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i~ <br /> JONES Eric R <br /> Fro : DARNELL Kelly A <br /> eft Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:43 PM <br /> of "Eugene Media Contacts <br /> Cc~k 'mstahlberg@guardnet.com ;Register-Guard News Editor (SMTP); 'jaho@dailyemerald.com ; <br /> 'mobrien@dailyemerald.com'; 'freed@dailyemerald.com ; 'lenreed@news.oregonian.com ; <br /> KLCC (SMTP); *Eugene PIT; 'Eugene PW POS Mgmt Team; TURNBULL Stacy M; <br /> RICHARDSON Philip S; 'mbarsotti@odf.state.or.us. ; ROYER Russ C; 'LOMPA Katie ; <br /> DENHAM Jesse J; LABRECQUE Christer R; TAYLOR Trevor H; STEEL Emily C; PIERCY <br /> Kitty; TAYLOR Trevor H <br /> Sybj ct: Media Advisory -Eugene Receives Oregon's First Federal Forest Protection Funding 9.6.07 <br /> Atta hments: Media.Advisory.Eugene.Receives.Oregon's.First.Federal.Forest.Protection.Funding.9.5.07.do <br /> c <br /> I <br /> Medi~.Advlsory. Eug <br /> pn~. Receives... <br /> ed ~a Advisory <br /> Sip ember b, 2007 <br /> Co tact: Eric Wold, City of Eugene Natural Resources Manager 682-4842 or mobile 914-6532 <br /> Philip Richardson, City of Eugene Landscape Architect 682-4906 <br /> ~r ' Forest Legacy Program Information: Jennifer Wright, Oregon Department of Forestry <br /> ~ 541-267-1753 or mobile 541-294-4859 <br /> CDr gon's First Forest Preservation Funding Awarded to Eugene's Wild Iris Ridge <br /> OnMonday, September 10'h from 2 to 3:30 p.m. representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, the Oregon <br /> Qe~artment of Forestry, and the office of Congressman Peter DeFazio will join Mayor Kitty Piercy and <br /> cpr~munity leaders in celebration of the State of Oregon's first federally funded forest preservation project <br /> tMrc~l ugh the Forest Legacy Program. Through this program, the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon <br /> qe ~ artment of Forestry partner to protect threatened forest loud from conversion to non-forest use. The City <br /> of ugene's receipt of $460,000 in Forest Legacy Funding allowed the City to work with a private land <br /> owner to preserve 25 acres of oak habitat at Wild Iris Ridge. <br /> A comprehensive assessment of Oregon's private forest lands found the Eugene-Springfield foothills where <br /> Wi~d Iris Ridge is located to be the state's highest priority for protection. The area includes extensive and <br /> <br /> ~.liv~rse oak woodlands -supporting the most northerly stands of California black oak and some of the best <br /> i <br /> <br />