Applegater Spring 2023
Bye-bye blackberries
at Provolt Recreation Site
BY CALEB GALLOWAY AND JANELLE DUNLEVY
Opened
spread acorns
to the public
across all sites to
in
2020,
encourage the
the Provolt
more natural,
Recreation
oak-dominated
Site (PRS) has
habitat that
provided new
was originally
opportunities
on-site. These
t o e n j oy t h e
efforts will
Applegate
improve public
River. Hiking,
use and entice
horse riding,
Provolt Recreation Site recently received more wildlife
education,
BLM Secure Rural Schools Title II funding into the area.
volunteering, to help address invasive species including Himalayan
How can
and swimming
you
help? The
blackberry, starthistle, and poison hemlock.
are just a few
involvement of
of the activities
our community
taking place. With increasing use and can never be underestimated. Volunteers
ongoing restoration, improving the site is will be a key part of this project. If you are
more pertinent than ever. New trails, new interested in helping with this or any other
sites, and site improvements, including activity at the Provolt Recreation Site, then
a vault toilet and picnic benches, are in the Provolt Volunteer Team (PVT) is for
you. Led by Liz Shen, local landowner,
the works.
One important project is the removal volunteer, PRS user, and APWC staff,
of invasive plants. A plague of on-site the PVT is the main conduit for helping
invasive species, including blackberry improve this community site.
and star thistle, is allowing these noxious
Ranging from trail building and
plants to spread off-site and into our trail maintenance to site planning and
beautiful watershed. Invasive plants are rehabilitation, the Provolt Volunteer Team
also diminishing the diverse habitat of has been pivotal in advancing the Provolt
the recreation site and blocking access to Recreation Site. If you would like to learn
some areas.
more about these opportunities, contact
The Applegate Partnership & Watershed Liz Shen at provoltvolunteerteam@apwc.
Council (APWC) is excited to announce info or Caleb Galloway at calebg@apwc.
that we have received funding from the info. You can find additional information
Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) at applegatepartnership.org/upcoming-
Secure Rural Schools Title II funding events. The APWC would also appreciate
opportunity to continue the removal of the donation of acorns for this project,
noxious and invasive plants at the PRS. We preferably from local black or Oregon
will partner with local volunteers, schools, white oak trees.
and the BLM for this project. With these
Let’s all work together to help improve
many hands, we can accomplish this our watershed, our community, and our
daunting task more easily.
public sites.
Removal will take place over the
Caleb Galloway
next three years, targeting Himalayan
calebg@apwc.info
blackberry, poison hemlock, yellow star
Janelle Dunlevy
thistle, bachelor’s buttons, Dyer’s woad,
Executive Director
and more. Following removal, we will sow
Applegate Partnership &
native grass and forb seed to diversify our
Watershed Council
native plant communities. We will also
janelle@apwc.info, 541-899-9982
Remember!
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 12.
Set your clock ahead one hour to stay in sync with your neighbors.
21
NEXT GENERATION | SCHOOL NEWS
Woodland Charter School
to add kindergarten
BY CHRIS CARMIENCKE
Woodland Charter School,
in Murphy, continues to have
a wonderful 2022-2023 school
year. We have maintained our
enrollment of 180 students in
grades one through eight with
25 stable staff members and
many parent volunteers who
have created an exciting learning
A rainbow as seen from Woodland Charter School.
community with a Waldorf-
Photo: Brittanie McKirachan.
inspired curriculum. We are
thrilled about the academic and personal learning to play and are excited to become
success of our students and are looking competent ukulele players.
One bit of big Woodland news is that
forward to continuing to have a positive and
we are planning to bring kindergarten to
productive school year.
We had several wonderful events in Woodland Charter School for the fall of
December and January. In early December 2023! Although this will not be official until
our students celebrated the power of light, in we announce we are registering kindergarten
a time when darkness is so prevalent, through students, we are moving forward with our
an event called the Spiral of Light. Each grade plans to make this dream a reality. We will
level met in a darkened room with soft music keep the readers of the Applegater posted
played by student support assistant Helene about updates in future articles.
Lastly, Woodland has started a great
Bisnaire. One by one students walked through
the spiral, lit a candle, and placed it among new after-school program that happens on
cedar boughs to slowly illuminate the room. Fridays—participation in the Mt. Ashland
Woodland was also able to bring back an Youth Ski Program. We have been taking
event from the past, the Winter Assembly. nearly 40 students to Mt. Ashland on Fridays
It was held just before our winter break at to learn to ski or snowboard. We will continue
Hidden Valley High School. We had an this wonderful program until March 3.
Woodland is nearly at full capacity, but
amazing turnout of students, families, and
relatives, who enjoyed songs, dancing, poetry, we do have a few openings in Grades 1, 2,
and more. Each grade performed at the 3, 6 and 8! We continue to provide an in-
direction of their class teacher and gave the person, full-time charter school experience
audience a lovely showcase of all the grades that is different from a traditional school
through an integration of art, music, and
at Woodland.
In January, our Leadership Club led developmentally appropriate thematic
the school in a celebration of the Reverend learning experiences in a lovely outdoor and
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They read a indoor learning environment. We are proud
biography of Dr. King to younger students of the care and kindness we show in meeting
and allowed older students to hear the the needs of families in Josephine and Jackson
seminal “I Have a Dream” speech in its counties who are looking for something
entirety. Students were then provided time different, and we appreciate the continued
and materials to create their own dreams support of Three Rivers School District for
and post them for all the school to see on sponsoring us.
If you are interested in knowing more
a display board at the Juniper Shelter. This
event was developed, coordinated, and led about Woodland Charter School, or are
interested in enrolling, visit our website at
by our Leadership students.
With a local grant from the Josephine woodlandcharterschool.org or send us an email
County Cultural Coalition, we have recently at enrollment@woodlandcharterschool.org.
Chris Carmiencke, Education Director
purchased a classroom set of ukuleles,
Woodland Charter School
tuners, and cases from Larry’s Music for our
chris.carmiencke@
eighth-grade Wolf Class students. The Wolf
woodlandcharterschool.org
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