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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />Eugene Natural Resources <br /> <br />"~'~~"~='~Y~w...,,,,.m'~'~"mN~,u.wN,,......,,..WU,'''''''',~~u~m,_..........""'NUmNm=mm''''''''____v'''''=mm^=~_.m''_~=''..'UNHH....~m=N'''''''~N~mN""="""""<_"-~Y~="'''N_m=.m..m''NN'mmmmmNh''''m=~~~'_U_=-~~~m''''~==~""""'U~~'_"...=N~U=Nm~W <br /> <br />From: Peter Thurston [thurstop@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Monday, October 03,200510:03 AM <br />To: Eugene Natural Resources <br />Subject: Public comment - Eugene City Council, October 3, 2005 <br /> <br />Please enter the following in the record of public comment regarding the natural resource plan for the Spring <br />Creek riparian zone, west of River Road, in Santa Clara, referred to as E 58D, RSC-38: The site description <br />13.1 in para (3) appears to be accurate in the first three sentences. Sentence 4, describing access for fish to this <br />area of Spring Creek, I believe needs further examination. There are many barriers for fish in this area of the <br />drainage way, including: it is dry most of the year, except the very southerly part, within a few hundred feet of <br />the source. A stream of water only flows when there is very high rainfall, or when the water table rises <br />significantly, due to river flows. Even then the two-mile stretch of this area is severely impacted with barriers <br />to fish migration from the WiIlamette River. The fifth sentence of the description implies that there is a time of <br />"high flow" when there is the possibility of fish migrating through this corridor. Since the area was sewered <br />about 10 years ago, there is no time when the water flows freely down this drainage way, for long enough, to <br />allow fish to migrate much past its crossing of River Road, about 2 miles to the north. <br /> <br />I believe there is a riparian value in this corridor, though it is significantly disturbed. Improvements should be <br />allowed for social and economic benefits, while retaining key riparian values, such as native trees and plants, <br />wherever possible. Mitigation and replacement should be allowed where conflicts exist. <br /> <br />Peter Thurston <br />446 Blackfoot Ave <br />Eugene, OR 97404 <br /> <br />10/3/2005 <br />