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<br /> 07/ 9/04 FRI 15: 3 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN X001 <br /> E U E N E <br /> Par s and <br /> o e s ace N EONS R E LEAS E <br /> ~ p <br /> .a.eugene.o .usJparks <br /> J ly 9, 2004 <br /> NTACT: <br /> ¦ Lorna Bal win, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1 x!92 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ Therese Picado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and ~~pen Space, 682-4814/682-4800. <br /> F R IMMEDIAT RELEASE <br /> Newest Stre m Team Volunteers Receive Orientation in the Long-Term Care of Stewart Ponds <br /> On Satur ay, July 10, at 9 a.m. and again on Wednesday, .July 14, Eugene Stream Team will orient <br /> i newest adop ' n group. The volunteer group, comprised of members of First United Methodist Church, <br /> ill visit and lear about the history and ecology of Stewart Pond:;/Bertelsen Nature Complex, the site the <br /> oup has agre to monitor and tend on a long-term basis, and the: area's habitat management plan. <br /> Loma Ba dwin, coordinator of Stream Team, hopes that aver time the group will be collecting seeds <br /> nd taking cuttin s, growing them out in the program's native plant nursery, and using them to replant areas <br /> t at have been eared of invasive species. "It promises to be a great adoption and perhaps the first one to <br /> ctively use the ative plant nursery to do the full circle of restoration," says Baldwin. <br /> The ado tion group calls themselves the Creation Care CornmitteelRiparian Redeemers. Stream <br /> eam provides t e opportunity for members of the community, from elementary-age children to college <br /> tudents to olde adults, to do hands-on environmental work, restoring and caring for the city's waterways <br /> nd natural are s. For more infarmation about this and other upcorning projects and trainings, call 682- <br /> 850. <br /> i <br /> <br />