Volunteers Needed to Restore Paradise Creek

[bill london <london@moscow.com>]

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> >Volunteers Needed to Restore Paradise Creek
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> >PULLMAN, Wash. -- The public is invited to plant trees and help restore
> >stream banks along Paradise Creek on Saturday, Oct. 14. The event, which is
> >sponsored by the Washington State University Center for Environmental
> >Education, will last from 9 a.m.- noon. Volunteers will plant native trees
> >and shrubs to provide wildlife habitat, erosion control and shade to lower
> >stream temperatures, as well as beautification for the Bill Chipman Trail,
> >which is adjacent to the stream.
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> >Participants should meet at the Student Book Corporation on the Pullman
> >campus no later than 9 a.m. Groups and individuals are welcome to attend.
> >Transportation is provided for students. Workers are asked to bring shovels
> >and gloves if possible. Volunteer service hours are recorded and fulfill
> >class and other community service requirements.
> >
> >Since 1995, the Center for Environmental Education has planted more than
> >100,000 trees in local watersheds with the help of 5,000 WSU and community
> >volunteers. CEE also focuses on environmental education and has worked with
> >Pullman's Sunnyside Elementary School and the National Youth Sports
> >Program. The center is currently working with Rosalia, Tekoa, Steptoe and
> >Colfax schools providing environmental education curricula.
> >
> >Contact Todd Cullison at 509/335-1763 for more information.
> >