Chris Orsinger, executive director of Friends of Buford Park and Mount Pisgah will be speaking at tomorrow’s Eugene Airport Rotary meeting.

About section from www.bufordpark.org :

Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah is the only organization with
the mission and expertise to conserve the Mt. Pisgah area’s incredible
botanical, wildlife and recreational values.

Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah mobilizes funding, expertise
and volunteer resources to conserve and enhance the botanical, fish,
wildlife and recreational values on Buford Park and other nearby public
lands. Since 2000, FBP has raised and invested over $1.8 million in
habitat and trail projects, plus volunteer contributions valued at
$500,000 annually. We restore floodplain, wetland, and upland forest
and prairie habitats; operate a native plant nursery; advocates for
park land acquisition; assist Lane County with trail planning and
construction; and educate park visitors and the public about important
wildlife, botanical and recreational assets of the Mt. Pisgah area. In
partnership with The Nature Conservancy, we are leading efforts to
acquire an outstanding, adjacent 1200-acre parcel with six miles of
river frontage.

Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah has a successful track
record of implementing large, regionally significant habitat projects
on and near Buford Park. For example, we:

1) propagate over 80 native species in our native plant nursery,
2) restored flows to floodplain side channels that had been blocked by
human obstructions, such as road fill and an Army Corps of Engineers
levee;
3) created seasonal backwater habitat to benefit salmonids and other aquatic species;
4) planted 70 floodplain acres with native trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers; and
5) facilitated prescribed burns and native seeding on 30 acres of prairie and oak savanna

Come here Chris speak more about the Friends of Bufrord Park and Mount Pisgah tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. at Wings.