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<br /> FACT
<br /> SHEET EUGENE Publ Works
<br /> Maintenance
<br /> City of Eugene
<br /> 1820 Roosevelt Blvd.
<br /> Eugene, OR 97402
<br /> (541) 682 -4800
<br /> Managing the Hendricks Park Forest
<br /> Diseased Trees Slated for Removal
<br /> sh aded out by the conifers and the florest floor has changed
<br /> Background as well. Big -leaf maples are beginning to occur. 1
<br /> At the time the park was created in 1906, the natural state of While the park's main attraction is the Rhododendron Gar -
<br /> Hendricks Park was a grassy, treeless area. Oak trees domi- den, the forested area has received attention when dead, dy-
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<br /> hated the south and west facing ridges and a few hundred- ing and fallen trees have been removed. This fact sheet pro -
<br /> year -old fir trees sat on the peak of the hillside. Time has vides information about the proposed removal of 18 dis-
<br /> changed the park and the natural state of the forest. Al- eased trees this summer and the plan to manage the remain-
<br /> " though many heights, Managing the forest b
<br /> to majestic g , in Y •
<br /> some have become injured and diseased. Natural succes- culling diseased trees helps reduce hazards for nearby resi-
<br /> sion of the forest continues; oaks and madrones have been dents and park visitors.
<br /> Diseased Trees
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<br /> k L' �? for removal (see ma is o the Baste
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<br /> :> �,� y.:.s? it ; ;�;, trig .> Fircrest rk land between residences trees
<br /> . za `� ` " �°'.r�� ° ° FiDrive and Birch Lane. The trees
<br /> :,b<. ';l s Y ' z a ";afii2 '. ` .'s ' z c e, ;: £ "' `''` here have had to contend with road t �, :. `'� 4`
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<br /> ' known as Pine conk and P aeolus
<br /> P3rnlc Shelter .: <'
<br /> schwei ni tzn, known as er s conk.
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<br /> Bark beetles and a ea
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<br /> � . a so to e a a
<br /> k condition of e trees e
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<br /> ! How e es Were Scd
<br /> o� Pfc and Pla Art
<br /> t = Last year the Tr Ci hired a rivate te con -
<br /> � tY P ele
<br /> .. sultant to review the hea of 233 trees
<br /> Hendricks Parr
<br /> at Hendricks Park A proximate) 100
<br /> P
<br /> of the fir. trees were determined to be
<br /> off'
<br /> ,..'t n..:::,:.: of the
<br /> potentially hazardous Twelve
<br /> trees were of immediate hazard an
<br /> were removed ast fall. Since
<br /> then, the
<br /> City's Urban Forester and his staff have
<br /> done a more detailed analysis of 120 fir
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