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<br /> 3urchase of jewelry,. In 1997, the 'city of Eugene began • ,..,. ,,,,,, , .
<br /> mbined with any other offer; . felling potentially hazardous trees near the. ,'-'''':,....,;.4....,_do. . .• ,.. •,,,
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<br /> eastern: boundary of Hendricks Park. . P.-„,..., ;•. •:'' . '1?"'• ..... '', I
<br /> pi25 monroe gorvallis ..... Although their.removal was partly triggered
<br /> , 5qi 430 4111 by neighbor's cpneen:s.about falling...qeesj.,-;"-''''' - . :;'7'7.;) ,..):;: •',. ....'..
<br /> other nearby residents and park ItiveriWere.'••••,-. 4 . . .'••,,t,,,'•••,',4". '-
<br /> .. ...... .'•- .:•• . • • ••:'' • • •• • .: alarMed by the•felling and questioned 4'4, •-3..,4 ,
<br /> t• ' "'•‘'•' '• . • ••••• • "Whether it was jiistifie&InleSPOnSe.toitheir•..'• , -i•,' •r,•• .- A '
<br /> A ,. . concemi the citY stoppediemovingtree&and ' •, ..-'';..,,. , , , ',..aw
<br /> formed a.committee to study.the issue As a :T.v ..,,-.'', i
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<br /> Auto Glass: . . resultøf the. 'committee's Work) City•• t••• ' '.;•:'..' . ' Av''' .110,
<br /> Councilor Laurie Sw.anson-Gribscoy Was 0., •''' '- - -4‘,'";•. fe'
<br /> rized for all Insurance Work able to persuade the council to commit up to
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<br /> . • •$50,000 for i'long4ange-management plan •• •/' ,, ..
<br /> ductibies Waived for Hendricks Park's trees and forest. N: '.. ....•
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<br /> bug-1y qualify for a - Work on this plan was underway when,in ,..., ----'' . ',
<br /> Fr‘ble.., windshield. March of 1999, a.freak windstorm trite.up.,',.
<br /> I for details. Summit Avenue and brought dOwri-niany
<br /> A NATIVE DOGWOOD IN HENDRICKS PARK.
<br /> • ' trees near the eastern'boundary:TheZOiden7.
<br /> • Free Mobile Service • . .. .. . , -
<br /> • in that area was devastated, several nearby ' Rhododendron Gardento the north and the
<br /> • Same Day Service homes were damaged,and.two huge Douglas natural forest area to the south.
<br /> . WORK GUARANTEED • firs smashed through the roof of the.old The Native Plant Garden got a consider-
<br /> Free Estimates . Wilkins Picnic Shelter.A week later,as I stood able boost when it caught the attention of
<br /> at the top•of Summit Avenue with tears in my Jerry Blakely and his wife, Mary Rear
<br /> Robert Amor : eyes,I noticed someone had pinned,a sign to Blakely. A committed teacher,gardener and• .
<br /> = 47-8700 • 731-8700 the remains of the shelter.It read"NATURE lover of native plants,Mary was dying of can-
<br /> . • - BATS LAST." • , cer.The Blakelys felt that the garden would
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<br /> . • •. "Twenty-four 100-year-old Douglas fir make an ideal memorial to her life. After
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<br /> trees fell,mostly within one half hour,"says Mary died 2001,Jerry Blakely started a •
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<br /> I ' -Mon-Fri 10-6 • Michael Robert,head gardener at Hendricks fund to make the garden a reality.With the
<br /> El • Sat 9-6 • Park. "Although thisfull moon storni,had a- help of volunteers',he and the park's assistant
<br /> Stin 10-5 ' 'devastating effect on.Hendricks Park,the Op:. gardener Ginny,Alfrierid,a longtime c,ham-
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<br /> ?rsal3/ . rooted trees provided an amazing laboratory pion of nativeplants, ave been working on
<br /> for studying the combined causes of tree fail- the garden all spring.The garden was dedi-
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<br /> ure.".Some trees had suffered root loss where sated on May.4th of this year as camas lily
<br /> 'they were paved.over with asphalt,or stood . and native iris bloomed around the.restored
<br /> f the rear &pester,
<br /> -1/- lift hi wet soil compacted by nearly 100 years of . shelter.Some woody ornamentals in the area
<br /> . ciaisi park use.But the bi :est single cause of fail- will be removed over the next few years and
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<br /> Allure was the size of their crowns. "The wind Used to help rejuvenate the Rhododendron
<br /> Down to Earth accumulated volume as it coursed up Summit Garden,but some 40-tO 50-year-old rhodo-
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<br /> Avenue,and it was'the direct wind in their sail • dendrons,gifts of the founders of the Garden,
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<br /> :IttC,'",e•A'il 77".•••m,"* 2 that was responsibre for the trees' failure," .will be left where they,are and hand-watered.
