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At the Stormwater Management booth, information will be provided about the City of Eugene's partnership with area <br /> cleaning businesses to protect local waterways. There will also be opportunities to learn more about salmon that live in <br /> local rivers with several large displays featuring the salmon life cycle, a historical perspective and what citizens can do to <br /> keep rivers healthy. <br /> mor more information about City-related environmental programs at Earth Day, please call Kathy Eva, Public Information <br /> Specialist for the Stormwater Management Program at 682-2739. For general information about Earth Day, call <br /> Downtown Events Management, Inc. at 681-4108. <br /> Community Celebrates Arbor Day by Planting 45 Trees on Willamette Street <br /> On Saturday, April 12, 75 volunteers, including students from Pioneer Youth Corps, Friendly Area Neighbors and other <br /> community members, celebrated Arbor Day and planted 45 trees on Willamette Street and 26th Avenue. Mayor Jim <br /> Torrey and group of children helped plant the ceremonial tree. The City's NeighborWoods Program and Eugene Tree <br /> Foundation, in cooperation with the Lane County Chapter of Oregon Landscape Contractors Association and the Public <br /> Works Maintenance Concrete Crew, sponsored the"Trees for Concrete" project which involved removing portions of the <br /> concrete sidewalk along Willamette Street and creating a living, green legacy by planting trees. <br /> Mayor Torrey also accepted Eugene's 24th Tree City USA award at the event. Tree City USA, a program of the National <br /> Arbor Day Foundation and sponsored by the Oregon Department of Forestry, recognizes cities that have developed <br /> programs to plant and care for trees. Arbor Day is America's national tree holiday, a day set aside to plant ceremonial <br /> trees, educate children about the importance of trees and honor the important role trees play in the daily lives of people <br /> in communities across the country. The tree-planting project was selected to commemorate Arbor Day this year because <br /> the purpose of Trees for Concrete so closely matches the mission of Arbor Day. The purpose of the Trees for Concrete <br /> program is to create a more livable and green downtown environment by excavating planting spaces and planting trees <br /> and flowers in portions of concrete sidewalks in Eugene's urban core. <br /> Founded in 1872, Arbor Day is now celebrated in all 50 states. Oregonians celebrate Arbor Week the first full week in <br /> pril. For more information about Arbor Day and other NeighborWoods projects, contact coordinator Troy Kreger in the <br /> '."'"`Parks and Open Space Division, 682-4831. <br /> Exchange Students from Mexico Plant Native Plants along Amazon Creek <br /> Eugene Stream Team facilitated a cross-cultural experience at '= <br /> Amazon Creek on Wednesday, April 16, when 13 eighth and ninth <br /> grade students and their chaperones from Guanajuanto, Mexico, y <br /> learned about and participated in the program's efforts to restore and ;5 q1 <br /> care for Eugene's waterways and natural areas. The students, who <br /> arrived last week to participate in a two-week exchange program with <br /> Oak Hill School, began their educational program with a presentation <br /> and discussion about Stream Team's work and were then led by <br /> Stream Team volunteers fluent in Spanish in the hands-on part of the <br /> program—planting native shrubs and wildflowers along Amazon Creek .p <br /> at Oak Patch Road off West 11t Avenue. :m;x <br /> According to Stream Team Coordinator Loma Baldwin, the Mexican students were most impressed with being able to <br /> drink water from the tap and with how green Eugene is. As they planted in the rain, one quipped that all the fresh water <br /> in the world must be in Eugene. "We received very enthusiastic feedback from the group,"says Baldwin. "The students <br /> were very excited about taking what they learned back to Mexico to improve the river in their own community." <br /> The Oak Hill exchange program is organized by Armando Morales, who teaches Spanish at the school. Morales has <br /> organized exchanges between eighth and ninth grade students at Oak Hill and from his hometown in Mexico for the past <br /> I <br /> PAGE 3 <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE <br /> 3 <br /> April 17,2003 <br />