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Parks and Open Space Receives Oregon Youth Employment Initiative Funding <br />The Parks and Open Space Division (POS) was recently awarded two grants totaling $62,000 <br />from the Oregon Youth Conservations Corps’ Oregon Youth Employment Initiative (OYCC- <br />OYEI). POS has been successful in three consecutive funding cycles for OYCC-OYEI grants, <br />which are made available through the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of <br />2009. The initiative was designed to provide employment opportunities for youth between the <br />ages of 18 and 24 in the fields of natural resources and conservation education. <br />This grant will provide POS funding to hire two crews of six youths to conduct natural resource <br />maintenance in the City’s natural areas for a <br />nine-week period this summer. The crews will <br />focus on three main projects: trimming vegeta- <br />tion and removing debris in the City’s water- <br />ways to ensure proper conveyance while pre- <br />serving habitat value; rehabilitating a section <br />of the Ridgeline Trail beginning at the trailhead <br />at 52nd Avenue and Willamette Street; and <br />restoring oak-pine habitat at the Mariposa <br />Woodland area of Spencer Butte. <br />For more information about these grants, <br />please contact Natural Resource Maintenance <br />Supervisor John Clark at 541-682-4826. <br /> <br />