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Exhibit B -Work Plan - <br /> Environmental Studies Service Learning Program <br /> For Delta Ponds Monitoring Project <br /> I.OVERVIEW <br /> The Delta ponds are located between the Willamette River and the Delta Highway in Eugene. This <br /> city owned and managed property provides critical habitat for a variety of native and threatened <br /> terrestrial and aquatic species as well as recreational opportunities for Eugene residents. The 154 <br /> acre area will undergo extensive restoration work to increase connectivity with the Willamette ' <br /> River, improve water quality, habitat for salmon, western pond turtles and other species, and <br /> improve the trail system azound the ponds. <br /> In prepazation for this lazge restoration effort, the City of Eugene (hereafter referred to as the City) <br /> wants to know more about the fish, neo-tropical migratory birds, western pond turtles, and other <br /> amphibians and reptiles currently using the ponds. The City also wants long-term monitoring plans <br /> for these species that can be administered by volunteers (i.e. Stream Team volunteers). <br /> This work program below describes what and how the University of Oregon's Environmental <br /> Studies Service Learning Program (SLP) will monitor at Delta Ponds. The work plan also describes <br /> the education and outreach work the SLP team will perform. <br /> II. PROPOSED WORK PLAN <br /> Trevor Taylor will be the Contract Administrator and Lauri Mullen will be the on-site project <br /> coordinator for the City. The Environmental Studies Service Learning Program will be responsible <br /> for completing all project related tasks. A team of 4 Environmental Studies juniors and seniors will <br /> work over the course of the academic yeaz to complete the work. Up to 10 additional students will <br /> assist with specific data collection tasks. A paid graduate student will be the project manager and <br /> will be responsible for all day-to-day operations. Steve Mita1, the Service Learning Program <br /> Coordinator, will be the principal investigator on this project and supervise and work directly with <br /> the graduate student. <br /> Description of Tasks <br /> <br /> There will be four components to this project: <br /> 1. Orientation <br /> 2. Monitoring and Volunteer Monitoring Plans <br /> a. Fish: Monitoring <br /> b. Neo-tropical bird monitoring plan <br /> c. Turtle monitoring <br /> d. Other Amphibians monitoring <br /> e. Vegetation monitoring <br /> 3. Education and Outreach project <br /> 4. Reporting and wrap-up <br /> <br />