It's arbor week and this morning a class from Cascades Academy went out to Shevlin Park to plant some trees. They're planting seedlings in a burn at the park that happened twenty five years ago. Each seedling is about two years old and a plastic protective netting is used to keep deer from eating the tree as it develops. The students have been learning about vegetation all week and now they get to apply what they've learned.
Outdoor Program Coordinator for Bend Park and Rec, Eric Denzler, says "What they're learning in the classroom has a connection and they're planting trees and they can look forward to seeing these trees in the years to come. And they can come back later maybe later when they're parents with their kids and say i helped plant this forest here."
You can plant some trees too... This Saturday from 9am until 1pm tree planting is open to the public. Trees and shovels will be provided.
Adam Clark
