Linn County, LCSWA may team up at Sunnyside



Linn County and a local woodlands group may team up to build a demonstration forest at Sunnyside Park near Sweet Home.
The Linn County Parks Commission approved a motion March 14 directing parks Director Brian Carroll to move forward with discussions on the project.
A week earlier, Linn County Small Woodlands Association directors voted to open talks with the county after members met with Carroll at Sunnyside.
LCSWA is proposing a demonstration forest featuring a Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine grove with walking paths, other native trees, possibly picnic tables and a memorial kiosk with educational information.
The project would require approval from Linn County commissioners. Funding would come from a trust created in 1998 by Robert H. Mealey.
Mealey was an ardent advocate for the Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine. His homesite was where Foster Lake now exists.
LCSWA President Lee Peterman said his group is excited to be working with the county. “I believe this interpretive walk with trees will be a great addition to the Linn County park system and Sunnyside Park in particular, said Peterman.
On March 5 Carroll walked nine members of the woodlands group through a potential site — grass-covered and gently sloping — between the park ranger residence and the fishing ponds at the north side of the 110-acre park.
LCSWA has also been in talks with Sweet Home officials this past year about placement of the Mealey project on city property southeast of the new city hall along Highway 20.
No specific plans have been prepared at this time 
The RHM Pine Fund was established in 1998 with money from the sale of 600,000 Ponderosa Pine seedlings and other seed sales. The fund opened with $23,500 and has grown through investments made at that time. It is held in trust by the LCSWA.




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