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C <br /> <br /> . 1211 /02 TUE 14:1 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS ;ice PW ADMIN f~j001 <br /> ~ ~ ~ <br /> December 10 2002 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Kevin Foerstler, Tree Crew Maintenance Supervisor and Project Coordinator, 682-4822 <br /> • There a M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or <br /> 682-4 00, therese.m.plcadoC~ci.eug_ene.or.us <br /> FoR IMMED aTE RELEASE <br /> ROAD CLOSURE ALLOWS INVASIVE VEGETATION <br /> TO BE REMOVED FROM HENDRICKS PARK <br /> Starti g this Friday, December 13, and continuing through Friday, February 14, 2003, <br /> Fairmount 6 ulevard, between Spring Boulevard and Floral Hill Drive, wi11 be closed from 7 <br /> a.m.-5 p.m. all through traffic, as City of Eugene parks crews haul out invasive vegetation <br /> removed fro Hendricks Park. Visitors to the park are asked to enter through Summit Avenue <br /> or take othe routes through the park. <br /> For t e next couple of months, Walama Forest Restoration, a contractor that speaalizes <br /> in forest res ration work, will be systematically removing invasive vegetation, primarily ivy and <br /> b(ackbeny p ants, from the forest in Hendricks Park. These invasive plants stifle the growth of <br /> the native u derstory, undermine the trees and disturb the ecological equilibrium in the forest, <br /> threatening a long-term viability of the fragile forest ecosystem. <br /> For ore information, call 682-4822. <br /> i <br /> <br />