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,_VA L./ 772,2_ <br /> _ — <br /> EUGENE Aie <br /> July 17, 2003 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ■ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682- <br /> 4800 <br /> • Chris Girard, Volunteers in Parks Coordinator, 682-4845, 915-5242 (cell) <br /> • Jesse Cary-Hobbs, Natural Resource Maintenance, 682-4843, 912-8093 (cell) <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> NEW GENERATION OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS HELP REPAIR RIDGELINE TRAIL <br /> Youth from the City of Eugene's Outdoor Program's mountain bike camp will join City of <br /> Eugene Volunteers in Parks and Natural Resource Maintenance staff to repair and make <br /> improvements to the Mt. Baldy to Spring Boulevard section of the Ridgeline Trail Tuesday, July <br /> 22, at 9:30 a.m. The work party is the result of a discussion that took place last month with <br /> interested mountain bikers from the community and City staff about a host of issues regarding <br /> the trail such as erosion damage due to rain and heavy use, ongoing trail maintenance, trail <br /> access, and plans to acquire more land for extension of the trail. These young people will tackle <br /> several of these issues by clearing ditches to improve drainage and make the trail less muddy; <br /> reducing the grade on some treacherous downhill curves; repairing water barriers, also to <br /> improve drainage; and smoothing out some of the rougher, more heavily impacted segments of <br /> trail. <br /> Other interested community members are welcome to give these young people a hand. <br /> The group will meet at the Mt. Baldy trailhead. Travel south on Spring Boulevard until it dead <br /> ends at the trailhead. For more information, call 682-4845 or 682-4843. <br /> ## # <br /> C <br />