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0~/ 1/05 TUE 14:03 FA%.541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS pW <br /> ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> Parks aad <br /> opcn space N EONS R E LEAS E <br /> .ci.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> M y 31, 2005 <br /> C N7ACT: <br /> ~ Loma Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Therese M Picado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814/682-4800. <br /> Ft'~R IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Nf~TE changes to release: Because of fhe weekend ra/n, the work party will now take place at the <br /> N~tiv~e Plant Nursery on River Avenue, instead of Delta Ponds. <br /> North Eugene Hlgh School Students Halp Eugene Str®am Team at Nativ® Plant Nursery <br /> I <br /> Today, Tuesday, May 31, starting at 3:45 p.m., students from North Eugene Alternative High School <br /> II help Eugene Stream Team at its volunteer-run Native Plant Nursery inside the Wastewater Plant at 410 <br /> 'R ver Avenue. The students will help organize the plants while learning about what role the nursery plays in <br /> e cycle of restoration, which indudes collecting seeds and taking cuttings, growing them out at the nursery <br /> a d replanting them in natural areas around the city. <br /> The students will learn how members of the community and the City partner in the effort to enhance <br /> n tural areas acxoss the city. Each year, thousands of Stream Team volunteers perform a variety of tasks, <br /> <br /> iii eluding seed collection, digging up plants for salvage, taking cuttings, propagating these plants .in the <br /> n rsery, and ultimately re-planting them in natural areas, Stream Team now operates two native plant <br /> n rsdries. The other nursery is located in Alton Baker Park. For more information, call 682-4850 or a-mail <br /> I m .'.baldwin ci.eu ene.or.us. <br /> <br />