Eugene Rotary Volunteers Gather for Annual Spring Clean-Up at Skinner Butte Park

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04./ 8/04 WED 08: 4 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN f~j001 r / ~ ' April 28, 2 CONTACT ¦ Tro Kreger, Volunteers in Parks Coordinator, 682-4845 ¦ The se Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682- 480 i FOR 1MME IATE RELEASE Eugene R ry Volunteers Gather for Annual Spring Clean-Up at Skinner Butte Park I On aturday, May 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Eugene Rotary Club and Eugene ~ Volunteers n Parks will team up to do some spring cleaning at Skinner Butte Park. Skinner Butte Loop etween Lincoln and W. 3'~ will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Road access to the top of the b e is available via the eastern section of the loop, accessed off of W. 3ro from High. By t e end of the four-hour-plus work session, visitors to the park should notice the difference. a volunteers, in conjunction with Parks and Open Space staff, will have recovered some prime views from the butte by removing several trees, added gravel to paths around the parking lot, emoved invasive species, prepared the big "E" for painting at a later date, and removed b sh and other debris around the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson historical house. The ffort is in part guided by the Skinner Butte Park Master Plan adopted in 2002. The park's mast r plan calls for the restoration and long-term preservation of popular, historically significant vi ws from the summit of Skinner Butte, native upland prairie habitat that once covered nea y ail of Skinner Butte, and trails. Since 1996, the Eugene Rotary Club has sponsored s venal significant volunteer rehabilitation and beautification projects on Skinner Butte, includ ng the Veteran's Memorial overlook and flag. To find out more about restoration efforts at Ski ner Butte Park, visit www.ci.eugene.onus/parks/sbp/sbpmplan.htm. For more information bout this effort, call 682-4845. ~ i