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Greeson: Happy Earth Day, whether you celebrate on land or water like the Tennessee Aquarium

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So what’s your Earth Day plan?

You could be trying to recycle bottles before your neighbor finishes a sip or you make doubly sure to reuse your Styrofoam coffee cup several times over the next few days. Every bit helps, right?

Seriously, the plans in and around town are numerous on this Earth Day, the April 22 celebration of efforts to protect the planet.

One of the coolest may be right along the Tennessee River downtown as the good folks at the Tennessee Aquarium are reinvesting – literally – in the grand resource that means so much to our area.

Around 12:30 today, about 30 Calvin Donaldson Elementary School students, aquarium board members and supporters and local dignitaries will be on hand as the students and others put 65 lake sturgeon into the fresh water.