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US Fish & Wildlife Service - Journal Entry Area High School Students Plant 2200 Trees & Shrubs on Erie National Wildlife Refuge  Region 5, October 4, 2007 Over 200 students from 4 area high schools, Maplewood, Saegertown, Cambridge Springs, and Erie Collegiate Academy, participated in a major planting project on Erie National Wildlife Refuge.   Native trees and shrubs were planted to provide a 50 foot conservation buffer beside Muddy Creek on the Seneca Division of the refuge.  The restored riparian consisted of 1.75 acres.   Muddy Creek provides habitat for 2 species of  endangered mussels, and is a feeder creek to French Creek, an important and biologically-diverse creek in Pennsylvania.  The project was funded through the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Contact Info: Jennifer Lapis, (413) 253-8303, jennifer_lapis@fws.gov