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06/04/Oa WED 12:28 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ~ IN ~0 <br /> June 4, 2003 <br /> CONTACT: II <br /> ¦ Lorna Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone o day of the <br /> event only) <br /> ¦ Therese Ptcado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4 14 or 682- <br /> 4800 <br /> i <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> AMAZON APPRECIATION DAY THIS SATURDAY <br /> Community members are invited to dean-up and care for Amazon creek t the 12th <br /> Annual Amazon Appreciation Day this Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. Str am Team <br /> ' adoption groups will host work parties at several locations along the creek as In revious <br /> years. This year the event will also include a work party at the creek's headwate s where <br /> volunteers wilt salvage native plants from the future Amazon Headwaters Tie Tra I, which <br /> links to the Ridgeline Trail. The plants will be tended at the Native Plant Nursery un by <br /> <br /> ~ Stream Team volunteers and returned to the site after construction. <br /> Stream Team will supply gloves, tools, mulch, and bags. At 12:30 p.m., al volunteers <br /> are invited to Amazon Park at 27th Avenue and Hilyard Street for lunch donated y Track <br /> Town Pizza. Volunteers are welcome to participate in any of the following projec s: <br /> 1. Clean up Amazon Creek with the Jefferson Westside Neighbors, Far West N ighbors, <br /> and Lane Council of Governments. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Patterson School sit behind <br /> the Albertson's at 18`h and Chambers. li, <br /> 2. Mulch the native plantings and dean up the creek with the Miracle on 33'" St et <br /> neighbors. This project begins at 10 a.m. at 33~ and East Amazon. <br /> 3. Salvage native plants from the path of the future Amazon Headwaters Tie Tr il. Carpool <br /> from Amazon Park at 8:45 a.m. or meet at the Ridgeline Trail trailhead on Fo Hollow <br /> Road. <br /> The original purpose of Amazon Appreciation Day, which began in the ea y 1990s, <br /> was to raise awareness of Amazon Creek, one of the most prominent Waterways In Eugene, <br /> and solicit community member's participation in its clean-up and care. For more i formation, <br /> call 682-4850 or e-mail loma.j.baldwin(d~ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />