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Mr. Wold said the City of Eugene had purchased a site called "Willow Corner ". He said the City was going to use mitigation bank money and The Nature Conservancy would use some of its grant money to do restoration work on the site. Mr. Gordon noted that the City of Eugene had raised its mitigation bank fee from $30,000 to $50,000. B. Bureau of Land Management • Wetlands Education Center Update; Business Plan, Funding Ms. Johnston noted that May was Wetlands Month and said the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, was planning to celebrate events throughout the month. She said the wetlands center would be used as a way to bring more of a public focus on wetland issues. She noted that this would be a good time to do the dedication suggested by Mr. Duckett. • Wetlands Education Program Update Ms. Johnston said the curriculum of the education program had been developed. She said the center would work to coordinate its curriculum with those of local schools. She added that teachers would be welcome to come to the site and develop new programs. Ms. Johnston said a business plan was being wrapped up for construction of the center and noted that it would call for a phased project with complete build out in 2007. Ms. Johnston said the final version of the interpretive signs to be used on the trail had been completed. Mr. Adams noted that the school districts would be in Salem, to lobby for funding, on April 9, and recommended that they be presented with information on what the wetlands plan had accomplished. He suggested bringing in volunteer students who had worked on the project to talk about the plan. • BLM Restoration BLM restoration was covered under City of Eugene reports. • Staffing BLM staff noted that part of Diana Bus' work program would include providing support to the west Eugene wetlands. C. The Nature Conservancy • Willow Corner Restoration Mr. Alverson reported that the area that had fill placed upon it during the 1980's had the property line between the TNC ownership and city ownership going through the center. He said it was difficult to tell where the property line was. He said he was working on a single restoration plan for the entire area. He said the portion of the City owned land was being funded by the restoration bank but noted that the portion owned by The Nature Conservancy would have a significant amount of upland restoration involving removing the fill down to the original surface. He said this would benefit one of the best remaining butterfly sites. MINUTES— Wetland Executive Team December 20, 2002 Page 4