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EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> <br /> /0 /04 THU 19:49 FAX 541 682 4882 <br /> E`U 8 , ~ <br /> Pa~sad <br /> o e s a e N EONS R~ LEAS E <br /> p p <br /> .ci,eugene.o pus/parks <br /> N vember 4, 20 <br /> C NTACT: <br /> ¦ Loma Bal win, 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 RELEWSE <br /> Eagle (Scout to Build New Storage Shed for Eugene S#ream Team's <br /> New Native Plant Nursery at Alton Baker Park <br /> Eagle Sco t, Nick Wiley, has assembled a crew to help him construct a storage shed for Eugene <br /> S eam Team's n w native plant nursery at Alton Baker Park this Saturday, November 6, starting at 9 a.m. <br /> e new nursery located in Alton Baker Park at the east end of the park just behind the new Alton Baker <br /> mmunity Gard ns off bf Day Island Road. <br /> For the pa t three months, Wiley has been working with Stream Team Coordinator Loma Baldwin to <br /> 'o anize the proj ct. On~October 30, Wiley joined Stream Team volunteers to help construct the first <br /> st rage shed at t e nursery. "Nick and his father, Chris Wiley, both picked up hammers to lighten the load <br /> f those finishing up the ifirst shed and got a good idea of the challenge they and the scouts are facng this <br /> S turday," says Idwin.:"This is pretty complex for an Eagle Scout project, but Chris has a very positive, <br /> n-do attitude a d will b~ bringing some experienced carpenters to the task along with the Scouts from his <br /> tr op." <br /> According to Baictirvin, the original Native Plant Nursery located near the wastewater treatment plant <br /> is overflowing wit stock.! The completed shed will provide Stream Team volunteers with more space to <br /> s re tools, seed and otlger equipment needed to run this new nursery and give hundreds of plants a new <br /> h me. The new ursery,like its sister nursery, will be volunteer-run and produce native plants destined to <br /> e hance natural reas alb over the city. <br /> Stream T am provides the opportunity for members of the community, from elementary-age children <br /> t college studen to older adults, to do hands-on environmental work, restoring and caring for the city's <br /> terways and n tural areas. For more information about this and other Stream Team projects and <br /> tr finings, call 68 -4850. <br /> <br />