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32 <br />-.- <br />YOU ARE INVITED TO THE <br />ANNUAL SPRING GATHERING OF <br />FRIENDS OF THE NEW HOPE <br />(A group working to implement the "Open Space Plan for Durham and <br />Orange Counties ": a plan for the New Hope River system.) <br />10:30 a.m. <br />GUEST SPEAKER <br />WHAT IS A RIVER? HOW DO WE PRESERVE IT? <br />Our guest speaker, Dr, George Constantz, will describe the structure <br />and function of a river from an ecological perspective and will suggest <br />ways to protect the health of a river system. He has been working on the <br />Lost River and Cacapon River in West Virginia for the last six years. Dr. <br />Constantz is Director of the Pine Cabin Run Ecological Laboratory. <br />12 :00 Noon <br />PICNIC LUNCH <br />Bring a bag lunch; get to know your neighbors! Punch provided. <br />1:30 - 3:30 p.m. HIKES ALONG THE CREEK <br />Including a "Stream Watch" (water monitoring) demonstration. <br />SATURDAY, MARCH 30 19 9 z <br />at the New Hope Volunteer. Firehouse on Whitfield Road <br />on the north side of Whitfield, 2.2 miles east of Airport Road <br />1.3 miles west of Erwin Road <br />For further information; call Gary Evans (489 -5285) , <br />Winnie Morgan (732 - 1524), or Hildegard Ryals (489- 5897). <br />