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tow r Newsletter of the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership Page 3 Wetland Inventory Revised The West Eugene Wetland Inventory has been re- The study mapped approximately 163 acres of vised to bring the listing of previously identified and newly identified wetland and 129 acres of potential potential wetland sites up to new state standards and wetland. Most of the newly identified wetland areas to implement policies identified in the West Eugene Wet- were adjustments to boundaries of previously mapped lands Plan that called for further inventory work on sites. The revised inventory, if adopted, will be included certain sites. The revisions, compiled by the City of Eugene as an amendment to the West Eugene Wetlands Plan and its wetland consultatet,fetland Specialties, are following a public hearing process. It will establish the - based on the 1987 federal wetland delineation scan- protection or development status for each site. m dards. The study included sites identified by the re- Property owners whose land is affected will be no- . vised National Wetland Inventory, which was issued tified throughout the hearing process so they can par - following the 1989 west Eugene inventory. It also in- ticipate if they wish. For more information about the cluded several sites identified in the field by local, state, revised inventory, call the City of Eugene Planning and federal staff. Division at 687 -5481. a?s, Lower Amazon Creek Restoration -- . ! - Study Area (see page 4) West Eugene Wetland study Area R OYAL AVF_ I. = � � The West Eugene wetland study area includes approximately 1 RUOStI B LVD. 1 - - -f - _ \ \ -- 1,500 acres of wetland to be protected as well as several ,� % projects designed to enhance or restore former wetland acres. i PROPOsto PARKWAY 7 r �`y E ,y Z T ` ' ' '' O ^ 54]VARI' RD t i _ _ _ _ West Eugene Wetland -- „.d.;..,�z' .a "� W. III. AVE. _I Study Area z Wet Prairie 2 , � a W. 18111 AVE_ _ —_ \_— W' s • u W e K " f o ,/ Restora Project �V Z C ZYIZty MQp i ,- (see page 6) "'� ' WILLOW ..,/ J CREEK M. Y /` / t " G Ees ` 41v ► Willow Creek — r� srtt>NG�tFan ~'`' � ► r ` C,MY ► Natural. Area \� l N�� ► (see page 5) it ► P � p by 1 Upheld b State Courts Conservation Funding Land and Water The Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon g Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) have affirmed the Tops $3.7 Million adoption of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. Following its adoption in 1992, the plan was ap- Recent action in the U.S. Congress on the Inte- pealed to LUBA. Attorneys for the West Amazon Ba- rior Appropriations bill has resulted in the third con - sin Landowners Association, Inc., claimed in their fil- secutive year of funding for the West Eugene Wetland ing that Lane County had violated its notification re- Program. The $750,000 appropriated in federal fiscal quirements in the course of adopting the plan. In Feb- year 1994 brings to $3.72 million the amount allo- ruary 1993, LUBA affirmed the adoption of the plan, cated over the past three years to the Eugene District denying all 14 claims of error against the County. of the Bureau of Land Management to purchase local Within two weeks of the LUBA decision, the land- wetland. owners association appealed the adoption of the plan The appropriations will be used to acquire wet - to the Oregon Court of Appeals. The Court of Ap- land of high value and areas where wetland restoration peals also affirmed the adoption of the plan and did so and enhancement can occur. The funding also can be without issuing an opinion. These two decisions leave used to connect adjoining upland areas to make the the adoption of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan intact west Eugene wetland system function as a significant and beyond the deadline for further appeal. w Willamette Valley ecosystem. as-