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II <br /> <br /> ~ News Release EARTH DAY CELEBRATED AT HENDRICKS, WASHBURNE PARKS <br /> April 20, 2001 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Form re information on the Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan, or additional <br /> volunteer opp rtunities at Hendricks Park, call Michael Robert or John Moriarty at 682-5324. <br /> Arbor Day Pr jects Continue at Washburne Park <br /> Partici ants in an after-school program sponsored by Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) and <br /> B.E.S.T. for K ds (Bethel, Eugene, and Springfield Together) are completing an Arbor Day <br /> project in Wa hburne Park. <br /> Jeffer on and Springfield middle school students are planting native trees and removing <br /> invasive hors -chestnut seedlings. This Arbor Day project provides an opportunity for young <br /> people in NY 's YouthWorks program, schools, volunteers and Americorps members to work <br /> together to im rove the community. YouthWorks introduces students to computers and <br /> technology, o ganic gardening, entrepreneurship, carpentry, and volunteerism through hands- <br /> on education, field trips, community service and recreation. <br /> The p oject is important for the park because, if horse chestnuts are not removed, they <br /> will exclude a d eventually eliminate native species. Horse chestnut is an aggressive <br /> competitor in haded forest areas and eliminates many herbaceous species from the forest <br /> floor and pro ibits native species of trees, shrubs and forbs from germinating. When the horse <br /> chestnuts are removed, existing big-leaf maples will quickly fill in as a successive species. With <br /> the addition o native snowberry, osoberry and yew, the Arbor Day project will provide an <br /> important ste forward in restoring native habitat in Eugene. <br /> Form re information on the YouthWorks program, call 349-5055. For information on <br /> <br /> j other volunte r opportunities in Washburne Park, call 682-5324. <br /> <br /> I ~ <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br />