“Katy High School, under the direction of the Katy Prairie Conservancy and the WHF, is creating a native prairie ecosystem… In August of 2017, the Greater Houston area was hit by Hurricane Harvey, a catastrophic flooding event. Many areas received 40″ or more of rain; rising flood waters had nowhere to go in a city covered in concrete (a barrier to natural infiltration), causing over $125 billion in damage, and inundating hundreds of thousands of homes. More than 30,000 people were displaced.
In 2018, Katy High School responded by kicking-off a project that will restore an acre of public campus property to native Texas Gulf Coast prairie. The prairie will ultimately contain 30-50 different native plant species, serving as an outdoor classroom for students, and a greenspace for community outreach; it will also act as a natural retention area for future flooding events. These mini-ecosystems can potentially mitigate billions of dollars in flood damages while conserving precious habitats for native species.” – Quoted directly from the Katy High School Tiger Prairie Website.
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