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c. Wetland, stream and habitat restoration demonstration projects - these restoration and enhance- <br /> ment projects would improve habitats, provide recreation and education opportunities, improve <br /> scenic quality, and assist in providing enhanced flood control and water quality treatment. <br /> d. Assist in a public information and education program associated with urban natural resources <br /> and wildlife. and <br /> e. Provide technical assistance to this metropolitan region from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. <br /> These projects are described in more detail in Appendix A. <br /> These projects will help to strengthen cooperation among the local governments: Eugene, Springfield <br /> and Lane County. Local resources will be used as match for Service dollars in the restoration <br /> projects. We will seek state participation through grant programs and technical assistance. The most <br /> promising prospect of this proposal is the ability to involve local groups, including community <br /> organizations, environmental groups, schools, and local businesses, to provide support, including <br /> volunteer efforts. <br /> Most of our efforts to date have focused on wetlands and water resources. In the later phase of the <br /> program, we will also include upland habitats, so that representative ecosystems from the southern <br /> - Willamette Valley can be integrated into the metropolitan natural area scheme. <br /> We are interested in maintaining our pro -active partnership through implementation of our plans. <br /> This proposal for U.S. Fish & Wildlife participation and funding represents a major step in that <br /> direction. We can participate in developing ecosystem recovery <br /> plans, in developing pre - listing management plans <br /> for rare species that are not yet listed as f' J <br /> endangered and threatened, by develop- ? i' <br /> ing public educational materials <br /> 1,tt�, 'rte <br /> describing the ecosystem approach, by 1 R <br /> assisting in developing baseline ; ' ! '�'" ! "` i €" t ,` �. /!� "'"' r',Y04kk ' <br /> studies in Oregon's second largest i <br /> metropolitan g b Y availing <br /> olitan re ion t , / <br /> g '° <br /> ourselves of the Service's technical �► <br /> assistance to this region, and by Aiwa !� <br /> supporting a partnership approach _ - <br /> which will include the Service, BLM, - - ��� <br /> Corps, EPA, Oregon Department of -" ly_ <br /> Fish and Wildlife, City of Eugene, ` ~' <br /> City of Springfield, Lane County, the <br /> Nature Conservancy, Lane Council of <br /> Governmts others. <br /> This proposal provides the federal government with an opportunity to demonstrate its role in assist- <br /> ing local governments in solving complex urban natural resource issues. Few communities nation- <br /> wide have taken a coordinated approach to mesh wetlands, water quality, and wildlife habitat plan- <br /> ning efforts to view natural resources as part of an urban system. This effort can provide another <br /> Eugene - Springfield, Oregon model for urban areas throughout the nation. <br /> 3 <br />