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KVA t_ <br /> cr, <br /> „ft � � t� tt �� �7w_ --w ''4 <br /> 44(z- <br /> EUGENE <br /> MOM IN ■ t111 'A '/Poll/AIM NEI t7 ■ /ref AINNW Al <br /> `l� <br /> December 10, 2002 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Kevin Foerstler, Tree Crew Maintenance Supervisor and Project Coordinator, 682-4822 <br /> • Therese M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or <br /> 682-4800, therese.m.picado(a�ci.eugene.or.us <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> I <br /> ROAD CLOSURE ALLOWS INVASIVE VEGETATION <br /> TO BE REMOVED FROM HENDRICKS PARK <br /> Starting this Friday, December 13, and continuing through Friday, February 14, 2003, <br /> Fairmount Boulevard, between Spring Boulevard and Floral Hill Drive, will be closed from 7 <br /> a.m.-5 p.m. to all through traffic, as City of Eugene parks crews haul out invasive vegetation <br /> removed from Hendricks Park. Visitors to the park are asked to enter through Summit Avenue, <br /> Floral Hill Drive, Skyline Boulevard, or Birch Lane. <br /> For the next couple of months, Walama Forest Restoration, a contractor that specializes <br /> in forest restoration work, will be systematically removing invasive vegetation, primarily ivy and <br /> blackberry plants, from the forest in Hendricks Park. These invasive plants stifle the growth of <br /> the native understory, undermine the trees and disturb the ecological equilibrium in the forest, <br /> threatening the long-term viability of the fragile forest ecosystem. <br /> For more information, call 682-4822. <br /> ### <br />