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<br /> 12/0 /04 WED 18:34 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & P05 PW ADMIN C~ 003 <br /> . , <br /> 1= U E ~ N <br /> R p: _ <br /> ci euget~~ o ~s/pa s <br /> r _ <br /> D cember 1, 20 <br /> a <br /> C NTACT: <br /> • Lauri Mull n, Delia Ponds Habitat Enhancement Coordinator, 682-4925, 968-4156 (cell) <br /> ¦ Lorna Bal 'n, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Therese PicadP, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814/682-4800. <br /> F R IMMEDIAT RELI~ASE <br /> N TE to media: ark irf the small gravel pull-out an the west side of Delta Highway, just north of the <br /> B Itline and Conti ue on~foof west fo the creek. <br /> Eugen Stream Team Volunteers and UO Students to Monitor Fish at Delta Ponds <br /> Stream T am volunteers and students from the University of Oregon's Environmental Studies <br /> S rvice Learning Progra4m will receive classroom and field instruction about monitoring fish at a new fish <br /> t pat Debrick S ugh this Saturday, December 4. The students and volunteers will first meet at 2 p.m. at <br /> 1 Pacific on the University of Oregon (UO) campus for fish identrflcation training. By approximately 3 p.m., <br /> t e group will co vene ~t the slough, located off of Delta Highway just north of the Beltline Bridge, to learn <br /> w to operate t e fish Trap. <br /> The traini g will ~e conducted by Erik Moberly, a biologist from the Oregon Department of Fish and <br /> ildlife. With th help of City natural resources staff and several UO students in the service teaming <br /> rogram, Moberl instal~ed the fish trap at the slough last month. The slough connects the northern portion <br /> f Delta Ponds t the VV~Ilamette River during high winter flows, and the new fish trap will allow City staff to <br /> onitor what fis speci~s are moving back and forth from the river into Delta Ponds by way of the slough. <br /> he fish trap will be monitored daily throughout this winter and spring, and Stream Team volunteers will <br /> ontinue to mon for the #rap to determine how fish populations respond to the resulting hydrological changes <br /> fter the ponds re connected to the river by an Army Corps of Engineers construction project scheduled to <br /> E <br /> egin next sprin <br /> For mor infom~tion about this Delta Ponds enhancement project, call 682-4925. For more <br /> nformation abo t educational and volunteer opportunities in the city's natural areas, call Stream Team at <br /> 82-4850. <br /> <br />