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Area schools get rain gardens to commemorate Earth Day

In light of Earth Day on Friday, three local schools will get rain gardens from the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department. The rain gardens are used to help protect water quality. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Lysette Portales spoke with Alachua County Environmental Protection Department Natural Resources Program Manager Steven Hofstetter about the importance of preserving water.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/EarthDayQA.mp3

Lysette is a reporter who can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.