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RESTORING CAMPUS WILDLIFE NEW PLANS IN STORE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER photo by Tom Bog g ess BY TOM BOGGESS Above: Kirill Lgnatyev attended the event in the ELC building on Saturday, April 30. Below: Community members, administrators, CCC staff, faculty and students gather during an open house for the Newell Creek Headwaters restoration. Plans for the Newell Creek Headwaters restoration at Clackamas Community C ollege’ s Environm ental Learning Center were viewed during an open house by a large number of community members, administrators, CCC staff, faculty and students. They all came together in the ELC b uildin g located on five acres o f wetland at the college to show their interest in the environment. S h elly P arini, dean o f college advancem ent, said, “ The W estside Hall is being utilized for a variety of reasons. They teach one class here but this has been the home for community education for years and years. This is really a m ulti-use building.” A grant has b een provided by Metro to fund this project. The CCC Foundation is com m itted to raising $1.7 million to match the grant. The project is estimated to be finished in 2017. The main focus of the restoration is the Headwaters of Newell Creek and the ponds and w aterw ays feeding th em . A n oth er n earby bu ild in g, mainly used for storage now, will be fixed up during restoration to use it for classes and offices. The grounds and the pathways have a wonderful transformation thanks to some hard work by mostly volunteers. Because of those volunteers people can walk the grounds and paths to explore what lies there in seclusion. There are 12,000 feet of pathways running through the grounds. There are two more weekends available for the volunteers to continue cleaning the area. This even t w ill continue on May 14 and groundbreaking w ill occur on the college’ s 50 anniversary celebration on May 21. Bob C ochran, dean o f cam pus s e r v ic e s , e x p la in e d a ll o f th e construction drawings that were on display. He went on to explain how the restoration will change the existing ponds and the landscapes surrounding the waterways. “The pond’s water just kind of sits in one spot, but the pond’s new formation in a snaking affect will increase storm water movement and a calculated time that it w ill be in the area,” Cochran said. “ Dr. James Nurmi teaches a class here called Water and Environmental Technologies, WET, and he has been collecting w ater sam ples along the way and will continue to test the storm water to see how we have improved the quality of the storm water.” Oregon State Rep. Bill Kennemer from Congressional District 39 was in attendance looking at the future plans for the ELC area. Kennemer said, “ I started coming to the ELC building in 1986 and I worked with Jerry Herrmann and I got to know him w ell. Herrmann was the first student to get involved with the ELC in 1974; it’ s exciting to see this whole project come together.” Cochran said, “ This w ill be about a tw o-year project and that is the storm water component of this, but w e also w ill have features like the amphitheater here for education, and a couple of discovery gardens. We’ll be having seven new bridges installed and places where the bank will b e’cut like stairs so kids and students go down to the water to collect larva and insects.” R en ee H arber, c h a ir o f th e horticulture department, was also in attendance. Beginning this summer, Harber will be working with Parini to coordinate w hat is happening w ith the educational departm ent here at the ELC. ON THE COVER: theclackamasprlnt.com OO0 E d lto rs -ln -C h lef A n d re w Kocaan & M egan McCoy, chieied@ clackam as.edu; N ew s Editors M erari C alderon Ruiz. S haylyn Struna. new sed@ dackam as.edu; A rts & Culture M atthe w R ow ning. K e d@ cla ckam as.ed u; Sports Editor James Harley, sportsed@ dackam as.edu; Associate Sports E ditor Travis W hitta ker; Copy Editor Blake Swan, copyed@ clackam as.edu; Design Editor B randon Chorum ; Photo Editor V ictoria Tinker, photoed@dackamas edu; Illustrator Saige Keikkala; W eb Editor • ■ le Wagar. w eb ed itor@ d acka m a s.ed u; Ad M anager R obin Scott, ad m gr@ dackam as.edu; Video g rap h er Taras Kovch. Staff W riters & Photographers E dgard Valencia. E lizabeth KesseL D ebbie Fox. Kristen W ohlers, Tom Boggess; Production D avid Avis; Journalism A d viser Melissa Jones, m elissaj@ dackam as.edu; B e C /a d a ro a s P n W aim s to re p o rt th e new s in a n honest, unbiased a n d professional m anner. C ontent p u blish ed in The P rin t is n o t screened o r subject to censor shi p. Em ail comments, concerns o r tip s to : cKefed@ d acka m a s.e du o r call us a t 5 0 5 -5 9 4 -6 2 6 6 ; 19 60 0 Molalla Ave.. O regon Qty. OR 9 7 04 5 2 Clackamas Print MAY 4.2016 Ihedadtamasprinicom
