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One sunny morning in May, four high school students stood on a flower-dappled prairie in southern Dallas holding shovels. Before them swayed a Texas blazing star, a tall and spindly stalk that erupts ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Tribune. One sunny morning in May, four high school students stood on a flower-dappled prairie in southern Dallas holding shovels.