Maine Audubon, with help from the Maine Association for New Americans, recruited 12 teens to help us learn about and plant species from the K-5 Wabanaki Studies curriculum at PPS elementary schools. These new plantings will enable teachers and students to visit these plants as they grow and bloom during the school year while they study their importance to Wabanaki culture, relationships with wildlife, their indications for climate change, and other ecological benefits they provide. Learn more in from Maine Audubon news in this story from Aug. 29, 2024: Restoring Ecological & Multicultural Connections in Portland Schoolyards