It takes a village to rewild a school yard
Crews are pictured at work on a project to "rewild" the Kootenai Elementary playground area. The Kootenai project includes six outdoor classrooms, a bird blind, and an exploratory "playmound," with native plant identification signs provided by the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society
Photo courtesy KANIKSU LAND TRUST
Kaniksu Land Trust officials and volunteers are pictured at Kootenai Elementary as the school's rewilding project gets underway. The project includes six outdoor classrooms, a bird blind, and an exploratory playmound, with native plant identification signs provided by the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society.
A volunteer works on the Kootenai Elementary "rewilding" project. The project is one of three in the Lake Pend Oreille School District to rewild elementary school play yards and reintroduce natural landscapes at school grounds.
KOOTENAI — Ground has officially broken at Kootenai Elementary School as part of an ambitious project to rewild the play yards of three local elementary schools.
Kaniksu Land Trust, in collaboration with Lake Pend Oreille School District, worked with administration, faculty and students at each school with guidance from Mithun, an architecture and planning firm from Seattle, to conceptualize a space that would reintroduce natural landscapes onto school grounds. With access to nature right outside the classroom door, teachers can utilize one of the area's most treasured educational resources — nature.
The project is primarily supported by people from the local and regional area including, the Equinox Foundation, Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society, Selkirk Association of Realtors, Stimson-Miller Foundation, United Way North Idaho, and numerous community donors.
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