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Wetland Mitigation <br />In 1995, the LTD park and ride station was constructed on the-west side of the park. To <br />compensate for one half acre of wetland impact in the area, a project to restore <br />approximately three acres of wetland was undertaken. Two separate restoration sites <br />are located in the central portion of the park, the larger site on the east side of the creek <br />and the smaller site on the west side of the creek. Due to a lack of standing water, the <br />larger site needed additional earthwork and planting to function as a high quality <br />wetland and meet mitigation requirements. This additional work was undertaken in <br />2000, and remains in the monitoring phase through 2005. These extra efforts have <br />proven beneficial as the restored wetland, or mitigated wetland as it is called in technical <br />terms, is showing signs of a successful restoration project. Because more wetlands were <br />restored than originally required for the park and ride project, future wetland impacts <br />from development in Amazon Park can be compensated with the existing mitigated <br />wetlands. <br />Kalapuya Naming <br />In 2001, the Environmental Club from South Eugene High School began caring for -the <br />mitigated wetland west of the pool. In conjunction with their work, the group proposed <br />naming the wetland and ash grove with traditional Kalapuya words. They consulted <br />with area tribe members and adopted the following names: <br />^ Gawa-ni, meaning "the place where you walk through wetlands", and <br />^ Ma-lik, meaning "ash tree grove". <br />Amazon Park Concept Design Page 7 February 15, 2005 <br />