Volunteers work at new Palouse park

Approximately 25 volunteers turned out Saturday to help plant more than 300 creeping and tall oregon grape, drummond willows, ocean spray, woods rose and kinnikinnick.

The area planted is the new natural and native green park along Highway 27 in Palouse at the former mobile homes site.

The planting was mainly organized by Drew Hawley from the Palouse Conservation District with help from Earl McAlister who is an AmeriCorps member with the conservation district.

Both did prep work in the park last week.

According to Hawley, the trees and plants were paid for by a grant from the Department of Ecology to the Palouse Conservation District to help with the overall water quality of the Palouse River.

Don Myott, who works for the City of Palouse, has been working on the park.