April 17, 2025 8:00 am
Camas, Environment, News, Outdoors 
Fort Vancouver High School junior Carlos Lopez plants a yellow monkey flower plant April 9, 2025, at Baz River Front Park in Camas. Students from Hudson’s Bay and Fort Vancouver high schools spent the morning removing invasive species and planting trees and other plants to help restore salmon habitat through Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group’s Seeds to Salmon program. At top, a yellow monkey plant sits in a freshly dug hole at Baz River Front Park in Camas on April 9, 2025. (Photos by Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
Portland State University Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge Coordinator Emma Johnson talks to Hudson’s Bay High School students about the importance of the flora they are about to plant Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at Baz River Front Park in Camas.
A yellow monkey plant sits in a freshly dug hole Wednesday at Baz River Front Park in Camas. Thanks to Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group’s Seeds to Salmon program, students from Hudson’s Bay and Fort Vancouver high schools were able to help restore salmon habitat at the park by removing invasive species and planting trees and other pollinator plants. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
Hudson’s Bay High School students carry plants down from the parking lot Wednesday at Baz River Front Park in Camas. Students from Bay and Fort Vancouver High School removed invasive species, planted trees and planted other pollinator plants to help restore salmon habitat. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
About 35 students from Hudson’s Bay and Fort Vancouver high schools spent Wednesday digging in the dirt. They weren’t looking for buried treasure but helping to restore wetlands habitat at Baz River Front Park.
“It’s been cool to be able to see what they’ve been doing with native plants, and it’s really cool to be out here doing this stuff,” Bay senior Hudson Wright said. “Just to be able to plant, learn what’s native and learn what can be used in the ecosystem is cool.”
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