Neighbors invest in creek bank

Greenway Park work helps restore habitat along Fanno Creek

By Christina Lent

The Beaverton Valley Times, Feb 15, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009

Jonathan House / Times Newspapers

Darryl Giorgini and his son Nicholas plant a native tree along the wetlands at Greenway Park near Scholls Ferry Road. Cub Scouts from Pack 605 were among the 38 volunteers to take part in Saturday’s habitat work.

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An enthusiastic group of 38 volunteers got down and dirty Saturday planting 1,174 native trees and shrubs in Greenway Park.

Boy Scouts, Southridge High School students and Greenway neighbors pitched in to help the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District restore a stretch of natural habitat along Fanno Creek.

As the first of four planned volunteer work days, community volunteers got a good start in planting 8,500 native plants in the south portion of the park.

“I was really impressed with how many plants they put in the ground,” said Melissa Marcum of the park district. “The children who volunteered had a lot of fun getting muddy.”

Soggy bottom

The park district plans to make a number of natural resource enhancements at Greenway Park during the next three years.

As part of a partnership with Clean Water Services and Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods Program, the park district hopes to restore nearly 1.5 miles of stream and 20 acres of wildlife habitat in the park.

“Many of the mowed turf areas are in the creek’s flood plain and are historic wetland and riparian areas,” said Bruce Barbarasch, the park district’s natural resources supervisor.

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