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Wetland Executive Team (WET) <br /> comment pm.]: Possible name <br /> change? "WATERSHED EXECUTIVE <br /> Statement of Partnership , TEAM "; "RIVERS TO RIDGES <br /> P 1 EXECUTIVE TEAM"? <br /> WET is a partnership of federal, state, and local governments and non - profit <br /> organizations who believe that coordinated, shared management of the <br /> Rivers to Ridges area* enables us to be more effective and use limited <br /> resources more efficiently. WET is the major coordinating body for <br /> intergovernmental and interagency management actions affecting the Rivers <br /> to Ridges area. WET coordinates management activities; it is not an <br /> advisory committee that makes policy or legal recommendations to any <br /> local, state, or federal decision makers. At this time, WET partners include <br /> the City of Eugene, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, The Nature <br /> Conservancy, Oregon Youth Conservation Corps, U.S. Army Corps of <br /> Engineers, U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife, McKenzie River Trust, <br /> Willamette Resources & Educational Network and the Long Tom Watershed <br /> Council. <br /> Mission Statement: To enable partner agencies and organizations to <br /> effectively share in the efficient and coordinated operation and management <br /> of the Rivers to Ridges area. <br /> Goals and Objectives: <br /> 1. Provide guidance and fiscal oversight to the management of the Rivers to <br /> Ridges area within the existing policy and legal framework outlined in the <br /> the Rivers to Ridges Metropolitan Regional Parks and Open Space Study <br /> Vision and[Strategies document, West Eugene Wetlands Plan, the Metro - Comment [p2]: lam not sure we <br /> would want to list all of these plans, as <br /> Waterways study, the West Eugene Wetlands /Spencer Creek Conservation more plans are sure to come and current' <br /> Action Plan, the Long Tom Watershed Assessment, the Long Tom plans are sure pl cable, as f we not rea if <br /> , g � g this is even applicable, as we don't really <br /> Watershed Council Restoration and Enhancement Priorities documents, the have existing policy or legal framework, <br /> like we did with the WEW Plan and <br /> Ridgeline Area Vision and Action Plan and other public policy documents subsequent MOUs and Assistance <br /> Agreements. J <br /> related to the project area. <br /> 2. Provide the network for communication and coordinated decision - making <br /> regarding capital improvements and management of the Rivers to Ridges <br /> area. <br />