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Groups stream-up to solve river’s biodiversity problems ■The Stream Team, a University fraternity and community members joined together to clean up the river’s climate By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald A group of about 25 volunteers ripped out intrusive plants in the Amazon Creek wetlands area in West Eugene on Saturday as part of a statewide event. Stream Team, a local environ mental group, members of the University business fraternity Al pha Kappa Psi and other commu nity members joined together to work in the event. The Amazon Creek clean-up was part of the fifth annual statewide “Down by the Riverside” event that was sponsored by the privately fund ed environmental group Stop Ore gon Litter and Vandalism (SOLV). Other events in the Eugene area during the day were litter removal at Alton Baker Park and trail restoration and building mainte nance at Armitage County Park. Overall 87 locations across Ore gon received attention. Laurna Baldwin, leader of the Stream Team, was pleased with Saturday’s volunteer work and said the project was vital to the en vironmental health of the area. “They’re working so hard it’s going to be tough to keep them busy,” she said. Workers arrived at the wetlands near the Bureau of Land Manage ment’s office at West 11th Avenue and Danebo at 9 a.m. Saturday. They immediately went to work clearing out blackberry bushes, Scotch broom bushes and non-na tive roses. Volunteers not only teared plants out but also planted several lupine plants salvaged from a developed wetland. Preserving the natural state of wetlands is vital to an area’s over all environmental health, Bald win said, because wetland plants act as a natural filter, which re moves harmful bacteria from wa ter systems. Intrusive vegetation can disrupt that filtering process when one non-native plant takes over an entire area. “Biodiversity is the key to a healthy environment,” Baldwin said. Julia Ivonov, a junior finance major and member of Alpha Kap pa Psi, said even though she had never done yard work, she was having a good time Saturday. Members said the business fra ternity helped out in the “Down by the Riverside” event to perform some community service and bond together as a group. The fra ternity works to provide business majors networking opportunities and to keep them active in the lo cal and national business world. Freshman Chris Falk, a fraterni ty pledge, said even though his al lergies were bothering him and he had been “sneezing a whole bunch,” he enjoyed being able to do some work for a good cause. While junior business major Misty White said she enjoyed working at the event, she was also glad they had good weather. “We’re lucky it’s not throbbing hot out here today,” she said. Erin Peters, the event coordina tor for SOLV, said the purpose of the “Down by the Riverside” event is to get Oregon’s outdoors “spruced up for the summer sea son.” Last year 2,200 volunteers participated in the sprucing up. SOLV was founded in 1969, Pe ters said, to “build community through volunteerism,” and the “Down by the Riverside” is only one of a dozen statewide projects that SOLV coordinates every year. She said an average of 65,000 vol unteers work with SOLV every year to enhance the state’s parks. By next fall, there will be nearly tWICC as many UO modems and only 0116 modem number. . . 225-2200 all the other numbers are going away this summer Questions? Contact Microcomputer Services • http://micro.uoregon.edu/modeminfo • microhelp@oregon.uoregon.edu • 346-4412 FALL 2000 OPEN TO ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS! ACT 1C 1: CNCECSTANCING CCNTEMECEAET HI I I I 12:30-13:50 UH CRN 11404 4 Credit hours P/N only Learn about artwork in Sculpture, Printmaking, and Metals from an artist’s point ot view. Understand different materials and processes. Learn to use a critical framework for evaluating contemporary artwork. Counts as a foundation requirement for Art majors/minors -OR Satisfies Arts and Letters group requirement credits. Brochures auailable now!!! Woodworking, Drawing, Ceramics, Jewelry, Photography, Fibers REGISTRATION STARTS THUPvSDAY, JUNG t, 10:00 AM 10 CRAFT CENTER The’CrlWcenfer Is located on the ground floor of the EMU east wing, For more information please call (541)346 - 4361 or uisit http://craftcenter.uoregon.edu The Oregon Humanities Center presents: The 1999-2000 Robert D. Clark Lecture in the Humanities Terry Tempest Williams in a lecture entitled Hieronymus Bosch in North America ‘Tuesday, May 23,2000 7:30 p.m. TMU ‘Battroom Terry Tempest Williams is the author of many books, including Refuge—An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Pantheon, 1991) and An Unspoken Hunger (Pan theon, 1994). Her most recent book LEAP, (Pantheon, 2000), is an exploration of Hieronymus Bosch's famous 15 th century painting, "The Garden of Earthly Delights." Copies of the book~as well as autographed broadsides produced by the UO Knight Library Press--will be avail able for sale at a book signing and reception immediately following the lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so early arrival is recom mended. For information or disability accommodations, call the Oregon Humanities Center at 346-3934. WWW-J-:1yiinmlil mm place for newj, clarified;, mei/Q^e board;, reader; poll;, ODE archive; and more...
