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• <br /> 3/11/09 e-mail <br /> To: Mike Mottice /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Cathy Harris /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Kim <br /> Titus /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Mark E Johnson /CBFO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Jody <br /> Weil /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Virginia Grilley /EUFO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, William <br /> Hatton /EUFO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Chuck Fairchild /EUFO /OR/BLM /DOI @BLM, Steven <br /> Shafran/WO /BLM /DOI @BLM, Fred O'Ferrall /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Maria Thi <br /> Mai /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM, Maya Fuller /ORSO /OR /BLM /DOI @BLM and Mark Brown. <br /> Good Afternoon All, <br /> I wanted to keep everyone posted as to Mark Brown's and my activities as we have discussions around <br /> the West Eugene Wetlands while developing a sustainable management strategy. Advice on how to <br /> move forward is always welcomed and appreciated. <br /> We are still hoping to have field trip to the WEW for state office staff that are interested in coming to <br /> Eugene, meeting with a couple of the partners and developing a shared understanding and long term <br /> strategy. I understand that the Leadership Team is scheduled to come to Eugene in May. It is my <br /> concern that this is pretty far away, and if we are going to work on this strategy succinctly over the next <br /> few months, we may still want a field visit sooner than later. (Knowing who from the OSO that is <br /> interested in such a visit would be helpful.) Another concern I would have about combining this with the <br /> Leadership Team visit would be to have adequate time to delve into the situation and have a meaningful <br /> conversation. I am afraid it might be rushed if we try to shoe horn it into the already busy agenda for this <br /> May meeting. <br /> West Eugene Wetlands Proposal for a Sustainable Management Strategy <br /> 1. January 2009- March 2009- Develop the Sustainable Management Strategy <br /> Last week, March 4, 2009 we met in Portland with: <br /> a. Preston Sleeger, Regional Environmental Officer for the US Department of Interior. Preston <br /> has a long history with the WEW and visits the wetlands when in Eugene. It came to my attention that the <br /> Interior has had a program called "Greening the Interior" Initiative. I called Preston to see if there might <br /> be an opportunity for funding for the WEW Education Center through this Initiative, as we continue to look <br /> for an exist strategy from the Education Center project. Mark Brown and I met with Preston and <br /> discussed with him the project, leaving him with the Background Paper on the WEW project to find a long <br /> term sustainable management strategy. <br /> b. Steven Shafran, lead on Executive Orders regarding diversity. Two projects were submitted <br /> from the WEW for E0 funding, one for Latino Outreach and the other for Native American Outreach. <br /> Steve was in Portland last week to attend the National Planning conference. He indicated that he would <br /> like to meet with me and Karen Wilson of the State Office. He wanted to get further clarification on the <br /> two projects, as well as find out what match the Oregon State office would provide. Essentially these <br /> funding sources would be seed money to help the environmental education program to reach out to <br /> expand audience diversity. We also discussed the shared long term goal of the WEW Education Center <br /> and BLM, to nurture strong relationships in these communities to help youth discover and become <br /> inspired to seek careers in natural resource management. <br /> Next week we are meeting with Forrest Cameron and Doug Spencer of the US Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> to explore US Fish and Wildlife Service interest in a potential role as we develop the Tong term strategy. <br /> A. Create list of BLM stakeholders who should be involved, and /or receive updates (PAO, Recreation, <br /> BLM Washington Office, etc.) <br /> Status Report March 11, 2009 <br /> Page 1 <br />