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I 4-8C.8 Local governments shall develop plans and programs which carefully manage development on hillsides and in water bodies, and restrict development in wetlands in [ order to prevent erosion and protect the scenic quality, surface water and groundwater quality, forest values, vegetation, and wildlife values of those areas. -1-9C._9 Local governments shall develop policies and local controls for protection and management of wetland areas by completion of the next Metro Plan update. Each city shall complete a separate study to meet its requirements under the Goal 5 Rule for wetlands, riparian corridors, and wildlife habitat within the UGB. Lane County and the respective city iointly will adopt the inventory and protection measures for the area outside the city limits and inside the UGB. [ -26C.10Local governments shall encourage further study (by specialists) of endangered and threatened plant and wildlife species in the metropolitan area. [ ggC. 11 Local governments shall protect endangered and threatened plant and wildlife species, as recognized on a legally adopted statewide list, after notice and opportunity for public input. 2-SCA2Local governments shall work with owners of designated environmentally sensitive areas to require that reasonable actions are taken to protect these lands, e.g., the heronry at the confluence of the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers and the site of the Aster Curtis in the Willow Creek Basin. Property owners may pursue efforts to protect natural vegetation and wildlife habitat areas on their land to conserve these areas, e.g., through conservation easements, public acquisition, donation, land trusts, etc.; and local governments are encouraged to assist in these efforts. 29. In the Willow Creek Wetlands, transfer of density may occur through the planned unit development process. This transfer would be fi'om "natural resource" designated lands to undeveloped portions of tax lots and adjacent tax lots under common ownership, which are designated for low density residential use. This transfer may occur at overall densities within the range between thos~ assumed in plan development and the maximum allowed plan densities. I 30. Site review criteria shall be applied to large vacant parcels on Gillespie Butte to protect vegetation and scenic values to the maximum extent practicable. 31. Further studies are required for the Pudding Creek heronry and the Upper Russel Creek Drainage Basin potential natural areas. 435C. 13 Newly identified Wetland, riparian corridor, or wildlife habitat natural resources or sites inside the UGB identified after adoption of the applicable Goal 5 inventory of significant sites, that have not been previously considered for inclusion in the inventory, shall be addressed in the following manner: Exhibit B: Proposed amendments to Chapter III-C, Environmental Resources Element, Page 14 of 25 of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Plan (Metro Plan).