The Clover Hill High School Biology Club allows students to connect with nature and discover interesting species around the Hill.
The Biology club has found over 20 species of trees, 15 species of mushrooms and fungi and over 20 species of birds around the Clover Hill campus. Earlier this school year, the biology club found bagworm moths othwerwise known as Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. These moths are harmful to plants because they use plant fibers to create their cocoons.
To combat this species, the Biology club picked them off and put the bagworms into soapy water, allowing nearby bushes to survive. The Biology Club enables students to make an impact on the environment here at Clover Hill by doing acts such as picking up trash every meeting and getting rid of plant-killing Bagworms.
Biology teacher and sponsor of Biology Club Dana Johnson knew that the club needed to get rid of these bugs.
“We have to get rid of them to keep the plants alive,” Johnson said.
A waterpark is being built across the street from Clover Hill, destroying a lot of animals’ homes. These forces them to relocate to the plants surrounding Clover Hill. The Biology Club has plans to help these species by creating an environment suitable for their living at Clover Hill. Senior and co-founder of the Biology Club, Isabella Bushey, hopes to use the club as a way of providing habitats.
“A lot of animals have lost their habitats and are coming to Clover Hill,” Bushey said. “We still need to figure out the logistics of it, but it would just help to grow a habitat for animals without one.”
The biology club has been working hard and will continue to work hard to preserve the environment and habitats around the Hill. Bushey is very happy with the enthusiasm club members have for the local environment.
“I love how passionate these people are about biology and the world around us,” Bushey said.
