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<br /> ~~i <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> AUGUST 26, 1993 > <br /> CONTACT: deborah Evans, Wetlands Coordinator, 683-6839 y-y~.~,~~ CG~v~~/ <br /> Layne Masoner, Project Designer, 687-5416 ~ <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> WETLANDS AREA TO BE RESTORED <br /> A $104,000 project to restore and enhance a wetlands area in west Eugene <br /> is scheduled to begin August 30. The project is the nucleus of a west Eugene <br /> wetlands mitigation "bank" and is designed to include some public access and <br /> to serve a5 a gateway to the west Eugene wetlands area. <br /> When completed around November 1, the restoration site located between <br /> Fifth and seventh avenues east of Bailey Hill Road will include a nature <br /> trail and wildlife observation area. The current project will restore and <br /> enhance approximately six acres of former wetlands area. The remainder of <br /> the 16-acre site, which is owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), <br /> includes e~Cisting wetlands and non-wetlands buffer strips. <br /> The restored wetlands area will be used to offset or mitigate the loss <br /> of other lpcal wetlands due to public and private construction in wetlands <br /> areas. <br /> (more) <br /> <br />