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Bringing the forest back to the Amazon -The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA Page 2 of 2 <br /> "The red flowering currant, for example, is one of the plants <br /> hummingbirds follow up the Willamette," she said. <br /> either donated,and shrubs were came from seedlings, or <br /> were obtained from the Interstate 5 bridge project area, <br /> Baldwin said. <br /> The trees and shrubs also serve as a visual buffer for <br /> neighbors living south of the fairgrounds property, said John <br /> Belcher, chairman Jefferson Amazon Greenery Committee. <br /> "We're turning this ditch into a real creek," Belcher said. <br /> The long-range goal of the neighborhood group is to work with <br /> the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to plant all native trees and <br /> shrubs along the north bank of the creek running the full <br /> length of the fairgrounds. After that's accomplished, the group <br /> wants to widen the stream bed to the south and make its bank <br /> slope more gradual, Belcher said. <br /> "This is a place to congregate in our neighborhood, and we'd <br /> like to keep it that way," he said. <br /> People passing by Amazon Creek will see a noticeable <br /> improvement to the overrun blackberry brambles, said Phyllis <br /> Fisher, a volunteer. <br /> 4„, "Blackberries make great jam, but it's not great for the <br /> environment," she said. <br /> a <br /> http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=c 1.cr.treeplanting.1123&date=20... 11/24/03 <br />