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Arbor Day Planting Dedicated to Anabel Osborn
Lewiston's Arbor Day tree planting ceremony will held at Modie Park Saturday, April 26th, at 1 pm.
Each Arbor Day since 1996, Modie Park Conservancy has planted a maple tree in the Ceremonial Ring. This year the planting is dedicated to Anabel Osborn, Educator, Conservancy founder, Urban Forestry Commissioner, and park benefactress who passed away last October.
The Ceremonial Ring is situated north of the Idaho State Veterans Home on the ridge behind Osborn Vineyards at 1901 8th Street. To reach the planting, walk north on the Regence BlueShield of Idaho Fitness Path from the Modie Park restroom at 1025 21st Avenue. Parking is also available in the open space south of the stone tower on the west side of 8th Street. For handicapped access, park in the Veterans' Home parking lot and travel north on the ridge. Some parking is available in the Drive-through at Osborn's Vineyards. Refreshments will be served. For more information email info@modiepark.org.
Interpretive Signs Erected
Nineteen panels describing aspects of Lewiston's new wildlife park have been installed into towers replicating the historic stone towers located in the park. Park history, wildlife, wetlands, and butterflies are a few of the topics. A crew of inmates under the supervision of Ed George, Lewiston Engineering Department, designed, poured and placed the concrete towers weighing over 6000 lbs each. They also affixed the full color interpretive panels designed by Don Brigham. If you haven't seen the new signs, reading them would be a good excuse for a walk in the park one of these spring days. Walk north and south from parking at 1025 21st Avenue.
Butterfly Garden and Other Work Days
Volunteers will meet Saturday April 19th at 8:30 at the Lois Rowland Butterfly Garden for a morning of pruning and weeding. Some spring cleaning has been done but more is need in this unique 10,000 square foot garden. Many California tortoise shell butterflies have been observed in the area for the past week. Plan to help get the garden in shape for other butterfly species and hummingbirds.
Morning work sessions in other areas of the park are scheduled for 8:30 am
April 26th and 27th near the Osborn homesite at 1901 8th Street. For more information call 743-9182.
Grinding Blackberry Brush
Last month, a contractor specializing in improving wildlife habitat, used this mechanical spider with a rotary blade on a 28 foot long hydraulic arm to grind some of the blackberry bushes along the wetland in Ruth Rowell Modie Wildlife park. Himalayan Blackberries are an non-native invasive plant, although they provide some food and cover they are extremely competitive and can kill or shade out native plants that provide better food and cover for animals. A variety of trees including, cottonwood, alder, aspen and red cedar have been planted in the area near the wet land. Plantings of other native wet land plants are planned as the long process of controlling the blackberries in the area between 13th and 10th Streets continue.
Volunteers With A Variety of Skills Needed
Park visitors walking the Regence BlueShield Fitness Path comment on the many changes to Modie park in the past year. A restroom, parking area, signage and tree plantings are some of the improvements funded by a Land and Water Conservation grant. More changes are yet to come such as additional trees and improved irrigation. Unlike other projects, when all the grant money is spent the park won't be finished.
The vision for Ruth Rowell Modie Wildlife Park is for it to become a outdoor classroom where children and adults can learn about the nature's processes. To make that happen Modie Park Conservancy need volunteers with many types of skills. Gardeners are needed to help identify and label plants in the Butterfly Garden. The computer skills of a database manager and membership director are needed. There is a place for someone with writing skills to edit a newsletter and create brochures. The Xeriscape Steering Committee could use the services of a grant writer. Would you like to volunteer? Contact Adrienne at 746-7787 or write info@modiepark.org
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