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~ C`~'`~ , <br /> ~Sf U~e~~ elands V` ` <br /> e <br /> <br /> Education Pr®g~a ctSh~e~ _ <br /> In January,1999 a broad-based education committee::was formed to identify <br /> <br /> environmental education opportunities in west Eugene. It has accom- <br /> plished agreat deal during the past two :years in plannir?g for both an interim t <br /> and permanent outdoor education program and facilities around the west t ' <br /> Eugene wetlands in-the Amazon Creek watershed. The idea for such a program is " <br /> based on the West Eugene Wetlands Plan (1992). This successful, multiple objet- + ` " <br /> tive, wetland protection program is being carried out by a formal partnership consisting <br /> of the City of Eugene, The Nature Conservancy, the.U.S. Bureau of Land Management, The U.S. Army; Corps of <br /> Engineers, and the'OregonYouth Conservation Corps: "The Committee's-focus is on environmental education, <br /> research, knd stewardship in the southern Willamette Valley. ' ` <br /> T <br /> _ -d Cato ~omm~>ftee ~ssto S>~a emend ; <br /> s e op nvu n u ~enter,;an ~ 'r - t trd ,1u 'tarv s <br /> '~po~~~ <br /> ogram t t~'v ; ~ pp .o ch ~~bu d~~st~ g~ . , ~ p;ort~ Tn~~o~,v <br /> ~ <br /> t~e,ocal~; , <br /> _ e , ~ d e _ crl n- tau - s datrons, and othc s <br /> In its strategic- planning, fhe Com"mi>t>fee identified four goals: <br /> • To begin an education and volunteer program in :1999. <br /> • To form anon-profit corporation to help fund the°education programand center. <br /> • To ocate an interim education'center to accommodate the beginning_of school in fa112000. <br /> ene b 2003 alon wrth a tom rehensive, o <br /> • To construct a wetland education center inwest Eug y g p utdoor, environ- <br /> mental`education program and associated facilities. <br /> The scope of the education program is broad. It encompasses the west Eugene wetlands and adjacent uplands as <br /> an outdoor study area, with connecting trails, interpretive stations and signs. It includes an interim and eventual <br /> .permanent education center facility; an education and interpretive program involving informational materials, <br /> curricula, and staff/volunteers directed at the entire resident and visiting community from school children, " <br /> university'students, to adults. - <br /> Current Environmental Education Committee representation. includes: <br /> • Lane County Audubon Society U.S`Army Corps,,of Engineers <br /> • Eugene School District 4J ~ Lane Community College <br /> • Rachel Carsoq 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 /> • rBureau of.I:and Management (BLM) Nearby Nature <br /> Lane Council of Governments Lane Transit District (LTD) <br /> • Cascade Raptor Care Center <br /> Augusr 2000 <br /> <br />