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Celebrating Wetlands: Groups plan May celebration of Eugene's unique wetlands - The Rt... Page 1 of 7 <br /> www.registerguard.com 1 ®The Register-Guard, Eugene,Oregon <br /> May 1, 2003 <br /> Celebrating Wetlands: Groups plan May <br /> celebration of Eugene's unique wetlands <br /> By Mike Stahlberg <br /> The Register-Guard <br /> What do April showers cause to sprout up in May? <br /> Why, National Wetlands Month, of course. <br /> Until now, Wetlands Month has been largely ignored by winter- <br /> weary Oregonians. <br /> This year, however, a consortium of public agencies and <br /> private nonprofit groups hopes to use National Wetlands Month <br /> to increase public awareness and appreciation of the west <br /> Eugene wetlands. <br /> The call to "Celebrate Eugene's Unique Wetlands" is being <br /> issued by the Willamette Resources Education Network. <br /> e. <br /> "Overlook" is a panoramic photograph entered in the wetlands photography exhibit <br /> by Len and Terry Stolfo. <br /> Events on WREN's Wetlands Month calendar range from an <br /> exhibit of wetlands photographs to interpretive hikes focusing <br /> on birds, bats, butterflies, insects or wildflowers that live in the <br /> wetlands. Also planned are a series of free Wednesday night <br /> nature talks and numerous tours for school groups. <br /> The west Eugene wetlands include about 2,500 acres of land in <br /> the Amazon and Willow Creek drainages on both sides of West <br /> 11th Avenue. The property was acquired over the past 10 <br /> years by a partnership that includes the city of Eugene, the <br /> U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the Nature Conservancy, <br /> the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and <br /> Wildlife Service. <br /> Now the partnership is ready to enter a new phase, said Scott <br /> http://www.regi sterguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?nam a=e6.od.wetl and s.05 01&date=2003 05... 5/5/03 <br />