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<br /> 015 19/09 MON 19 O1 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN X001 <br /> May 19, 20 3 <br /> CONTACT <br /> ? Ro rt Woodson, REI trail project coordinator, 465-1800 <br /> ? Mic ael Robert, head gardener, Hendricks Park, fi82-5324 <br /> Y The ese M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or <br /> 682 4800, therese.m.picadota'~,ci.eugene.or.us <br /> ~ FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> VOIL NTEERS NEEbED TO RESTORE HISTORIC TRAIL IN HENDRICKS PARK <br /> The City of Eugene's Parks and Open Space Division, in partnership with REI, the <br /> Friends of endricks Park and several generous sponsors, will hold a trail building work patty in <br /> i Hendricks ark on May 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Interested volunteers should meet at the <br /> F.M. Wilkin Shelter at 2200 Summit Avenue for a training session prior to embarking on <br /> resurrectin a 0.25 mile trail to the oak knoll in the southwestern corner of the park. Parking is <br /> limited at th park; volunteers are asked use alternative forms of transportation-bike, walk or <br /> park at Aga a Hall and use the shuttle provided by LTD. The first 100 volunteers will receive free <br /> i <br /> pizza for lu ch, donated by Track Town Pizza. <br /> The rail, which has been in existence since 1915, used to lead to a look-aut tower, but <br /> the tower c Ifapsed and the trail became overgrown by 1975. The oak knoll trail will add to the <br /> growing ne ark of trails that are being created in and around the park with the implementation <br /> of the Hend icks Park Forest Management Plan in 2000. <br /> The ak knoll is a highly sensitive remnant of the Willamette Valley oak woodlands <br /> habitat that as once a prominent part of the valley landscape. Considered globally <br /> endangered today, only about one percent of this forest type remains in the valley. <br /> Environmen Ily sensitive techniques will be used to forge the trail into this relatively <br /> inaccessibl and delicate area. Volunteers have already removed most of the weeds and <br /> salvaged na ive plants from the area. Volunteers, who participate in the May 31 event, will learn <br /> how to ident fy native plants in the area, including native poison oak, and how to protect this rare <br /> habitat, as ell as what tools to use as they cut the soil to the specified grade, reinforce steep <br /> grades with og curbs and spread gravel along the length of the path. Excess volunteers or <br /> <br />