Fifth graders at Benjamin Rush Elementary School in Redmond have been working in partnership with the City of Redmond to learn how to recognize and remove invasive plants from the Redmond West Wetlands, located right next to their school.

Parents and teachers have also been involved in the project, helping the students plant more than 350 native plants along the trails. The students have logged more than 344 volunteer hours towards this project, which has tied into a special science unit on forestry the fifth grade teacher team has developed.

The community is invited to take a walk along the trail to see all of the students’ hard work — especially, the northeast corner and inside the fence along the trail. The students also plan to do a maintenance visit in the spring.