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Park Notes attractive year round, and approved single globe lighting(as in Rice Park) • between Robert and Wabasha. Cliff Garten,Assistant Professor of Art at Hamline University served as an artist to help bring art into the public spaces of the park. Saint Paul Green Have you passed an abandoned gas station and wondered how much nicer it would look with some flowers to brighten its environment? Have you visualized that little triangle park in your neighborhood with flowers and neatly cut grass? You may be able to help make this dream come true. Saint Paul Green hopes to clean up and green up some of the little places in neighborhoods that can so easily contribute to a sense of blight in a com- munity. The St.Paul project, loosely designed after similar projects in Philadelphia,New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, St. Louis and San Jose, was described by Diane Emerson, Vice President of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Under the auspices of the Horticultural Society,St. Paul Green will have a full-time staff person to coordinate activities. If you are interested in working on St. Paul Green,call Bill Anderson at 298-4323. • Children's Fishing The childhood memory of strolling to a nearby fishing hole,throwing in a Ponds are Catching On line and spending a lazy summer day trying to hook fish mom or dad just might cook lingers hazily in the minds of many an adult. Access to places for kids to carry on the tradition in an urban environment is not always easy. The DNR's Children's Fishing Pond Program is designed to meet the need. Twenty-four ponds in the seven county metro area are currently in the program. The"mini lakes"are typically shallow and winter kill normally prevents the natural development of game fish. Throughout the spring the DNR stocks catchable-size bluegills, crappies, and bullheads, fish that are particularly appealing to young fishers. The DNR considers several factors in determining which ponds to include in the program. The program must be requested by a local unit of govern- ment and that government must agree to assist in its management. There must also be a public access to the lake and there must be a population center nearby. Usually ponds are located where there is limited nearby fishing available. Children's fishing ponds in Ramsey County include: Bennett Lake,Roseville (includes a fishing pier);Loeb Lake,St.Paul at Maryland and Mackubin;Oak Lake Park Pond,Moundsview at County Road H2 & Silver Lake Road.