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.
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FALL 2000
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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.
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