GIOELLO Nick R <br />From:Eric Selker <selker@uoregon.edu> <br />Sent:Thursday, October 04, 2018 7:51 AM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:Riverfront development <br />Towhomitmayconcern: <br />Iwishtoregister,verybriefly,myfeelingsaboutdevelopmentneartheWillamette.Ontheonehand,thereareregions <br />neartheriverthatbadlyneedworktheycurrentlylooklikeoldparkinglots,apparentlygeneratedbyscrapingthelife <br />offtheland.ItisexcitingthattheEWEBandUOpropertieswillbecarefullyrestoredintoattractiveandbiologically <br />vibrantareas.Ontheotherhand,IstronglyopposeͻǒƓƓğƷǒƩğƌͼ(e.g.artificialturf)developmentclosetothesensitive <br />riverhabitat.Instead,theregionclosetotherivershouldbeasnaturalaspossible,whichwillbothbenefitthe <br />environmentbutalsobeapleasingfeatureforEugene. <br />Thankyou! <br />EricU.Selker <br />ProfessorofBiology <br />InstituteofMolecularBiology <br />UniversityofOregon <br />1370FranklinBlvd. <br />Eugene,OR974031229 <br />phone:(541)3465193 <br />FAX:(541)3465891 <br />selker@uoregon.edu <br />1 <br /> <br />