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The students at Forks School recognize the
important role that plants and mushrooms play in our local
ecosystems. We participate in several studies & projects
throughout the
year in order to learn more about native plants and mushrooms in the Salmon River watershed.
For example, we are currently cooperating with the Salmon River
Restoration Council & the US Forest Service to eradicate
Spotted Knapweed and Marlahan Mustard on riverbars along the
Salmon River. We are part of an "Adopt-a-Site" Program
in which we revisit several of these sites to ensure that they
are weed free.
We are interested in the many different species of local mushrooms
and go on annual mushroom identification hikes around our school. Recently, we have been
studying the ways in which riparian vegetation helps to provide
habitat for fish in our local streams. We are planning to do
more planting projects that focus on restoring areas to
pre-disturbance conditions.
This is one of the
non-native plants we
are trying to remove from our watershed.
It is called Spotted Knapweed.
Read
more about our projects and see our workday photos!
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