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<br /> - OT.'/ 7/04 WED 11: 7 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN <br /> X001 <br /> E U E N E <br /> Pay ~ aN~ <br /> ova apace ~ E ~N S R E E A S E <br /> .cl.eugene.o .us/parks <br /> J ly 7, 2004 <br /> C NTACT: <br /> ¦ ; Loma Bal win, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1 ~>92 (cell phone) <br /> ¦ ~ Therese Picado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and ?JJpen Space, 682-4814/682-4800. <br /> F R IMMEDIAT RELEASE <br /> ~ ugene Stream Team Conducts Western Pond Turtle Training Today <br /> From 3 t 4:30 p.m. today at Fem Ridge Reservoir, a dozen Eugene Stream Team volunteers will <br /> a <br /> Ham how to loo for and identify westem pond turtle nests. The training will be led by Kat Beale, an Army <br /> orps of Engine rs biologist, and take place at the Army Corps of Engineers site, just off Clear Lake Road. <br /> fter completing today's training, this cadre of volunteers will begin scouting for nests at Delta Ponds every <br /> ay next week. The information will be used to determine where turtles are nesting in this urban natural <br /> rea and help p otect nests from common predators such as fax, raccoons and dogs. Western pond turtles <br /> re about 13 ye rs old before they begin reproduction. When small, they are eaten by non-native bullfrogs <br /> r nd large moot bass. <br /> This eff rt to protect and enhance the westem pond turtle's nesting habitat is part of a larger <br /> estoration proj ct underway at Delta Ponds by the City of Euoene, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and <br /> Bureau of Lan Management. Stream Team volunteers have teen working to improve habitat at Delta <br /> Ponds for nea y a decade through monitoring, educational and hands-on projects. For more information, <br /> call Stream Te mat 682-4850. <br /> t <br /> <br />