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Sixth-graders participate in a Columbia Gorge stewardship project through a partnership between school district and non-profit

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Students raise their hands in victory after completing the blackberry bush removal project at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Sixth-graders from Jemtegaard and Canyon Creek middle schools spent two days last week learning about the Columbia River Gorge and surrounding area.

Four years ago, the need for an outdoor school replacement activity resulted in an unusual partnership.

The Washougal School District approached the Friends of the Columbia Gorge, a non-profit preservation group, about working with local sixth-graders who had outdoor school cut as a part of budget constraints.

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