Lowcountry Montessori earns grant 

The Lowcountry Master Naturalist Association has awarded a grant in the amount of $350 to the Lowcountry Montessori School (LMS) in Port Royal for a project to harvest stormwater using rain barrels. Rainwater harvesting captures stormwater before it runs off, picking up pollutants that flow into streams, rivers, and ponds. Stormwater pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is the greatest threat to our nation’s surface waters. Stormwater harvesting systems use rain barrels or cisterns, filters, downspouts, and drip lines to run the harvested water from the barrels to the target zones in a garden. Master Naturalist Tamala Conner, the grant facilitator pictured here with LMS students, is working with the school as a gardening/environmental resource guide and consultant. Submitted photo.