Tag: Prairie Restoration Project

The Eastern team partnered with Spokane Public Schools’ Native Education Program for this memorable science-theme visit.

The schoolhouse landscape is coming to life thanks to a collaborative effort to establish plants that were once native to the area.

Faculty and staff pitched in to help beautify campus as commencement season approaches.

During the two-day event on March 6 and 7, volunteers will help to plant some 1,500 native plant plugs.

Faculty and staff volunteers beautified campus, adding native and climate resilient plants to the landscape.

The prairie restoration team recently announced another milestone in the project’s development — the seeding of native grasses across the entire 120-acre site.

In a timely nod to Earth Week – and EWU’s generous donors – several key sustainability efforts are underway as part of the university’s Climate Action Plan.

Gov. Jay Inslee visited Eastern Washington University on Thursday to learn more about the university’s work to support sustainability and counter climate change.

A team of faculty, staff and students at the end of January took a critical first step in the Prairie Restoration Project—planting seeds on the site.

Members of the Eastern community and representatives from local tribes joined EWU President Mary Cullinan on Wednesday to launch a major sustainability initiative that will restore one-third of EWU-owned land to its native habitat. The Cheney campus spans some 300 acres, more than 100 acres of which is farmland to the west of campus. The…