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PSC and is currently doing wetland restoration on a property he and his wife own in Cottage Grove. <br /> Youth crews are involved in many aspects of natural resource management, including habitat management, invasive <br /> vegetation control, and trail work. Eugene residents will see evidence of their work across the city. Past projects include: <br /> Installing turtle basking logs in the lower Amazon Creek; <br /> • Removing invasive plants, such as Scotch broom from the south face of Skinner Butte and Whilamut Natural <br /> Area of Alton Baker Park, blackberry vines from Ascot Park and Morse Ranch Park and English ivy from <br /> Hendricks Park; <br /> • Maintaining and upgrading of the Ridgeline Trail; and <br /> • Solarizating invasive grass populations at wetland restoration sites in west Eugene. (Solarization is the process of <br /> covering weed populations with clear plastic in order to "cook"them in the hot summer sun as an alternative to <br /> using pesticides.) <br /> Other work includes using weedeaters to cut grass along fence lines, around trees and sign posts, and in other areas that <br /> mowers cannot reach. <br /> In 2001, over 30 young people from NYC and Lane Metro Youth Corps logged more than 3,600 hours on wetlands <br /> projects. According to the City's contract with LCYS, at least four youth work eight hours a day, four days a week, year- <br /> round. <br /> NYC youth are from all over the northwest and camp on BLM land near Fern Ridge Reservoir while they work in Eugene. <br /> Students learn job skills,teamwork and leadership, camping skills, and ecosystem science and management. The youth <br /> from Lane Metro Youth Corps, a Looking Glass program, all live in the Eugene area and are able to learn about their <br /> local environment while serving their community over the summer. Both the NYC and Lane Metro Youth Corps <br /> programs are partially funded by OYCC. <br /> ...;YS operates out of the Serbu Juvenile Justice Center and provides juvenile offenders an opportunity to make court- <br /> mandated restitution while gaining valuable work experience, contributing to the community, and learning about parks <br /> and natural areas. LCYS has had a contract with the City for over a decade. <br /> For more information about these summer youth crews, contact Jesse Cary-Hobbs, natural resource parks maintenance <br /> staff, at 682-4828, Eric Johnson, Park Amenities Supervisor, at 682-4904, or Eric Wold, Wetlands Supervisor, at <br /> 682-4888. <br /> Work Horse Gets a Workout at Gilham Park <br /> Bill Swaggerty and his horse, Bud, a 15 year-old Belgian who <br /> can drag up to 3,000 pounds at a time, got a workout in Gilham , <br /> Park this week. 2G Construction, the general contractor on the <br /> park improvement project, hired Swaggerty to haul trees that ' .... t <br /> were thinned out of the stand at the south end of Gilham Park <br /> along Lakeview Drive. The area is an old Christmas treeZ'- �+ t <br /> stand, and the trees were thinned out to improve the overall <br /> health of the stand. The horse logging operation was brought <br /> in by the general contractor to preserve the integrity of the • <br /> roots of the remaining trees, as required by the contract. In r,...-�= ;, '_ <br /> addition to improving the health of the tree stand, the thinning <br /> should also improve visibility through the park. Construction of T <br /> improvements in the park should be substantially completed by <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br /> July 25,2002 cc020725.wpd <br />