Congressman George Miller Visits Edwards Creek
On January 4th Congressman George Miller attended John Swett High School’s Water and the Environment class. Science teacher, Meilin Duncan, has been working with CREEC staff and her students to do some restoration work on Edwards Creek behind the high school football field. Congressman Miller joined the group to help plant some Coast Live Oaks on the site. Although it was raining, a dozen trees were planted. In 1997 during the first year of the CREEC Youth Group, the participants did restoration work on the same site funded by California EPA and Coastal Conservancy grants. Since that time, the ivy has reinvaded and Meilin’s students are working to remove it to make room for native plants, which have been propagated at CREEC’s greenhouse. The good new is that many of the trees and plants from 1997 are thriving. The students also plan to plant a butterfly garden in the sunny area near the fence.