Excerpted from the Beaverton Valley Times, April 19, 2012
Just east of Highway 217 and accessed by Southwest 105th Avenue or Marjorie Lane, Camille Park is a 12-acre oasis with amenities both the young and old can enjoy. A 700-foot plastic-decked boardwalk system provides year-round wetlands access, which right now includes a lower-lying camas lily meadow that blooms in spring.
The park’s rare Oregon white oak habitat – one of the most endangered environments in the Pacific Northwest – was enhanced by thinning some fast-growing ash trees, opening the canopy and providing more light. A wetlands meadow was also replanted with native species, and invasive plants and shrubs were removed.
District Park Ranger Kyle Spinks said the restoration of native plants and the boardwalk through the park’s marshier areas should prove popular among nature lovers of all stripes.
“We sought to turn it into an interactive wetland/shrubland,” he noted. “The idea is you can walk in and see what (Oregon) wetlands are all about.”
