Cedar Mill Wetland project

On Tuesday February 7, more than 100 Terra Linda Elementary School third graders, successfully planted 300 bare-root native plants within the Cedar Mill Wetland Preserve along Barnes Road. The students were accompanied by parents and community volunteers along with the school's three third grade teachers, Jeff Axeman, Megan Craft and Ruth Miller.

The project was organized by Jennifer Wilson, Urban Land Steward with The Wetlands Conservancy (TWC), and Bill Triest, Cedar Mill resident and member of Washington County Small Woodlands Association. Students learned how to plant, explored the Wetland property led by the organizers, and played educational games providing environmental insight, while providing a benefit to their community through enhanced planting in the Cedar Mill Wetland.

Plants were supplied by Clean Water Services as part of their Tree for All program. Other volunteers included Chanda Stone and Melody McCart with the City of Tualatin, Christian Haaning with Clean Water Services, Lizbeth Morrell (TWC staff) other TWC volunteers.

The Wetland was created during the '90s to mitigate loss of wetland areas impacted by development. It is owned and managed by The Wetlands Conservancy (wetlandsconservancy.org). It is home to a variety of birds, amphibians and animals, and performs valuable services to clean water in the region.

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