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Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> <br /> FEBRUARY 8, 1996 City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> <br /> CONTACT: Scott Plamondon, Urban Forester, 465-2818 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT 30 TREES ALONG AMAZON CREEK ON SATURDAY <br /> Nearly 50 volunteers will gather Saturday morning to plant 30 trees along Amazon Creek <br /> in west Eugene. <br /> The volunteers will plant Oregon ash and ponderosa pines along the Fern Ridge path next <br /> to the Amazon between Bailey Hill Road and the Richardson bicycle bridge. When the young <br /> trees mature, they will provide shade along the bicycle and pedestrian path and help create and <br /> improve creek habitat areas. <br /> Area businesses are donating food, coffee, and a portable restroom. Rexius Forest By- <br /> Products, which has a yard next to a section of the planting area, is donating compost to improve <br /> the soils in which the trees will grow. <br /> Saturday's planting is the first step in a larger project that over the next several years will <br /> beautify and enhance the Amazon Creek environment between Bailey Hill Road and City View. <br /> For more information, or to volunteer for future planting activities, call the City's urban forestry <br /> office at 687-5220. <br /> <br />