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<br /> WETLAND VICTORY
<br /> The tree frogs are rejoicing in song this
<br /> month as five years of community activism
<br /> culminated in the dedication of a preserved
<br /> wetland in an area of west Eugene once tar-
<br /> geted for 130 apartment units.
<br /> About 20 people gathered with shovels
<br /> and rubber boots for the dedication and
<br /> `'oir stayed for lessons on how to plant native
<br /> grasses and bulbs at the 6.3 acre site on City
<br /> View near 14th Avenue. The event was or-
<br /> ganized by the Westmoreland Wetland
<br /> Advocacy Group (WWAG) which formed
<br /> five years ago and spearheaded the cam-
<br /> paign.
<br /> The site contains ponds, ash trees and
<br /> unique grasses, along with many birds and
<br /> tree frogs. "It was the tree frogs that called
<br /> us,"says Ginger Gietzen of WWAG,"along
<br /> with the chain saws."Tree frogs in the na-
<br /> tive Kalapooya language is guda-kut,so the
<br /> wetland will now be called the Guda-Kut
<br /> Natural Area.
<br /> Dozens of individuals and organizations
<br /> were recognized at the dedication,including
<br /> Gietzen, Bern Johnson, Lorna Baldwin,
<br /> Doug Quirk, Jennifer Rowan, John Henry,
<br /> Lynn Mattei, Amanda Smith, Elaine
<br /> Phillips, Tom Pringle, Barbara Kelly, Jim
<br /> Reed, Jeff Kruger, Trevor Taylor, Gordon
<br /> Kaswell,Citizens for Public Accountability,
<br /> McKenzie River Gathering Foundation,
<br /> Eugene Stream Team, the city of Eugene
<br /> and the Bureau of Land Management.
<br /> —Ted Taylor
<br /> See earlier story in E W archives at
<br /> www.eugeneweekly.com111_30_00Inews.html 30_00/news.html
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