Want to teach students about how to build resilient communities? Give them the same tools professionals use.
Coastal wetlands benefit nearby communities by providing storm protection, flood control, improved water quality, and recreational opportunities. Unfortunately, they are also disappearing at a dramatically high rate, especially in the northern Gulf of Mexico where about 40 percent of U.S. coastal wetlands are located. Scientists aren't the only ones scratching their heads over how to stem the loss of wetlands to sea level rise and keep communities safe from coastal hazards. Now, students in the Pascagoula School District have taken on this challenge too.
![Third place winners of the Resilience MWEE Stewardship Summit at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Dominic Blankenship, Nic Steele, and Tommie Ashford are in Mr. Cooper Kimbrell’s Marine Science class at Gautier High School. (Image credit: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi) Third place winners of the Resilience MWEE Stewardship Summit at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Dominic Blankenship, Nic Steele, and Tommie Ashford are in Mr. Cooper Kimbrell’s Marine Science class at Gautier High School.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/3rd%20place%20crop%2016x9.jpg?itok=yri30hZM)
Third place winners of the Resilience MWEE Stewardship Summit at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Dominic Blankenship, Nic Steele, and Tommie Ashford are in Mr. Cooper Kimbrell’s Marine Science class at Gautier High School. (Image credit: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi)