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07/1 /04 TUE 15: 3 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS <br /> - - PW ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> E U E N E <br /> Par a aad <br /> o~aa S~~ce N E tiN S I~ E L E AS E <br /> ,ci.eugene.o us/parks <br /> i <br /> J y 13, 2004 <br /> C NTACT: <br /> Lorna Bal 'n, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1;?92 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ j Therese Picado, Public information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814/682-4800. <br /> F R IMMEDIAT RELEASE <br /> OTE to assign ent editors; The group will begin their hands•~on exploration of Stewart Ponds at <br /> proximately :3Q p.m. <br /> Newest Stre m Team Volunteers Receive Orientation In the Long Term Care of Stewart Ponds <br /> On Wed esday, July 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Eugene Stream Team's newest adoption group will <br /> meet at the no side of Stewart Ponds at 5"' and Wallis for part two of its orientation program. The <br /> ~ lunteer group comprised of members of First United Methodist Church, will learn about the history and <br /> coiogy of Ste art Ponds/Bertelsen Nature Complex, the site the group has agreed to monitor and care for <br /> on a long-term asis, and the area's habitat management plan. After a brief lecture about the West Eugene <br /> Wetlands, the roup will head into the ponds for some hands-on plant identification and a visit to the area's <br /> native ash gro e. <br /> Loma aldwin, coordinator of Stream Team, hopes that aver time the group will be collecting seeds <br /> <br /> i <br /> and taking cu ings, growing them out in the program's native plant nursery, and using them to replant areas <br /> that have bee cleared of invasive species. "It promises to be a great adoption and perhaps the first one to <br /> actively use t e native plant nursery to do the full circle of restora~fion," says Baldwin. <br /> The a option group calls themselves the Creation Care Committee/Riparian Redeemers. Stream <br /> Team provid s the opportunity for members of the community, from elementary-age children to college <br /> students to v der adults, to do hands-on environmental work, restoring and caring for the city's waterways <br /> and natural reas. For more infomnation about this and other projects and trainings, call 682-4850. <br /> <br />