Washington County 4-H Tech Wizards receive 2007 Green Heron Award from Tualatin Riverkeepers

Date: March 1, 2007

4-H Tech Wizard students from Forest Grove will be honored at an awards dinner to be held on April 14th at the Tualatin Country Club in Tualatin. The group won the Green Heron Award in the Youth/School Group category for their efforts to protect and restore the Tualatin River and its watershed.

Equipo Verde (Green Team) is a 4-H Tech Wizards group of Latino students that have been working during the past school year on a restoration project along the banks of the Tualatin River in nearby Cornelius at Gales Creek.

	The project was student-driven, and included gathering donations and garnering community partners to conduct clean-up and implement a tree-planting project.
By getting help from METRO and SOLV as well as receiving support from Cornelius and Forest Grove residents, the students were able to get two dozen volunteers to help them plant 400 trees along the river, reducing erosion and replacing non-native invasive species with native plants.

Maria Bahena, who is part of the 4-H team said “The most important thing is that it is necessary for people to be involved in things,” she said, “because we as a community need a lot of help. There are a lot of things to do.”

Press Contact:

Lisa Conroy, Faculty
OSU Extension Service
4-H Youth Development, Washington County
Email: Lisa.Conroy@OregonState.edu
Phone: 503-725-2113

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