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enormous .effort has been undertaken in the last 5 years to return the creek to a healthy and <br /> functioning system which addresses multiple benefits. In partnership with the Army Corp of ; <br /> Engineers, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Nature Conservancy, over 2,000 of acres <br /> of flood plain, wetlands, and stream channel have been restored in the lower portion of the <br /> Amazon basin. Attention is now tuming to the upper portion of the basin. Of critical importance <br /> to maintaining water quality and the health of the entire stream is protecting headwaters from <br /> overdevelopment. The headwater streams contained within this site are highly susceptible to <br /> impacts from development which will affect downstream water quality. <br /> The East Fork Amazon Headwaters parcel also has great potential for passive recreation such <br /> as walking, hiking, mountain biking, nature study, and educating the public about riparian and <br /> habitat protection and value and through interpretive signage. A trail through this parcel would <br /> make a logical and needed connection between a southeast Eugene neighborhood and the <br /> main Ridgeline Park trail system, and thus would help attenuate impacts on other heavily used <br /> access trails. <br /> Although there currently is no funding available for trail construction, when such funding is <br /> obtained, this property would be a high priority for trail construction funds. In the past for trail <br /> maintenance and construction projects, we have sought as many methods and resources as <br /> possible including contracts with private businesses and with state service providers such as <br /> the Sheriffs jail crew, Northwest Youth Corps, force account, in -kind services, volunteer efforts, <br /> and Recreational Trail Program grants. <br /> j <br /> j <br />