Personal Essay: Morongo Preserve

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Dakota Long, Tyler Lauer, Robert Monaco, Joey Rappazzo, and I arrived on September 30th to participate with the help of the Morongo Preserve. Our parents transported us via automobiles. My friends and others in our class enlisted to understand better and help the environment around us rather than what most of us do on a daily basis. For several hours we moved a massive pile of rocks for later use, and moved dead weeds and branches. It will help the environment for various reasons.
Volunteering for the preserve, in an ecological perspective, was vital since it benefited the desert. The two results of removing dead branches cluttering the plants are more beautiful sight to admire, “To control a plant’s size or form and enhance its beauty and

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