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About the Wetlands

 Earth Week in the Wetlands

Dickinson/Explorer continues to grow and blossom both in and out of the classroom.  Our Wetlands environment is able to be sustained through the hard work and dedication of not only teachers, parents, and students but also our beloved "go green" guru Laura Kleppe. 

  

April 23rd   - April 27th will be our 5th Annual All-School Earth Week event.  We need your help so please sign up using the following form.  2012 Wetland Parent Volunteer Flyer.doc2012 Wetland Parent Volunteer Flyer.doc


Wetlands Introduction

Native Plants  

Eco-School Information
Here is a link to Eco-Schools USA May case study featuring Dickinson Elementary/Explorer Community School! It celebrates all the wonderful work that the whole school has been doing for the last 4 years in the wetland under Laura Kleppe's leadership and also explains some of the things that Dina and I did with our students this year to get them more involved and earn the bronze award.

 http://www.nwf.org/en/Global-Warming/School-Solutions/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Case-Studies.aspx
 

 History

 
The 1.45 acres of land on which our present day wetland sits has had a varied history. In the early 1950’s the land on the East Side of the property was used as a mink & fox farm owned by the Elkin brothers, Fred and Wil. They sold the farm to the Howe family in 1952. The Howe family used the property on the corner of 208th Avenue and Union Hill for pasture.  They raised white-faced cattle for several years before selling the property to the Lake Washington School District to build an elementary school.

Some of the old pasture fence is still standing in the center of the wetland area surrounded by creeping buttercup and elderberry bushes.

When the new school was built in 1992, the building site was a wet meadow. Through a mitigation process the school district created a replacement wetland on the East Side of the new school. This fenced-in area is our existing wetland. We created two trails to be used as outdoor classrooms to enhance the environmental curriculum of our school. The Emily Dickinson wetland is a sensitive area to be protected from any disturbances to the natural state of the property. The future of our wetland depends on each of us being good stewards of this vital and important area of our World.

 
 

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