoring a local park. In Little Bayou Wilderness Park, between Coquina Key and Pinellas Point, 100 students spent two days cutting out invasive trees, pulling out smaller invasive weeds, picking up trash, skimming garbage out of a pond, and planting nearly 100 native plants to help bring the park back toward its more natural state.

"This is the third semester the lab classes have participated, using their classroom knowledge and hard work to help restore the ecological functions of this park," said Jim Krest, course instructor and environmental science faculty member at USFSP.

Three hundred 4^th to 10^th grade students will compete at USF St. Petersburg's GIS Day on Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Campus Activities Center.

Students will be challenged by interactive GIS activities including a GPS Treasure Hunt, a Google Earth Search and an activity to track hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean through the use of Arc Explorer. See more at www.stpt.usf.edu/gisday/.

This popular educational celebration is led by Barnali Dixon, associate professor of environmental science, policy and geography, and her lab, the Geo-Spatial Analytics Lab (G-SAL).

The public is invited to USF St. Petersburg for the dedication of a new memorial monument honoring military veterans.

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