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<br /> 04/29/05 FRI 15:49 FA% 541 682 4882 EtTGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 009 <br /> 1=UGEN E <br /> parks and <br /> open space N EONS RELEASE <br /> www.ci.eugene.or. uslparks <br /> April 29, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Lorna 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 /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Willamette High School Students Heip Eugene Stream Team at Native Plant Nursery <br /> On Sunday, May 1, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Willamette High School students from the school's newly <br /> formed community service club, Interact, will help Eugene Stream Team at its volunteer-run Native Plant <br /> Nursery inside the Wastewater Plant at 410 River Avenue. The students will help organize the plants while <br /> learning about what role the nursery plays in the cycle of restoration, which includes collecting seeds and <br /> taking cuttings, growing them out at the nursery and replanting them in natural areas around the city. <br /> Meredith Andersen, the club's coordinator, is very enthusiastic about this opportunity to give back to <br /> the community. "I helped out a bit when I was younger with the Stream Team with my dad," says Andersen. <br /> "I thought of how much fun 1 had had and I am really glad this worked out for our club." <br /> The students will team how members of the community and the City partner in the effort to enhance <br /> natural areas across the aty. Each year, thousands of Stream Team volunteers perform a variety of tasks, <br /> including seed collection, digging up plants for salvage, taking cuttings, propagating these plants in the <br /> nursery, and ultimately re-planting them In natural areas. Stream Team now operates two native plant <br /> nurseries. The other nursery is located in Alton Baker Park. For more information, call 682-4850 or a-mall <br /> loma.j.baldwin(~ca.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />