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<br /> 03/ 8/02 THU 18: 3 FAX 541 682 4882 CITY EUG PWMAINT PW ADMIN X002 <br /> ~ I o o ~ <br /> i <br /> March .2f t, ~ 002 <br /> s <br /> CoM aca; <br /> • Nark Sr yder, Urban Forestry, Parks and Open Space, City of Eugene, 682-4800 <br /> • C enny E raud, Planning and Development, City of Eugene, 682-5536 <br /> • T ~e:rc~se Picado, Public information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, City of Eugene, 682- <br /> 4814 <br /> FOR 11V1111E1)IATE RELEASE <br /> TWO BROADWAY ASH TREES <br /> TO BE tRl4NSPLANTED TO MAURIE JACOBS PARK <br /> In pr ;paration for the reopening of Broadway Street, City of Eugene Urban Forestry <br /> staff, in colts boration with local tree advocates, will excavate two ash trees from their current <br /> locati ~r~ cm I Boadway Street ar~d replant them in Maurie Jacobs Park, along the Willamette <br /> River C:i1y ~ nd private arborist:; assessed all trees affected by the reopening project, <br /> I <br /> deter Wining that only these two trees were small enough to survive the extensive loss of root <br /> syste ~ a ~s ciated with transplanting. The excavation is scheduled for this Friday, March 29. <br /> The t ~ee~ w I be stored for the avening and replanted the next morning on Saturday, March 30, <br /> at9~.m. <br /> ~D i completed, the newly opened stretch of Broadway will be replanted with 54 trees. <br /> City K lanrrin I and urban forestr!~ staff have developed a new design for improving the soil and <br /> planti ig s.re i conditions for the~~e new trees in order to enhance their potential to grow and <br /> thrive <br /> 1=<~r yore information about this transplanting project, call 682-4800. For information <br /> about tree B ~adway Opening project, call 682-5536. <br /> i <br /> i <br /> <br />