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Table 1:''Current' WetlandEducation Committee Representation: <br /> Lane County Audubon Society US Army Corps of Engineers <br /> Eugene School District 4J Lane Community College <br /> Rachel Carson Environmental School University of Oregon <br /> Native Plant Society, Emerald Chapter Northwest Youth Corps <br /> The Nature Conservancy Lane Metro Youth Corps <br /> The City of Eugene Bethel School District No.52 <br /> Bureau of Land Management Nearby Nature <br /> Lane Council of Governments Lane Transit District <br /> Willamette Resources and Education Cascade Raptor Care Center <br /> Network <br /> Section IV: Current Vision <br /> Education Center <br /> The current vision for the wetland education center is to provide opportunities for all ages. The <br /> Rachel Carson Center will relocate from Churchill High School to this new facility and hold their <br /> regular classes daily at the center in the classroom dedicated to the students in this program. <br /> Another separate classroom will be available for visiting students and a curriculum package will <br /> be available for teachers. The foyer, auditorium, and library will be available to the public and <br /> other groups. Audubon will provide docents to lead tours and interpretive hikes through the <br /> wetlands. There will be outdoor facilities including a covered gathering area, board walks, and <br /> interpretive signs around the building. Visitors can stop in at any time during daylight hours and <br /> it is anticipated to draw a large number of travelers coming and going to the coast from Eugene <br /> (the center will be visible from West 11 tn) <br /> Wetlands Operations and Restoration <br /> Currently, the education center building contains space for some of the mitigation bank <br /> <br /> " operations. Included in the design layout is a room for seed storage and cleaning, a mudroom, <br /> space, and office space for wetland mitigation bank administration. The building design is not <br /> complete at this time and due to size limitations, these operations components may not be able to <br /> be accommodated in this building. The facility planning sub-committee is currently considering <br /> this issue and may identify other locations for an operations center for the wetlands, including <br /> recent discussion about acquisition of the corner lot at 11`" and Danebo that has Larry Baxter's <br /> RV's & manufactured homes. Other possibilities are developable lots off Atlantic Avenue which <br /> is immediately adjacent to some mitigation bank sites. If these operations plans do not come <br /> through, one possible location to stage some operations may be the Public Works Maintenance <br /> <br />