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Draft 9/29/14 Riparian Corridors, Wetlands, and Wildlife Habitat (Goal 5) Findings 6.Data from the Oregon Natural Heritage Program (acquired in 2000) and interviews with specialists resulted in the identification of sites with species of concern, or endangered and threatened (as recognized on existing and proposed state and federal lists) plant and wildlife species whose normal or historic range includes the metropolitan area. 7.Natural resources may be identified within the metropolitan area after acknowledgment of the Metro Plan. Statewide Planning Goal 5 requires that these resources, if determined to be significant, be subject to a conflict resolution process. 8. Lane County, Springfield, and Eugene jointly completed the Goal 5 requirements for riparian corridors for the area between the UGB and the Plan Boundary. The inventory consisted of data from the Oregon Department of Forestry stream classification maps, U.S. Geological Service 7.5 minute quadrangle maps, Statewide Wetlands Inventory maps, and aerial photographs. The boundaries of significant riparian corridors were determined using the standard setback distance from all fish-bearing lakes and streams shown on the inventory as follows: 75 feet upland from the top of each bank along all streams with average annual stream flow greater than 1000 cubic feet per second; and 50 feet upland from the top of each bank along all streams with average annual stream flow less than 1000 cubic feet per second. 9. Lane County, Springfield, and Eugene jointly completed the Goal 5 requirements for wetlands for the area between the UGB and the Plan Boundary. The inventory consisted of data from the Statewide Wetlands Inventory. 10. Lane County, Springfield, and Eugene jointly completed the Goal 5 requirements for wildlife habitat for the area between the UGB and the Plan Boundary. The inventory consisted of data from the Oregon Natural Heritage Program and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, which included: threatened, endangered, and sensitive wildlife species habitat information; sensitive bird site inventories; and wildlife species of concern and/or habitats of concern identified and mapped by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Goal 5 wetland and riparian corridor requirements for the area between the UGB and the Plan Boundary adequately address fish habitat. Consequently, for purposes of applying Goal 5 requirements to this portion of the metro area, wildlife does not include fish habitat. Significant wildlife habitat includes only those sites where one or more of the following conditions exist: the habitat has been documented to perform a life support function for wildlife species listed by the federal government as a threatened or endangered species or by the State of Oregon as a threatened, endangered, or sensitive wildlife species; the habitat has documented occurrences of more than incidental use by a threatened, endangered, or sensitive wildlife species; the habitat has been documented as a sensitive bird nesting, roosting, or watering resource site for osprey or great blue herons; the habitat has been documented to be essential in achieving policies or population objectives specified in a wildlife species management plan adopted by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission; or the area is identified and mapped by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife as habitat for a wildlife species of concern. 11. Springfield and Eugene are required to complete Goal 5 requirements for wetlands, riparian corridors, and wildlife habitat within their respective urban growth boundaries for adoption by the applicable jurisdictional land use authorities. III-C-8