Many students went underwater in the chest-deep water to plant their beautiful grasses in the muddy bottom. The wild celery plants were placed in half-meter quadrats in a total area of about 78 square meters. The wild celery plants were placed in one-meter quadrats in a total area of about 30 square meters.
Many plants are very large, some over a half meter tall.
Many new leaves were seen emerging from the base of the plants. Plants were seen covering the quadrats very densely. Plants can still be seen. Many plants have survived the summer of 1999 and some have developed underground tubers. The exclosure has been removed.