Carol Ryrie Brink Nature Park

["Joan Klingler" <joank@moscow.com>]

Take a stroll down the Carol Ryrie Brink Nature Park on the corner of 
MountainView and Joseph with "new eyes." We use it every time we start 
out on our walk (to avoid traffic on Joseph St.). The plantings that seemed so 
tiny years ago have come to life this year (must be a good spring for growth).

The AmeriCorps youth have been hard at work adding hundreds of new 
plantings. The covered rest stop at the west end of the park has been 
completed so people can take a rest out of the sun, enjoy the park, eat a 
lunch. There's a bench inside, and there are benches along the trail.

But what's new in the last couple of days are the interpretive signs along the 
trail. Some explain the creek's history, some show the work being done to 
stabilize the creek bank (another project of AmeriCorps workers), and others 
discuss the various wildlife present in the park including reasons for the 
snags and bat boxes. The signs are very professionally made and the 
illustrations beautiful.

Congratulations go to those hard-working AmeriCorps youth and to PCEI for 
all their hard work. So if you haven't been on that trail lately, take a meander.

On another note: Thanks for those who organized (and led) the tour of the 
1912 building last Saturday--if you missed this one, try to make the next 
one. It's going to be one fabulous credit to our community when it's complete!
Joan Klingler
joank@moscow.com