Rivers to Ridges Annual Report 2020 Section 1: Rivers to Ridges Partnership Background and Overview
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Rivers to Ridges Annual Report 2020 Section 1: Rivers to Ridges Partnership Background and Overview .............................................1 White oak on Mount Pisgah 1.1 The Rivers to Ridges Partnership .................................................................................................................................1 Photo credit: MPA 1.1.1 Vision Statement ............................................................................................................................................1 1.1.2 Vision Refinements .........................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Rivers to Ridges Online ...............................................................................................................................................2 1.3 Rivers to Ridges Annual Report and Accomplishments Reporting ..............................................................................2 1.4 Rivers to Ridges “Refresh” Process Underway ............................................................................................................2 1.5 Partnership Accomplishments By The Numbers .........................................................................................................3 Section 2: Land Protection ..........................................................................................................4 2.1 Land Protection in 2020 ..............................................................................................................................................4 2.1.1 Black Oak Basin ...............................................................................................................................................4 2.1.2 Marvin and Marie Spores Conservation Area .................................................................................................4 2.1.3 Camp Creek Hills .............................................................................................................................................4 Section 3: Habitat Restoration and Management ........................................................................6 3.1 Partnership Members Respond to Holiday Farm Fire .................................................................................................6 3.1.1 Pure Water Partners Coordinates Response ...................................................................................................6 3.1.2 McKenzie River Trust Supports Recovery Efforts ............................................................................................6 3.2 Controlled Ecological Burns.........................................................................................................................................6 3.2.1 Howard Buford Recreation Area 2019 Wildfire Recovery ...............................................................................6 3.3 Habitat Restoration and Management ........................................................................................................................7 3.3.1 Northwestern Pond Turtle Success Story........................................................................................................7 3.1.2 Urban Waters and Wildlife Project Implementation ......................................................................................7 3.3.3 Empire Park Pond Habitat Restoration ...........................................................................................................8 3.3.4 South Coyote Unit Habitat Enhancements .....................................................................................................8 Section 4: Recreation, Education, and Events ..............................................................................9 4.1 Recreational Improvements ........................................................................................................................................9 4.1.1 Amazon Park Running Trail Reconstruction ....................................................................................................9 4.1.2 Small Dog Park at Armitage Park ....................................................................................................................9 4.1.3 Hendricks Bridge Boat Ramp Improvements ..................................................................................................9 4.2 Celebrations and Events ..............................................................................................................................................9 4.2.1 Wild and Scenic Film Festival ..........................................................................................................................9 4.2.2 Willamette River Festival ..............................................................................................................................10 4.2.3 First Virtual Mushroom Festival ....................................................................................................................10 4.2.4 On-Water Volunteer Safety and Training ......................................................................................................10 4.2.5 Environmental Education at Mount Pisgah Arboretum ................................................................................10 4.3 Education .................................................................................................................................................................11 4.3.1 Willamette Resources Education Network Education Program ....................................................................11 4.3 2 University of Oregon’s Environmental Studies Program ...............................................................................11 4.3.3 UO Landscape Architecture Students Plan for the East Ridgeline ................................................................11 4.3.4 UO Landscape Architecture Students Plan for Mount Pisgah Summit .........................................................11 Section 5: Planning and Publications.........................................................................................12 5.1 Willamette Valley Oak and Prairie Cooperative Strategic Action Plan ......................................................................12 5.2 Climate Research Effort Published ............................................................................................................................12 5.3 Mussel Mania – Working to Protect Oregon’s Long-Lived Freshwater Mussels .......................................................12 5.4 Pollinator Networks of Willamette Daisy to be Studied ............................................................................................13 5.5 Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District Ballot Measure .....................................................................13 5.6 Bradshaw’s Lomatium Delisting Proposed ................................................................................................................13 Cover Photos: 5.7 Suzanne Arlie Park Master Plan Adopted ..................................................................................................................13 Moon Mountain looking east (P. Gordon) Section 6: Administrative Structure ..........................................................................................14 Mining bee on candy flower (A. Jackson) 6.1 Summary of Partnership Administrative Structure ...................................................................................................14 Pond turtle at Golden Gardens Park (Eugene) 6.1.1 Rivers to Ridges Executive Team (R2R XT) ....................................................................................................14 McKenzie River paddle (J. Nuckols) 6.1.2 Rivers to Ridges Implementation Team (IT!) .................................................................................................14 6.1.3 Pollinator Networks of Willamette Daisy to be Studied ...............................................................................14 Annual Report Produced By Jeff Krueger and the City of Eugene Rivers to Ridges Lands Acknowledgement on behalf of the R2R Partnership The Rivers to Ridges Partnership acknowledges the lands on which we work and live are homelands of the Kalapuyan people whose descendants may be members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs. Rivers to Ridges Indigenous people have stewarded this land for thousands of years before the land was taken from them. R2R partners support on-going indigenous stewardship of these lands and becoming better allies Annual Report 2020 with all peoples of the Willamette Valley. Note: This statement above is a working draft and will be refined by the Partners over time. 1 Rivers to Ridges Partnership Background and Overview 1.1 The Rivers to Ridges Partnership R2R Partnership Organizations The Rivers to Ridges Partnership is a voluntary association of nineteen organiza- • City of Eugene tions working collaboratively to advance the protection, restoration, management, Rivers to Ridges Metropolitan Regional Parks and Open Space Study • Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council and public use of open space resources in the southern Willamette Valley. The • Friends of Buford Park & Mount Pisgah name Rivers to Ridges (R2R) emanates from a regional open space