The Rio Grande Valley heavily relies on Tamaulipan Thornscrub in order to helps stabilize carbon and climate across the region. However, there is a significant shortage of it as less 10% of thornscrub forestry remains in the entire U.S. In an effort to combat the scarcity across the region, the School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences (SEEMS) have committed to plant over 100,000 seedlings of tamaulipan thornscrub across the valley in order to help the local wildlife. Not only will this effort help grow more thornscrub across the region, (and the country) but will also open the door for further research and discovery to in order to help potentially identify more native species related to tamaulipan thornscrub.
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