Ray A wetland gets planted at Genesee. The water will actually disappear in summer, leaving the native plants to mark its boundaries. Learning about ecology has been largely limited to classrooms, zoos, and trips to national parks and monuments. But times have changed.
Environmental education is now a regular part of our public school curriculum.
And now, thanks to local support for combining environmental education with the city's park system, native landscapes and wildlife habitat are getting closer all the time. Recent Park department open space acquisitions are being restored to native landscapes and wildlife habitat. These rehabilitation efforts have involved school children in the design, development and care of some parks and feature areas. Interest in native plants, preservation of wildlife Newly planted salaal, kinnikinnik and strawberry surround a vine maple on the overlook at Genesee Meadows. Along the southwestern shore of Lake Washington, extending from Seward Park at the south to Colman Park at the north, are a remarkable series of restoration projects sometimes called the Lake Washington Environmental Education Complex.