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Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> <br /> ~I October 8, 11993 (503) 687-5262 <br /> CONTAC Jack Long, City of Eugene Project Manager, 341-5803 <br /> From Publ c Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> III VOLUNTEERS CLEAN UP AMAZON CREEK <br /> Volunteers from the University of Oregon and the Friends of the Amazon <br /> Committee will gather on Sunday, October 10, from 1 to 4 p.m., to remove vegetation <br /> from the Amazon Creek. The group will be removing trees and shrubs from the slopes <br /> of the Amazon Creek between 31st and 33rd avenues. This is in an ongoing effort to <br /> keep the Amazon flowing freely. <br /> Vegetation, such as grasses and porous stemmed plants, help filter pollutants from <br /> stormwater. But, too much woody vegetation, like shrubs and trees, restricts the flow and <br /> leads to blcickages, so it must be removed. <br /> On Monday, city of Eugene crews will chip the removed trees and brush for use <br /> as mulch in city parks. <br /> All stormwater that collects in gutters, catch basins, and roadside ditches <br /> eventually i~Ilows into the Willamette River. In south and west Eugene, stormwater runoff <br /> that enters I he Amazon Creek flows through Fern Ridge Reservoir and into the Long <br /> Tom River before it finally enters the Willamette River. <br /> <br /> ~I For more information about the cleanup, call 465-2739. <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> i <br /> i <br /> <br />