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<br /> 02/09/05 WED 14:54 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN f~7j 001 <br /> E> U C E. N.~ <br /> Open Sp~~e h1 <br /> vvv~?W.Ci.~ugsr~e.or.uslpaCks' <br /> February 9, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <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 /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Volunteers Build Raised Beds, Propagate Plants at Stream Team's Native Plant Nursery <br /> From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 12, members of First United Methodist Church wilt <br /> help Eugene Stream Team build raised beds 'and propagate plants at the program's new Native Plant <br /> Nursery at Alton Baker Park. The beds v~ill be used to cultivate plants for the ash forest just east of <br /> Stewart Pond, the site that the church group adopted through SUeam Team fast spring. The nursery, <br /> where Saturday's work party will take place, is located at the east end of Alton Baker Park just behind <br /> the new Alton Baker Community Gardens off of Day Island Road, and the natural area that the group <br /> adopted is located in Bertelsen Nature Park in the West Eugene Wetlands. <br /> "The adoption group, which calls themselves the Creation Care Committee/Riparian Redeemers, <br /> are using the native plant nursery to do the full circle of restoration--collecting seeds and taking <br /> cuttings, growing them out at the nursery and replanting them in a natural area," says Loma Baldwin, <br /> coordinator of Stream Team. <br /> The original Native Plant Nursery located near the wastewater treatment plant is overflowing with <br /> stock. The new nursery, like its sister nursery near the City's Wastewater Plant, will be volunteer-run <br /> and produce native plants for natural areas such as Stewart Pond all over the city. Stream Team <br /> provides educational and volunteer opportunities for members of the community, from elementary-age <br /> children to college students to older adults, to team about and care for the city's waterways and natural <br /> areas. For more information about this and other Stream Team projects and trainings, call 682-4850. <br /> <br />