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Central Lane Regional Parks Plan (1970) Goals • The provision of a broad range of regional park and recreation areas to accommodate anticipated outdoor recreational needs. • The preservation of significant open space areas such as: • major watercourses and adjacent scenic flood plain lands; • significant land forms, unique scenery, vegetation and wildlife habitats; • Productive agricultural lands, surrounding forested hillsides, and other specialized lands. • The coordination of acquisition, development, and administration of regional park, recreation and open space areas. The Plan for Central Lane Regional Parks proposes: 1. Continuous Urban Riverfront Park Chains along the Willamette River through Springfield and Eugene; 2. A series of dispersed Riverfront Parks along the major waterways of the Central Lane Region 3. A series of Hill Parks within and immediately surrounding the Central Lane Region; 4. A series of Reservoir Parks 5. A series of Park Trails extending along the major hill crests and waterways and connecting major regional park areas in the Central Lane Region; 6. Specialized single - purpose park, recreation and open space areas of regional significance; and 7. Regional open space patterns designed to preserve natural scenery and to protect productive resource lands within the Central Lane Region. Draft Region 2050 Goals and Objectives (June 2001) The draft goals and objectives listed below were developed by the Region 2050 policy advisory committee. Natural Resources Open Space and the Environment Goal: Protect, restore, manage, and enhance important natural resources and open spaces and maintain high quality air, water, and land resources in the Southern Willamette Valley. Objective 1 Develop and implement a vision for regional natural resources and open space that protects and connects valuable farm and forest lands, wetlands, surface and ground water resources, wildlife habitat, and opportunities for recreation.