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our rivers, the City's Stormwater Management program will be staffing a booth at the Lane County Home Show, March 7 -
<br /> 10. Visitors who stop by Booth 516 in Expo Hall 1 will receive a new stormwater brochure and bookmark. The booth will
<br /> feature visual displays with pollution facts and common-sense tips. Look for the booth with the large, shiny salmon on
<br /> display! For more information, please call Kathy Eva, Public Information Specialist for the Stormwater Management
<br /> Program at 682-2739, or visit the Stormwater Program's web site at www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw.
<br /> Students Acknowledged for Work to Restore Hendricks Park Forest
<br /> On Friday, March 1, staff at Hendricks Park recognized 28 volunteers from the t
<br /> High School Equivalency Program (HEP) of the University of Oregon for their ,, ' '
<br /> work removing English ivy and other invasive vegetation while protecting the ' ; �' ` ., ! ' :*
<br /> ,� . Adelicate native plants on the forest floor. The cohort of volunteers worked
<br /> three, 4-hour sessions, donating over 300 hours collectively to the"Gaining
<br /> Ground" ivy removal project at Hendricks Park. HEP is a federally funded �.
<br /> program designed to help individuals from migrant or seasonal farm worker ,'= °
<br /> backgrounds in obtaining the General Educational Development(GED) ` ' t.H.,. , ,- ,,
<br /> certificate. ...
<br /> John Moriarty, ForHead gardener at Hendricks Park, awarded each student • i
<br /> with a certificate, acknowledging his or her contributions to the park and '" ,l
<br /> community. Moriarty, who addressed the volunteers in Spanish, says, "Their :.
<br /> hard work and dedication to the improvement of the environment has had a
<br /> positive impact on other volunteers and the Eugene community." Each Young volunteers admire "ivy-free"zone
<br /> volunteer was acknowledged with hearty cheers from the group assembled,
<br /> which included City staff, City Councilor David Kelly and HEP program staff.
<br /> Following the ceremony, the students led a tour of their work site. For more information about"Gaining Ground" and other
<br /> volunteer efforts at Hendricks Park, call Michael Robert or John Moriarty at 682-5324.
<br /> 41111' Cherry Tree Finds New Home Next to Skinner's Cabin
<br /> Last week, a cherry tree that came from a cutting of the ,-„,,,,,,tilt ,, ,� �' d :
<br /> Heritage cherry tree in Owen Rose Garden was planted next to f, ' 4_�
<br /> Skinners Cabin in Skinner Park. This location ties it into the :� , .. w = => "
<br /> historyof the region and the interpretative program at the cabin. 'j, �� ' v
<br /> Orchards were important elements of the agricultural economy '
<br /> of early Eugene. According to folk accounts, Eugene Skinner z_
<br /> planted the original parent cherry tree in what is now Owen a-3
<br /> Rose Garden.
<br /> The new tree was originally planted next to its parent heritage
<br /> tree to ensure that there would always be a progeny of the
<br /> original cherry tree in that location. It became necessary to
<br /> move the tree to a new location because it had grown much
<br /> more quickly than anticipated. The tree was beginning to interfere with its parent, threatening the health of both the
<br /> original and progeny trees.
<br /> The original cherry tree is estimated to be more than 160 years old and a symbol of Eugene's heritage. Cuttings from the
<br /> original tree will continue to be propagated to ensure that generations to come will be able to enjoy the beauty of a
<br /> stately cherry tree next to the river in a rose garden. For more information about this project, call Urban Forester Mark
<br /> Snyder at 682-4819.
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