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t_ <br /> <br /> r- ' <br /> ~ ~ ~ <br /> - ~ - <br /> April 20, 2001 <br /> CONTACT: John Moriarty, Management Plan Coordinator, 682-5234 <br /> From Public I formation Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE - 2 PAGE FAX <br /> PROJEC CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT HENDRICKS PARK, WASHBURNE PARK <br /> Starbuck's V lunteers Pull Ivy, Blackberries at Hendricks Park <br /> On Ea h Day, Sunday, April 22, customer and staff volunteers from Eugene Starbuck's <br /> Coffee outlets will gather to work on habitat restoration at Hendricks Park. Volunteer crews <br /> assembled by Maia Fancher, Starbuck's "Green Team" specialist, will remove English ivy and <br /> Himalayan bt~ckberry from a forested area of the park, followed by planting of a variety of <br /> naive specie ,the next step in the restoration process. <br /> The s read of English ivy, listed as a noxious weed by the Oregon Department of <br /> Agriculture, is considered one of the primary threats to the native forest ecosystem of Hendricks <br /> Park. The ha dy, fast-growing ivy smothers native plants on the forest floor and eventually <br /> causes dama a to large native tree species as it climbs the trunks and gets into the crowns of <br /> affected tree . <br /> This y ar's Earth Day project, as well as other volunteer habitat restoration projects at <br /> the park, for an important part of the effort to achieve the vision set out by Eugene citizens in <br /> the Hendrick Park Forest Management Plan published last year. This new vision of the park <br /> recognizes the unique resources of the forest, respects the forest's processes as it matures to <br /> an old-growt habitat, and encourages the conservation and restoration of these resources for <br /> I <br /> present and future generations. <br /> rl (more) <br /> public Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX: (541) 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />