EXHIBIT R Page 194 <br />eeei _ that at..t_f_r_ v.........:~t..,.~..t....,1........1 <br />l <br />fi <br />f th <br />h <br />ehafi <br />e has been <br />A l <br />d e <br />etig ter <br />Pursuing <br />en e <br />m pretee <br />e <br />erenr <br />g <br />y. <br />an <br />x <br />b <br />d <br />h <br />h l <br />ll b <br />h <br />b <br />l <br />l <br />dates <br />lan u <br />it <br />ed dwin <br />an <br />exe <br />diffeug <br />e <br />ange s <br />a <br />e <br />ese <br />y men <br />. <br />p <br />er <br />-g p <br />(4-)a. The heronry shall be protected by a Natural Resource designation on the -Metro <br />Plan Diagram. protective designeAiett zoning. and the application of <br />restrictions identified below. <br />(--)b: The operational buffer shall extend 1,000 feet from the southerly nesting tree. <br />Operational restrictions shall be in effect for the area contained within the 1,000- <br />foot buffer between February 1 and July 15. These restrictions shall include: no <br />tree felling, no aggregate extraction, and no operation of any mechanized <br />equipment or motorized vehicle for recreation use or for the purpose of farm and <br />forest activities. Upon on-site verification from the Oregon Department of Fish <br />and Wildlife that fledging is completed, the period of operational restrictions may <br />be shortened. <br />(3)c. Permits from the state and county are an appropriate mechanism for addressing <br />details of sand and gravel operations. Specifically, flood hazard concerns and <br />associated erosion potential will have to be addressed. <br />(4)d. Protection of riparian habitat on the periphery of the island shall be achieved by <br />maintaining an adequate Willamette River Greenway vegetative fringe in order to <br />address erosion, scenic, and wildlife. habitat concerns. <br />(S)e. Park use on the island should be discouraged by the state. <br />(6)f. Controls on sand and gravel extraction should be developed between the operator <br />and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife through the mining permit <br />procedures in order to protect the heronry resource. <br />6)g. Property owners and the state'shall be encouraged to exchange land to place the <br />Confluence Island Heronry and buffer in perpetual ownership by the public. The <br />state may then protect and manage the heronry resource with compensation to the <br />property owners. <br />e Eugene, and t M'aat r t plan shall t.,o <br />ce~ iLtl~e ~d~o ter iar v~ <br />0f ~Toposed amendments to Chapter III-C, Environmental Resources Element, Page 16 of 24 <br />~ ~el Ridge <br />of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Plan (Metro P(an). Page 513 <br />