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d/10/'04 FRI 15:52 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN f~j001 <br /> BUG NEE <br /> <br /> . Para aid - <br /> e N E~~/S R E LEAS E <br /> Open pad <br /> :ci.eugene.or. s/pa~lcs <br /> September 7, 2004 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Loma Bald 'n, Sltream Team t;oordinatar, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) <br /> • Therese M icado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814/682-4800. <br /> FOjR IMMEDfATE ELBASE <br /> Stream T m Apoption Group to Tend Native Ash Grove at Stewart Pond this Saturday <br /> ~ Eugene tream Team's newest adoption group will hold its first work party at Stewart <br /> P nd!Bertelsen ature~ Park in west Eugene this Saturday, September 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. The <br /> v lunteer group, mprised of members of First United Methodist Church, has agreed to monitor and care <br /> f the natural a a on a long-term basis and, ~ during this first work effort, will focus on the site's native ash <br /> g ove at the no h side of Stewart Pond, near 5~' and Wallis. Under the guidance of Stream Team <br /> ordinator Lor Baldavin, the volunteers, who were recently briefed about the area's history, ecology and <br /> bitat manag nt plan in a two-part orientation program, will begin removing invasive species such as <br /> tackberry and t istle iA preparation for planting. <br /> Baldwin opes !that over time the group will be collecting seeds and taking cuttings, growing them <br /> ut in the prog m's native plant nursery, and using them to replant areas that have been deared of <br /> nvasive specie . °It promises to be a great adoption and pefiaps the first one to actively use the native <br /> lant nursery to do the~full circle of restoration," says Baldwin. <br /> The ad ption group calls themselves the Creation Care Committee/Riparian Redeemers. Stream <br /> (Team provides the opportunity for members of the community, from elementary-age children to college <br /> students to old r adult, to do hands-on environmental work, restoring and caring for the city's waterways <br /> and natural ar as. Fort more information about this and other pcojects and trainings, call 682-4850. <br /> J <br /> <br />