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• Cleaner water will promote more wildlife species <br /> • I think humans need to have close contact with healthy water systems for the biological need as well as the <br /> emotional health and delight that the beauty needs. <br /> • DNA finger printing done to identify the source of the bacteria in Cedar Creek. I am sure that if the Corps <br /> decides to conduct a study specifically for bacteria source tracking they will get support from EWEB and <br /> hopefully the City of Springfield and maybe the County. This is something that really needs to be done. It <br /> would get people to stop fightirig about who the bacteria is coming form and focused on what to do about it. <br /> • Only by being environmentally conscious can we hope to maintain the beauty of this natural resource. <br /> 6. What kinds of things indicate to you environmental quality in a body of water? <br /> • Lots of water birds <br /> • Macroinvertebrates, chemistry, riparian habitat, diverse species <br /> • Native species. Riparian health <br /> • The amount of wildlife, flow of the water, clarity of the water among others <br /> • Habitat, clean and free of trash, fresh smelling, low numbers in test results from lab work look for <br /> pesticides, heavy metals, bacteria etc. <br /> • Plant and fish life. Wildlife, water color and smell, water flow. <br /> 7. Do you think that the current efforts to improve environmental quality in the Metro area waterways are too <br /> little, too much, or about right? <br /> 7 Too little Q Too much ~ About right <br /> 7a. if you answered "too little", what do you think is the MAIN problem which hampers environmental <br /> restoration efforts? <br /> • The problem is not "restoration" it is first protecting and maintaining environmental quality. Building in <br /> the floodplain, encroachment into the riparian zone and stormwater runoff are issues. <br /> • Money <br /> • The need to create awareness among people that the waterways are very important both to us and <br /> the animal who depend on them. <br /> 8. To be effective, some measures to improve the health of these waterways might have to be made into law <br /> and enforced by government. Generally, how would you feel about this? <br /> Q I would be strongly opposed. <br /> 1 I would be somewhat opposed. <br /> ~ I would be somewhat in favor. <br /> 6 I would be strongly in favor. <br /> 9. If you wanted more specific information on waterways, where would you be most likely to get it: from <br /> <br /> . newspapers, from magazines, radio; television, the Internet, newsletters, from other people, or from some <br /> other source? <br /> 4 Newspapers ~ The Internet <br /> 1 Magazines ~ Other people <br /> 1 Radio ¢ Newsletters <br /> 1 Television <br /> Other: Agencies, McKenzie Watershed Council <br /> Metro Waterways Study -Citizen Involvement Summary Report -March 2005 2g <br /> <br />