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<br /> O1~/11/05 TUE 13:57 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN [~j001 <br /> ~ E U G E N E <br /> Paras erd <br /> o e~ s~ aye N EONS R E LEAS E <br /> ' .a.eugene.or:us/parks <br /> J <br /> January 11, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Loma Baldwin, Stream Tsam Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Matt McRae, Volunteers in Parks Coordinator, 682-4845, 912-2142 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Therese M Picado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814/682-4800 <br /> ' FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Eugene Downtown Lions, Delta Rotary and Girl Scout Volunteers <br /> All Work to Improve Delta Ponds this Saturday <br /> Community members are welcome to join the members of Eugene Downtown Lions and Delta <br /> Rotary clubs and Girl Scouts this Saturday, January 15, in two Eugene Stream Team and Volunteers In <br /> Parks projects to enhance Delta Ponds natural area. From 9 a.m. to noon, the Girl Scouts from troop <br /> #378 are lending their help to the Downtown Lions as members from both groups plant native trees and <br /> shrubs in the area that the Lions Club adopted 10 years ago through Stream Team and have nurtured in <br /> ~ regular biannual work parties. The site is located off of Goodpasture Island Road just past the last car <br /> dealership. Parking is available in a small parking strip on the right. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. just a <br /> stone's throw north on Goodpasture Island Road (parking is available just south of the apartment <br /> complex on the east side of the road), Delta Rotary members will continue the work they began last fall, <br /> ' creating a new network of trails in the northern-most section of the ponds. Using power-wheelbarrows <br /> and a loading device to move gravel and plate compactors to harden the surface, they'll work on laying <br /> more trail. These efforts are part of a larger restoration and recreation effort underway at Delta Ponds, <br /> funded by the City, the Army Corps of Engineers and several other local and state partners. <br /> Stream Team provides educational and volunteer opportunities for members of the community, <br /> from elementary-age children to college students to older adults, to learn about and care for the city's <br /> waterways and natural areas. The Volunteers In Parks program supports citizen involvement in activities <br /> such as park beautification, litter control, trail development and maintenance, weeding, and other special <br /> projects in Eugene's parks. For more information about the Rotary work party, call Volunteers In Parks <br /> at 682-4845. For more information about the Downtown Lions and Girl Scouts work party, call Eugene <br /> Stream Team at 682-4850. <br /> <br />