<br /> says Robert There was little or no correipon. • Execution of the Management Plan relies
<br /> '''r'''' w:„....i.*.!1 '-;•,&•• .•:.,;. . .. dense between the trees that fell and the 80 to heavily on community involvement For in
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<br /> ,, •;-'..!....•',1. ,,g;•'. •100 trees originally slated for removal in a stance, it recommends "an aggressive pro- •
<br /> t'l'-,Ittr'ii''''i ,i,',,:,),•'.'••'. ::137- • 1997 study. • : gram"to remove the English ivy that covers
<br /> .figl.„ , *.litini.,it-- ,..•• - •• .The Hendricks Park Forest Management more than half the forest floor. The non-
<br /> P"i.--':''''4-q.'-'>,i7.,- ..'•';, '-1'-'-. - . • Plan was accepted by the council-in January profit Watama Restoration Project,together ••
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<br /> t,., •,7,,I•'••.::•.9..'••r'..-saw 1.11•1 .... ... .- 2001•Whilet it does allow for Conthising . with volunteers,ttiok out several acres of ivy-• '
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<br /> some incltirdnat management of-WInerOfe .. '' along Fairmount this wink...With inipiesibre.'
<br /> n4. ludiri-' gc4ligilt..' Tir:21[P-itIni-ligAnHiik64."-.'• ' results,' •Who•Ii.i.ould....hilit..gueis'....4iii.ula• ri• ,.- .,.... .
<br /> "t,"•.xyd-r.,4-11--,r-A4e' .'1r; . ' . ! . '' toolio-teducethe sail).the plan-gentrallTmts• native ptants•were nangini•Ort un er that .,.....• .
<br /> :.-.'.,• ..-..1• *-ronc ••• • .•,.:-• . :4'for.nianagingffie;parkas,a.dynam.g...**. . blarik5edivy1A•nae#1.arit.nursery:is arso/7 • . ::
<br /> - ' ° I:•-.! ''''.... ''. .• ..... ' ' . ,..•-..,Sionar forest'leading.to old growth . :being'established,it iffek,iark with.help frones..
<br /> '•,.:;-...••••... ..-...',1414-.0,1„y,,,,,,r4,0,,dicti. • ' -than-Crisis,management otindwithialAree,&.y ,.,.the Community;especially as an educational •
<br /> 10 n ;-...A0:. • . .. • .: The.Otati-put d;stog,IC!ninsi ingati*initie.4 _:.,oppoinui4 for local iii4thgroups•.- ' .'. . .
<br /> .0am .ram- • •ontiria , • •• .. f area around.the picnie shelter to help stabilize'.• Now; Ginny Alfrienid and. the newly
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<br /> •'• Cookware., • -thetrees.there,and loit Douglas firs*being formed Friends of Hendricks Park are look-
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<br /> sN%,,• • • ., . . replaced with more"wind firm"species such ing for volunteers to adopt a plot Within the
<br /> t•-'''''''', II:js.'"''''.-' . as Oregon white oak,.The plan also recom- native garden for weeding and maintenance. . .
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<br /> 1,,. ,.. "r • mended establishing a Orden Of native plants Contact Alfriend or John Moriarty at
<br /> • around the shelter that can handle surniiier Hendricks Park, 682-5324, •about .!
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<br /> • ;drought.The framerd of the plan gave this volunteer. opportunities,' . You . can
<br /> ' . '•' .1 garden a high priority,,.ieeing•it as a.'"Ii,*ing view •the .ForeitlMinageinent Plan at
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