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significant amount of Bradshaw's lomatium had been <br /> destroyed. She asked whether an environmental <br /> assessment had been done prior to starting the <br /> work. John didn't know and promised to check with <br /> those more knowledgeable about the area. (Had I <br /> taken the call my response would have been that <br /> the lomatium was known to exist in the fields both <br /> north and south of the E -W portion of the Amazon <br /> Parkway, but that due to the large numbers, no <br /> site - specific assessment had been made.) <br /> 12/29/94 John Weber contacted Tim Rhay, who oversees mowing <br /> operations in the park. Tim had only a rough <br /> sketch of the area that is given special mowing <br /> consideration for the presence or possible <br /> presence of the lomatium. Louis Kroeck, the <br /> landscape architect in Public Works Engineering, <br /> who has become more familiar with the area due to <br /> designing mitigation for a proposed parking area <br /> in the park, was off work this week. <br /> 12/30/94 John and Hal Gausman (temporary staff) inspected <br /> the site, observing vehicle tracks through the <br /> middle of the field where Lomatium Bradshawii <br /> preserve is located. Excepting that, and a few <br /> locations where tractor turning movements were <br /> made, and the work of setting a pedestal for the <br /> control panel near the Parkway intersection with <br /> 27th Avenue, all the site disturbance was within <br /> 6 feet of the path. It appeared that the balance <br /> of the work could be done from the path. <br /> A call was received via Ed Alverson (PWE) from <br /> Dr. Rhoda Love of the Native Plant Society out <br /> of concern for the disruption. Ed suggested that <br /> Louis had a better map, and a message request was <br /> left with Louis to obtain a copy. <br /> 1/3/95 John Weber called Larry Norris, leader of the <br /> volunteers' effort, to convey our concern about <br /> how the work was being done, and the disruption <br /> ire. the_area of the lomatium preserve. John <br /> advised L that no more disruption or impact <br /> in the preserve area would be allowed, and <br /> requested an on -site meeting to discuss the ispue. <br /> 1/4/95 Larry returned the call to Johnaying that they <br /> had not been working there since at least the <br /> weekend before Christmas. (My recollection is <br /> their last work was at least two weekends before <br /> Christmas.) He said they were aware of the <br /> wetland and lomatium issues, and doing everything <br /> they could to stay off the area. He did not claim <br /> responsibility for the tracks through the middle <br />