Mission
THE PURPOSE OF NIMIIPUU ECOSYSTEMS RESTORATION, INC. IS TO EDUCATE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS AND RIPARIAN ZONES IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS AND PROCESSES OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS AND HOW THEY SERVE THE POTENTIAL TO ASSIST IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY FOR ANIMAL AND PLANT USE, AS WELL AS HUMAN USE THROUGH RESTORATIVE EFFORTS. ECOSYSTEMS RESTORATION RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE SHARED WITH GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN DURING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE AND/OR VOLUNTEER IN OUR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.STUDENTS/PARTICIPANTS WILL BE EDUCATED ON THE WESTERN SCIENTFIC RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS OF WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ZONE ECOSYSTEMS RESTORATION, AS WELL AS EDUCATED ON THE CULTURAL ASPECTS (E.G. NEZ PERCE/NIMIIPUU LANGUAGE TERMS) OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS WHICH INHABIT THOSE ECOSYSTEM.