AR-News: (US CA) Fruitvale garden a haven for wildlife

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Laura Counts, STAFF WRITER 
OAKLAND -- The intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue is one 
of the busiest in the city. Cars and buses roar by. Kragen Auto Parts 
customers zoom in and out of a parking lot. Groups of day laborers rest on curbs as 
they wait for work. Men hanging out on stoops drink from bottles in paper bags. 
It hardly seems a welcoming environment for birds and butterflies. 
But a thin strip of earth between the parking lot and the street offers some 
refuge. The tiny garden, planted on a formerly litter-strewn patch by staff 
from the Unity Council and neighborhood volunteers, is now on its way to being 
certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.




full story:
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1726~1944902,00.html 

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not because of those who do evil,
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