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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
March 30, 2006
City of Eugene
777 Pearl Street, Room 105
Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793
(541) 682-5010
(541) 682-5414 (FAX)
www.eugene-or.gov
IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION
WEST EUGENE WETLANDS PARTNERSHIP RECOGNIZED WITH TWO NATIONAL AWARDS
BIGGER-THAN-EVER FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: APRIL 8 AND 9
AROUND THE CITY
West Eugene Wetlands Partnership Recognized with Two National Awards
The West Eugene Wetlands Partnership was recently honored with two national awards. The first award
was presented by the White House Council on Environmental Quality in recognition of outstanding
leadership and results through cooperative conservation. In August 2006, the White House Council on
Environmental Quality convened a Conference on Cooperative Conservation with the Departments of
the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency. This historic
event brought together over 1,000 representatives of conservation groups and businesses, local, state,
tribal, and federal agencies, recreation enthusiasts, ranchers, farmers, hunters, and anglers. Their
mission was to exchange information and identify opportunities for building conservation partnerships,
and institutionalizing cooperative conservation, in order to enhance on-the-ground environmental results
by leveraging resources, promoting innovation, and inspiring citizen stewardship. The West Eugene
Wetlands Program was featured in the conference publication, Faces and Places of Cooperative
Conservation, as one of the nation’s best examples of “cooperative conservation.”
The second award received by the partnership was the “Award of Excellence for Adaptive Management”
and was signed by the leaders of seven federal agencies. The award recognizes the many
achievements of the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership in managing wetlands and associated uplands
for wildlife habitat and watershed health.
The eight organizations that make up the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership have worked together on
land acquisition, habitat restoration, environmental education, and recreation facilities development over
a 13-year period. For more information, contact Wetlands Program Supervisor Eric Wold at 682-4888 or
eric.n.wold@ci.eugene.or.us.
Bigger-Than-Ever Friends of the Library Book Sale: April 8 and 9
Book lovers can indulge themselves for a good cause at the 28th Annual Friends of Eugene Public
Library Book Sale on Saturday, April 8, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 9, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
at Lane County Fairgrounds.
This year, the sale moves to Performance Hall, which is twice the size of Wheeler Pavilion. That means
more tables, more room in the aisles, and more books to browse. As always, parking and admission are
free.
The annual book sale offers some 60,000 gently- and never-used books of all kinds, for all ages and
interests, most for only $1.00. Look for good-as-new recent bestsellers at very reasonable prices. Rare
and specialty items can be found in the “Individually Priced” section. Over 105 boxes’ worth of children's
and teen books and a new “Oregon” section are available this year, as well as CDs, DVDs, videos, audio
books, book sets, records, pamphlets, sheet music, and cassettes. According to Friends' Book Sale
organizer Carol Hildebrand, "Many local book lovers consider the sale the highlight of spring in Eugene."
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Donations of books on every subject are received from the public year-round. Friends of the Library
volunteers sort, prepare, price, and store them in boxes until April. More than 300 volunteers work on
the Book Sale, which took in $75,000 last year to support and enhance Eugene Public Library programs
and services, particularly programs for children and families. For more information, call the Eugene
Public Library at 682-5450.
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