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Our main program areas include Watershed Restoration, Environmental Education, Transportation, Community Food Systems, and Energy.  Check them out!
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The Rose Creek Nature Preserve (RCNP) is a special place located only 7.5 miles northwest of Pullman, Washington, near Albion (Directions). Rose Creek Preserve is the best example of the distinct quaking aspen-black hawthorn-cow parsnip community type of its kind remaining in the endangered Palouse meadow steppe ecosystem. The twelve-acre preserve is bisected by Rose Creek with a plant community of native bunchgrass species in the upland, and a lush community of species such as Fendler’s waterleaf, and purple trillium in the wet meadow. After three years of managing the Preserve for the Nature Conservancy of Washington (TNC), in December 2008, TNC transferred title of the land to PCEI. As the new owners of the Preserve, PCEI will maintain the high standard of care and concern for the historical preserve.

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last update: 2/9/2009

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