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<br /> 10'27/03 MON 18 36 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> o .d+ I ' .o <br /> I <br /> October 2 , 2003 <br /> CONTAC <br /> ¦ Eri Wold, Wetlands Supervisor, 682-4888 <br /> ¦ Me an Banks, Lane Council of Govemments, 682-7413 <br /> ¦ Th rese Picado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814 or 682- <br /> 48 0 <br /> FOR IMM DIATE RELEASE <br /> City of Eugene and LCOG Planner Steve Gordon <br /> to Receive Nature Conservancy Leadership Award <br /> Thi Wednesday, October 29, at a luncheon awards ceremony at the Oregon Zoo in <br /> Portland, t e City of Eugene and Steve Gordon of Lane Council of Govemments (LCOG) will <br /> each recei a Conservation Leadership awards from The Nature Conservancy of Oregon for <br /> their work n the West Eugene Wetlands. The community partnership award recognizes the City <br /> of Eugene and Cordon's contributions, in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy and other <br /> partner or anizations, to the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership. Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey will <br /> accept the award on behalf of the City. <br /> Ac rding to The Nature Conservancy, the City of Eugene "shaped a future in which <br /> streams a wetlands would be protected while well-planned development proceeded." Some <br /> of the mos sign cant programs and strategies that were implemented include an inclusive <br /> approach hat involved collaboration with other environmental agencies, developers and the <br /> communi ;density transfers, a technique that diverts future development away from <br /> environm tally sensitive areas; and a wetland mitigation bank, a system that allows developers <br /> to build in ne area in exchange for the commitment to protect or restore wetlands in other <br /> areas. <br /> Go don, Natural Resource Program Manager for LCOG, has been instrumental in <br /> planning d lobbying both at the local and national level, b inning with the adoption of a <br /> (More) <br /> <br />