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<br /> 02X0'/04 THU 11:52 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN f~j001 <br /> r ~ w <br /> February 5, 004 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Troy Kreger, Volunteers in Parks Coordinator, 682-4845, 953-2388 (cell) <br /> ¦ The se Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682- <br /> 480 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> More Nativ Upland Prairie to be Restored at Skinner Butte this Saturday, <br /> Skinner Bu ®Loop Partially Closed During Work Party <br /> On aturday, February 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., parks staff and members of Eugene <br /> Tree Found tion will continue the work of restoring native upland prairie habitat on the west <br /> slope of the butte by removing conifer trees that are encroaching on the canopies of Oregon <br /> white oaks nd big leaf maples. Skinner Butte Loop between Lincoln and W. 3ro will be dosed <br /> from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Road access to the top of the butte is available via the eastern section of <br /> the loop, a ssed off of W. 3`~ from High. <br /> Thi work is made possible by Eugene Downtown Rotary volunteers, who cleared <br /> undergrowt at a work party at the end of last year. The effort is guided by the Skinner Butte <br /> Park Maste Plan adopted in 2002. The park's master plan calls for the restoration and long- <br /> term prase ation of native upland prairie habitat that once covered nearly all of Skinner Butte. <br /> To see a mplete version of the Skinner Butte Park Master Plan, visit <br /> www.ci.eu ne.or.us/PW/PARKS/SBP/sbpmplan.htm. For more information about this effort, <br /> 811682-4 5. <br /> f <br /> i <br /> <br />