MEET DAVID! David is a straight A Honor Roll 4.0 sophomore student at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland. He has accumulated over 250 community service hours in six months by volunteering at Lakeland Library and Bok Tower Gardens. David is also a dual enrollment student at Polk State College taking Freshman English Composition I. On November 25th, Rare Plant Conservation Program staff, Whitney Costner (not pictured), Thomas Burney and Jessica Brown, along with volunteer David Marentic (center), visited an area of Florida Scrub in Auburndale, FL, home to the rare, endangered, and central Florida endemic Scrub Lupine, Lupinus aridorum. This visit was focused on collecting vegetative data within quad areas as part of a comparative management study to investigate the response of L. aridorum to fire and tree-removal. Scrub lupine requires sand and canopy gaps for growth and recruitment, along with a diverse understory of native Scrub vegetation. Data collected in November is part of a long-term microhabitat studies on this species, and will provide pre-treatment data prior to the prescribed fire planned for this site in upcoming weeks. Understanding the different ecological responses and impacts of this species to different microhabitats is necessary for long-term conservation management planning. David’s mother Alfreda Marentic is very proud of him and his love for preservation, nature, and community service. She submitted him into our search for the next Kid of the Kuarter, which seeks to find local kids doing amazing things, and David was selected to be featured! Do you have or know of a kid in Polk County between the ages of 5-15 that is doing something extraordinary such as: a community service, inventing something, recipient of a special award, an extremely rare talent, etc...? WE WANT TO FEATURE THEM! If you would like to submit your child to be featured as our next Kid of the Kuarter submit a photo and describe what they are doing and your child could be published next! Email submissions through our app on Android or iPhone 32 WomanToWomanMagazine.com or email us at info@WomantoWomanMagazine.com
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