Institute for Applied Ecology

Institute News: May 22, 2012 IAE Receives Joint Award from FHWA; May 21, 2012 IAE Receives Development Grant; May 21, 2012 Thorpe to give Outstanding Alumni Lecture May 24; May 16, 2012 Native Plant Curriculum travels to Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge, Oregon; May 16, 2012 Oregon Sustainable Prisons Project Launched; More news…

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Jackson-Frazier Wetland, Benton County Parks

Students in the Hands-On Science elective have been propagating plants at an incredible rate this year. We currently have several species of native grasses growing in the greenhouse and are looking forward to a big spring outplanting at Jackson-Frazier. In the fall, the Hands-On Science class planted camas bulbs, a historically important food source for the Kalapuya, near the entrance to the Jackson-Frazier boardwalk. Be sure to watch for their beautiful purple blooms early this spring!

nams fall 2010

NAMS students plant camas and milkweed during a November 2010 field trip to Jackson-Frazier.

Overheard: "Volunteers are the backbone, heart, and soul of the restoration movement. And whatever the eventual results of their labors may be, working to revive damaged ecosystems is transforming and strengthening their relationship with the rest of nature."

-William K. Stevens, Miracle Under the Oaks

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