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Volunteers John Plunkett, left, and Cathy Maloney, both of Riverside, fill dug up spots with a tall grass species on Aug. 10. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Jill Mateo, of Riverside, plants a tall grass species on Aug. 10, at Swan Pond. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Public Works employee Kevin Kuratko, Riverside volunteer Jill Mateo, forestry intern Max Duve and Lake Forest volunteer Lydia Scott plug in plants. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Living Habitats ecologist Daniel Lopez carries a flat of tallgrass plants to the planting area. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
Heidi Natura of Living Habitats, the firm hired to help come up with the planting plan, demonstrates how to properly plant a tallgrass species. | Alexa Rogals/Staff Photographer
A group of volunteers and Riverside Public Works employees kicked off the Swan Pond Park replanting effort on Aug. 10, plugging about 1,500 of 10,000 wetlands plants into the low area of the park.
