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The RARE Partnership
The RARE (Restoration and Reintroduction Education) Partnership is our environmental stewardship, service-learning program. RARE promotes school and community involvement in the reintroduction of rare and endangered plants and the restoration of the habitats that support them.
We pair local schools with conservation areas where students actively plan and participate in restoration and reintroduction of rare and endangered plant species. We engage students in hands-on restoration involving inquiry-based science to enhance the critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills of local middle and high school students as we restore habitat for Oregon’s biodiversity and natural heritage. This year, the RARE Partnership is active in seven schools in Benton County.
Cheldelin Middle School
Jackson-Frazier Wetland (Benton County Parks and Natural Areas)
Crescent Valley High School
Fitton Green Natural Area (Benton County Parks and Natural Areas)
Corvallis Waldorf School
Owens Farm (Greenbelt Land Trust)
Lincoln Environmental Middle School
Raindance Ranch (Privately Owned)
Linus Pauling Middle School
Marys River Natural Area (City of Corvallis Parks)
North Albany Middle School
EE Wilson Wildlife Area (Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife)
Philomath High School
Philomath Prairie (The Nature Conservancy)
