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<br /> 04/21/05 T'FItT 11:14 FAX 541 682 4882 EtTGENE Pw MNTNC & POS ~i-~ PW ADMIN X001 <br /> EUGENE , <br /> Parks and <br /> open space N E~~/S R E LEAS E <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> April 21, 2005 <br /> CONTACT; <br /> ¦ Lorna Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-4800 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASfr <br /> Church Volunteers Help Stream Team In Honor of Earth Day <br /> More than 100 members of the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church have <br /> signed up to help Eugene Stream Team improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat this Saturday, <br /> Apri! 23, from 1 to 4 p.m., in honor of Earth Day. The group, comprised of people of all ages, will meet at the <br /> new Native Plant Nursery in Alton Baker Park, located off of Day Island Road near the new community <br /> gardens and the dog park, and then fan out to work on one of the following projects-building raised beds, <br /> transplanting seedlings, planting nectar plants for buttErflies, and removing non-native vegetation from the <br /> banks of the Willamette River. <br /> "The students and teachers have been discussing water and the environment <br /> the integrated web of <br /> life--each Sunday for weeks now and are really ready for ahands-on contribution," says Loma Baldwin, <br /> Stream Team Coordinator. <br /> Stream Team provides the opportunity for people to do hands-on environmental work, restoring and <br /> caring for the city's waterways and natural areas. For more information about Stream Team, call 682-4850 <br /> or a-mail loma.j.baldwin cQci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />