The Future of the Rayonier Mill Site

In December, Lincoln High School science classes responded to the City of Port Angeles' call for public comments about the future of the former Rayonier Mill/Ennis Village site. Before submitting comments, students researched the area from a scientific, cultural, and social perspective. Carolyn Wilcox of Streamkeepers taught students hands-on field science methods for gathering water temperature and turbidity data. Students practiced these methods first on Tumwater Creek after a heavy rain and then on Ennis Creek upstream from and at the former Rayonier Mill site. Guest presenters including Nathan West, Port Angeles' city planner, Jack Anderson, Rayonier's Environmental Engineer, Larry Dunn, Lower Elwha's Rayonier Site Clean-up Project Manager, and Darlene Schanfald, Olympic Environmental Council Coalition's Project Coordinator, came into the classroom to present. After weighing the various perspectives and the scientific results from our investigations, students submitted comments to the City of Port Angeles.

Check out these sample comments that students submitted to the City of Port Angeles.
http://cid-89066cfd60ad3b3f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Lincoln%20High%20Science/Public_Comment_Highlights.doc

Also, read this article from the Peninsula Daily News that was written about our class and this project.

http://cid-89066cfd60ad3b3f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Lincoln%20High%20Science/RayonierArticle.jpg

There's also this link you can follow to some pictures and captions in Port Angeles School District's News and Notes.

http://www.portangelesschools.org/news/news-notes/documents/121807nn.pdf