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THE REGISTER-GUARD SPORTS THURSDAY,MAY 1,2003
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<br /> Nature walk:Tom Titus will lead a"Reptiles and Hiking:Jane Hackett of The Obsidians outdoor
<br /> � '', Amphibians Walk"at Mt.Pisgah Arboretum. club will lead a six-mile hike to Threemile Lake.
<br /> Meet at the visitor center off Seavey Loop Road Details and sign-up sheets are at the Eugene
<br /> t� at 1 p.m.A$3 donations is requested. Family YMCA,2055 Patterson St.
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<br /> "Overlook"is a panoramic photograph entered in the wetlands photography exhibit by Len and Terry Stolfo.
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<br /> BY MIRE STAKLEERG % WETLAND WONDERS?
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<br /> What do April showers cause to sprout V t fi- � • r TQM At first glance,they're just weeds and water.
<br /> ha in May? What makes Eugene's wetlands worth the invest-
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<br /> Why,National Wetlands Month,of ,. • meat of so much time,effort and money? i
<br /> course. 4., "Y; „,� l • - • The project area includes much of the re-
<br /> Until now,Wetlands Month has been largely -re ', maining Willamette Wet Prairie habitat,a spe •
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<br /> ignored bywinter-wearyOregonians. - cial kind of wetlands that once dominated the
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<br /> awareness and appreciationv flooding,produce oxygen, nutri-
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<br /> The call to"Celebrate Eugene's Unique Wet- - • • climate.
<br /> lands"is being issued by the Willamette Re- ♦More than 350 species of plants,including i
<br /> sources Education Network. "Follow me"is a digitally manipulated five with threatened or endangered status,live in
<br /> Events on WREN's Wetlands Month calendar photograph created by Kevin McKewen. the wetlands.
<br /> range from an exhibit of wetlands photographs • Eugene's wetlands are rich in wildlife.
<br /> Creek drainages on both sides of West lith Ave.o interpretive hikes focusing on birds,bats,but- Some 200 species of birds—including waterfowl
<br /> terflies,insects or wildflowers that live in the nue.The property was acquired over the past 10 and many Neotropical songbirds—reside there.
<br /> wetlands.Also planned are a series of free years by a partnership that includes the city of So does the Fenders blue butterfly,an endan-
<br /> Wednesday night nature talks and numerous Eugene,the U.S.Bureau of Land Management, gered species.
<br /> tours for school the Nature Conservancy,the U.S.Army Corps of ♦The 2,500 acres protected in the west Eu-
<br /> groups. Y, gene wetlands provide a vast amount of open
<br /> The west Eugene wetlands include about space just four miles from downtown Eugene and
<br /> 2,500 acres of land in the Amazon and Willow Please turn to WETLANDS,Page ES accessible via public transportation and bicycle.
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<br /> "Reflections"is the title of a photograph by Jeff Leezer entered in the Willamette Resources Education Network show of wetlands photographs.
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