BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Park projects get grant funds The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission has approved $2.3 million in local government grants for park and recreation projects, including several in Lane and Douglas counties. Topping the list is $500,000 awarded to Willamalane Park and Recreation District to acquire land for the expansion and development of artificial turf Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a grass-like man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass, however, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial sports fields. The city of Eugene got a $300,000 grant to acquire property at the headwaters of East Fork East Fork is the name of the following places in the United States of America:
Groundfish meetings planned The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. has scheduled public meetings in four Oregon ports to discuss the recent groundfish sport fishery closure. "We want to find ways to regulate the fishery so we can stretch out the season and still meet the new federal harvest caps for 2005," said Patty Burke, manager of ODFW's Marine Resources Program. "At these meetings we hope to find ways to improve communication with the public about this important sport fishery." All the meetings will start at 6:30 p.m. They will take place: Monday, Oct. 11, at The Best Western Brookings Inn, Highway 101 North, Bookings; Tuesday, Oct. 12, at The Best Western Inn at Face Rock, 3225 Beach Loop Road, Bandon; Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Englund Marine Supply, 975 S.E. Bay Blvd., Newport; and Thursday, Oct. 14, in the Oregon Department of Forestry Building, 500 53rd St., Tillamook. Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. It currently has approximately 775,000 members, mostly in the United States and Canada. banquet set The Eugene Chapter of the waterfowl waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in conservation group Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual banquet Friday, Sept. 24 at the Vet's Club, 1626 Willamette St., Eugene. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for games and cocktails. A prime rib dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. and an auction and raffle events will be held at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are limited to the first 150 sold. Today is the last day to purchase "early bird" packages that include $100 worth of raffle tickets in addition to dinner and annual DU memberships. Those packages are priced at $75 for a single, $100 per couple. After today, dinner/membership tickets are $50 for one person and $75 for a couple. To purchase tickets call: Barry (747-4403), Gary (686-1461) or Keith (682-5261). Mount Bachelor sets lift rates Mount Bachelor Ski Resort will charge $2 more than last winter for adult daily lift tickets during the 2004-05 winter ski season The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. rates recently announced by ski area officials. The regular daily adult rate will be $46, compared to $44 last winter and $49 during the holidays. The holiday rate last season was $47. The resort is also offering discounts on season passes purchased by Sept. 30. For details, log on to: www.mtbachelor.com. Nature guides needed Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, is seeking volunteers to lead small groups of six to eight elementary school students on nature tours of the arboretum's forest, meadows, river and pond environments. For more information, call the Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. Education office at 747-1504. |
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