After months of using weed-killers, saws, shovels and hand-yanking invasive latherleaf fern out of a tropical forest on Virginia Key Beach Park, City of Miami parks naturalist Gloria Alejandra Antia was finally able to begin the process of rebuilding.
Antia dug a hole and planted a small native tree just steps from the shoreline.
“The health of this island, the health of this ecosystem is crucial for our homes, it protects the mainland,” Antia said.
