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Pelkie Elementary School K-2 Classes
(Baraga Area School District)
15211 Pelkie Road
Pelkie, Michigan 49958
Phone: 906.353.7538
 

Project Title
Native Species of Pelkie

Project Description
120 Students / 4 Teachers

Enhance schoolyard and Baraga Fairgrounds community park adjacent to school:

Kindergarten - Native tree & shrub planting to create habitat & biodiversity.
Grade 1 - Bird feeder watch
Grade 2 - Protecting Groundwater & Invasive Plant Study

Teachers
(lead teacher in bold)

  • Dorrena Scharlow, Kindergarten Teacher
  • Lisa Harden, Kindergarten Teacher
  • Jennifer Lynn, Elementary Principal

Community Partners

  • Baraga HS Shop Teacher
  • Copper Country Audubon
  • Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Project Photos

 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     
     

 


Native plant garden contains lowering perennials to attract butterflies and shrubs and tree seedlings to provide winter berries for birds, as well as shade for people in future years.
 

809 Hecla Street | Hancock, Michigan 49930 | 906.482.0331 | info@LakeSuperiorStewardship.org

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