Fire Rehabilitation with Baker High School and Baker Intermediate
PBWC partnerd with Oregon Department of Forest and Baker Schools' Science Departments on a local fire rehabilitation project On Monday, October 19th, over 45 students and educators toured the Dooley Mountain and met at the Phillips Reservoir to learn about conifer seed collection and the ecological role of fire in our Eastern Oregon forests. As our community has faced severe, yearly droughts, and extreme wild fire over the Summer months, Baker High School and Baker Middle Sch
2015 Fall Tour in Keating
What a wonderful day PBWC had touring the beautiful Keating Valley in Eastern Oregon! First stop was BLM's Balm Creek Mine Restoration Site where we met with Denine Schmitz of the Bureau of Land Management. Denine spoke to us about the former Mother Lode Mining Site and the reclamation process that has taken place over the last fifteen years. Joining us was Baker Technical Institute's Brownfields class. After the mine tour, we headed over to Copper Belt Winery and learned abo
