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I <br /> NES Eric R <br /> ~r m: DARNELL Kelly A <br /> She t: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:58 AM <br /> Tio: 'cal@eugeneweekly.com'; Register-Guard News Editor (SMTP) <br /> c: *Eugene PIT; MEDLIN Johnny R; MATSLER Clara T; ALFRIEND Ginny D; BLAZAR Jason S <br /> u ject: News Release.8.9.07.Hendricks Park Forest Work Party <br /> ~tt chments: HP summfa1107.pdf <br /> l~,u ust 9, 2007 <br /> ~ R IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> i <br /> NTACT: <br /> Hendricks Park Office (541) 682-5324 <br /> Friends of Hendricks Park (541) 607-4066 <br /> Me dricks Park Forest Work Party <br /> ~o munity members are invited to participate in a Hendricks Park Forest Work Party from 9:30 a.m. to <br /> l;: 0 p.m. on Saturday, August 18. Volunteers will spend the morning removing invasive ivy, weeding, <br /> rmaintaining trails, and planting. Please meet at the picnic area parking lot of Hendricks Park at 2200 <br /> Stu mit Avenue, rain or shine. Tools and snacks will be provided. <br /> I <br /> Imt duced to North America in 1797, fast growing invasive ivy kills trees, smothers ground vegetation, and <br /> de troys animal habitat. As part of the Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan staff and volunteers at <br /> Fie dricks Park are working to eradicate English ivy from the park by 2010. To date, ivy has been removed <br /> frro over 23 acres. <br /> T~h Mission of the Friends of Hendricks Park is to gain recognition of Hendricks Park as a premier forested <br /> ui~r n park in the Pacific Northwest by providing stewardship for management of the Park; assisting with <br /> i~ lementation of'the Forest Management Plan; educating the public about this valuable natural resource; <br /> an generating a broad base of community support for the Park. <br /> <br /> Ajtt ched: Hendricks Park Forest Work Party Flyer <br /> L <br /> p slummfa1107.pdf <br /> (1 MB) <br /> I <br /> II 1 <br /> <br />