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Eugene City Beat: Work crews in area parks clear out ivy - The Register-Guard, Eugene, (..: Page 2 of 2 <br /> under the federal Clean Water Act. <br /> More than 3,000 cuttings of black cottonwood, red osier <br /> dogwood and two species of native willow were planted along <br /> the edge of the creek under the direction of the Eugene Parks <br /> Division's wetlands and open waterways section. <br /> About 300 Oregon ash trees were planted along floodplain <br /> benches that were created when parts of the creek were <br /> widened in 1995, and 21 Willamette Valley ponderosa pines <br /> were planted at the top of the bank near two overlooks on the <br /> Amazon Creek bike path. <br /> Another 160 Oregon ash trees were planted along a section of <br /> Amazon Park near the Adidas Trail. <br /> Fern Ridge bike path <br /> You still can't get quite to Fern Ridge Reservoir on the bike <br /> path of the same name, but you can now get 2 1/2 miles <br /> closer. <br /> An extension of the Fern Ridge Bike Path around Meadowlark <br /> Prairie and along a dike on the prairie's edge has been <br /> declared "substantially complete" by city officials, and is open <br /> to the public as a few final touches are made. <br /> The new segment of 12-foot-wide, concrete path extends from <br /> Terry Street in the Bethel area to Greenhill Road at Royal <br /> Avenue. <br /> The path crosses four bridges and includes connecting spurs <br /> east to Roosevelt Boulevard and to a new overlook and wildlife <br /> observatory along Greenhill Road south of Royal Avenue. <br /> Amenities include 10 cast bronze disks along the path with <br /> portrayals of native plants and birds. <br /> City crews announced the "soft opening" last week after <br /> completion of all safety features along the path, including <br /> bridge railings and signs where the path crosses railroad tracks <br /> near Terry Street. <br /> Installation of benches, interpretive signs, covered picnic <br /> tables and a web camera is to be completed this spring. <br /> Joe Mosley can be reached at 338-2384 or jmosley@ <br /> guardnet.com. <br /> CITY BEAT/EUGENE <br /> 0 <br /> http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=c 1.cr.citybeat.0209&date=200302,...1 2/11/03 <br />