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2. STUDY AREA CHARACTERISTICS canarygrass, rushes, sedges, cattail, and introduced species such as grasses (Poa spp., Fescue spp., Canthonia californica), hawthorne, and Himalayan blackberry. These metropolitan wetlands support a variety of wildlife, including reptiles (e.g., Western pond turtle[Clemmys marmorata]), amphibians (Clouded salamander [Aneidesferreus], birds (e.g., great blue heron, mallard, red-winged blackbird [Agelaius phoeniceus]), and mammals (e.g., nutria, raccoon, beaver, red fox [Vulpes vulpes]) (Lev, 1990). The location of wetland areas at or near the WPCF, as well as in the vicinity of the Biosolids Waste Management Facility and Seasonal Industrial Waste Facility are shown on Figure 2.2.7-3. Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species Riparian and wetland habitat in the Eugene Metropolitan area supports several species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as Federally or State Endangered or Threatened, or as Federal Species of Concern or State Sensitive Species. Such designated species observed or likely to occur in Willamette River riparian and/or wetland habitat include two plants, one bird, one reptile, two bats, and two fish species (Table 2.2.7-2). TABLE 2.2.7-2 Species Classified as Endangered, Threatened, Sensitive, or Species of Concern Found in Wetland and/or Riparian Areas in the Greater Eugene Metropolitan Area MWMC Facilities Plan, Eugene-Springfield Species Type Species Name Common Name Federal Status State Status Plant White-topped aster Aster curtus Species of Concern Threatened Plant Willamette daisy Erigeron decumbens Endangered Endangered Bird Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Threatened Threatened Reptile Western pond turtle Clemmys marmorata Species of Concern Sensitive Mammals Long-eared bat Myotis evotis Species of Concern Sensitive Mammals Yuma bat Myotis yumanensis Species of Concern None Fish Spring chinook Oncorhynchus Threatened None tshawytscha Fish Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki None Stock of Concern~ ~ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife stock of concern status for cutthroat trout is an Agency designation (i.e., not a state listing). This designation applies to cutthroat trout in the entire Willamette Valley and is based on a lack of information on population abundance and distribution for this species. Facility Upgrades and Habitat Potentially sensitive habitat in the vicinity of the major MWMC facilities (including the Biocycle Farm, SIWF, BMF, and WPCF) include wetland and riparian areas. Wetland Habitat Wetland types in the Eugene metropolitan area include open water/riparian wetlands, wet prairie grasslands, scrub-shrub wetlands, forested wetlands, agricultural wetlands, and pasture/old field wetlands (City of Eugene, 2003). Wetlands in the Eugene area, and the Willamette Valley generally, have largely been lost to agriculture and urban development MWMC_2.0_REV23.DOC 2-25