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• agencies and take these into account in the day - to-day WEWP operations. Other groups such as e Oregon State University, Lane Community College, and various school districts will use the area extensively for education purposes, and they must be considered in management decisions. Assignments are very diverse, and the incumbent must utilize considerable resourcefulness and judgment to develop and maintain effective and smooth- running policy and guidance, problem analysis, and conflict resolution and mitigation. The operation must be reevaluated and adjusted as phases of development are completed ( acquisition, management; interpretation, etc.) and patterns of visitor needs change, and/or policies and programs of other agencies with jurisdictional interest are amended and must be accommodated. The West Eugene Wetlands Project presents a unique management situation for the Bureau of Land Management. The problems arising in these urban and rural/urban wetland ecosystems are of an unusual nature calling for treatment and effort that are without precedence. The incumbent will need to draw from many different sources of information and expertise, often from outside the Bureau. Because of the newness of the program, the Project Manager will often need to justify many of his/her management decisions, policies, and programs:ima-unique setting of cooperative relationships developed for the management of these wetland resources. Factor 5, Scope and Effect The work and output of the incumbent must provide for the protection of natural and cultural resources, recreation and wetland/upland resource values in the West Eugene Wetlands Project '1 area The incumbent's work will directly affect large numbers of users. The wetland acquisition program, one of high visibility within the region and nationwide, has significant economic impacts in addition to significant user impacts. Resources controlled by other jurisdictional agencies in the area are directly affected by the incumbent's management decisions. The WEWP acquisition operation and management development is closely watched by the Bureau, agencies with jurisdictional interest in the area, the public, user groups, and landowners, The manner in which resource concerns and overall multiple -use management of the WEWP are presented to the public affect the public's perception of how it is being managed, and subsequently influence the effectiveness and acceptability of the agencies goals, and/or activities. Factor 6, Personal Contacts The incumbent must deal with many different individuals and groups including special interest groups, the public, other Federal agency representatives, local and State agency representatives, the news media, law enforcement officials, corporations, non -profit organizations, and co- workers locally and from other Bureau offices. Contacts will be in person, on the telephone, and in writing. Contacts are often issue or project - oriented and made on a non - routine basis. As a showcase for the BLM resource and management, many public dignitaries, e.g., the BLM Director and Secretary of Interior frequently are given tours or information about the area.