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Coordinator, at 682-5471. <br /> .olunteers will "Gain Ground"in Hendricks Park Forest this Saturday <br /> Thanks to the rains, the soil has loosened and Hendricks Park staff and volunteers from the community can work on <br /> "gaining ground"this Saturday, December 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., as they remove ivy from the park's forest floor at <br /> the season's second ivy removal work party. Interested volunteers should meet at the F.M. Wilkins Shelter at 2200 <br /> Summit Avenue for work instructions and equipment. <br /> In a series of work parties this winter, ivy will be removed while protecting the delicate native plants on the forest floor. <br /> "We need to focus on getting as much ivy removed as possible before the native bulbs and perennials begin to emerge <br /> in the spring," says Hendricks Park Head Gardener Michael Robert. <br /> Removing ivy and other invasive plants was identified as a priority in the Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan, <br /> accepted by the City Council in January 2000. English ivy is a non-native, invasive plant that last winter was officially <br /> quarantined by the Oregon Department of Agriculture to prevent its sale and propagation in the state. In Hendricks Park, <br /> ivy causes damage to the native forest ecosystem by developing into a dense ground cover that prevents native plants <br /> from growing. The loss of native plants reduces the habitat for animals and insects that depend on the natural forest <br /> ecosystem. When ivy grows up the trunks of trees, it produce seeds, allowing it to spread even further and cause more <br /> damage in other parts of the forest. Over the last two summers, nearly all the ivy on trees and over five acres of ivy on <br /> the forest floor have been cleared in the park. For more information, call Hendricks Park Head Gardener Michael Robert <br /> or Forest Management Plan Coordinator John Moriarty at 682-5324. <br /> Road Closure Allows Invasive Vegetation to be Removed from Hendricks Park <br /> Starting this Friday, December 13, and continuing through Friday, February 14, 2003, Fairmount Boulevard between <br /> Spring Boulevard and Floral Hill Drive will be closed from 7 a.m.to 5 p.m. to all through traffic as City of Eugene parks <br /> .ews haul out invasive vegetation removed from Hendricks Park. Visitors to the park are asked to enter through <br /> Summit Avenue, Floral Hill Drive, Skyline Boulevard, or Birch Lane. <br /> For the next several months, Walama Forest Restoration, a contractor that specializes in forest restoration work, will be <br /> systematically removing invasive vegetation, primarily ivy and blackberry plants, from the forest in Hendricks Park. For <br /> more information, call Kevin Foerstler, Tree Crew Maintenance Supervisor and Project Coordinator, at 682-4822. <br /> I THIS WEEK I <br /> 12/12 Th <br /> 5:30pm BB,BT Police Commission McNutt tt Room <br /> Council Winter Break: December 12 -January 7, 2003 <br /> I NEXT WEEK <br /> ,.;.;_ <br /> 12/17 CANCELLED Human Services Commission <br /> 12/17 T 6:00pm GP Human Rights Commission McNutt Room <br /> 12/19 Th Noon BB Citizen Involvement Committee Atrium/Sloat Room <br /> I UPCOMING <br /> 12/25 W Christmas Day- City Offices Closed <br /> 2/26 Th 1:30pm BB,PF, CC on Homelessness and Youth Sloat Room <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br /> December 12,2002 cc1212020.wpd <br />