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Strategv 6: To maintain integrity of the savanna-prairie restoration project, install <br /> a minimum area of manicured turf (lawn) for multi-use park activities. <br /> 6.1 Regrade the multi-purpose lawn zone and establish drought-resistant turf. <br /> 6.2 Avoid use of fertilizers and pesticides to the maximum degree possible, which could affect <br /> insects, birds, and small mammals in the adjacent savanna-prairie zone. <br /> Strategv 7: Provide wildlife enhancements throughout the park. <br /> 7.1 Formally establish a native butterfly garden to provide a special habitat for insects and an <br /> amaction to park users, and an opportunity for neighborhood volunteers to become involved <br /> in maintenance and monitoring of the garden. <br /> 7.2 Establish bat houses/roosts, songbird nest boxes, and osprey nesting platforms. <br /> 7.3 Create small rock or brush piles (approximately 2 ft diameter in width) in little-used corners <br /> of savanna-prairie for reptiles. <br /> Strategv 8: Establish an interpretive and environmental education program to <br /> increase public awareness and stewardship of the park and the river, including <br /> natural history and restoration projects. <br /> 8.1 Prepare content for interpretive signage recommended in Section 7.1, including the savanna- <br /> prairierestoration and riparian forest restoration projects, and river ecosystem interpretation <br /> including the City's efforts to support the recovery of spring Chinook salmon populations, <br /> as well as restoration of the Willamette River (clean water goals). If practical, keep <br /> current and seasonal as restoration projects evolve. <br /> 8.2 Continue to work with volunteers such as the Friends of Rasor Park, neighborhood schools, <br /> and organizations such as Nearby Nature, developing an on-site educational program <br /> to include work parties, on-site tours, and classroom outreach. <br /> Strategv 9: Educate neighborhood residents and park users as to their role in <br /> restoration concepts and park use. <br /> 9.1 Prepare a neighborhood park booklet including: <br /> a. Values and limitations of native species and urban wildlife habitat <br /> b. Homeowner guidelines for living near wildlife and protecting natural habitats (except <br /> for birdfeeders, do not feed wildlife -they become tame and cause problems) <br /> c. Invasive plant and exotic wildlife species impacts and control (why it is necessary in <br /> the natural landscape; don't encourage Eastern Fox Squirrels and European Starlings, <br /> etc.) <br /> d. List of ornamental invasive species (don't use in home landscaping) <br /> e. List preferred native ornamental plants in residential settings, plants for wildlife, <br /> ethnobotany of native plants <br /> <br /> i <br /> ~ Rasor Park Master Plan 30 City of Eugene, Parks Planning <br /> <br />