The Buhr Park Children's Wet Meadow was created by the cooperative efforts of many children, with help from teachers, parents, and other interested adults. A Children's Project Children are acute observers of the environment. They often have a detailed knowledge of their surroundings, and are outdoors in all weather throughout the year.
Children are concerned about the future, and care about the well-being of plants and animals.
The children who live in the area use Buhr Park in all seasons. They noticed soil erosion and the silt deposits that made it hard to bike through this part of the park. They observed how water collected here after rainstorms and poured down the storm sewers. As they studied Mallet's Creek, they began to realize that these small problems were also part of a larger problem. They began to look for ways to solve the small problems.