| The Willamette River Legacy |
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| High Priority Strategic Actions--Recreate |
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Below are actions needed to reconnect Basin communities and cities with the aesthetic and recreational assets provided by the Willamette River.
Action: Establish Willamette River Water Trail
Benefit: Increased recreational use of the river, increased tourism investments in river communities
Funding: GI Joes, Columbia Sportswear commitment- $25,000 each ($5,000 per year for 5 years), Oregon Parks Trust continuing to seek funds for development of additional phases, long term maintenance
Key Partners: OPRD, Mid-Willamette River Connections, BLM, Willamette Riverkeeper
Timeline: Announced 9/2/04, Phase 1 Buena Vista to Wheatland Ferry- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony June 4, 2005, Phase 2 Eugene to Buena Vista and Phase 3 Wheatland Ferry to Portland by 2007
Target: Signed and mapped water trail from Eugene to Portland by 2007
Action: Establish Willamette Scenic Bikeway from Portland to Eugene
Benefit: Increase tourism for communities along the Willamette Greenway, connect citizens to the Greenway and river
Funding: Cycle Oregon, OPRD
Key Partners: OPRD, Cycle Oregon, ODOT
Timeline: Phase 1- Champoeg State Park to Armitage County Park, Eugene announced February 2005, inaugural ride Cycle Oregon: Weekend June 25-26; Phase 2 Champoeg to Portland in 2006
Target: Signed trail between Portland and Eugene by end of 2006
Action: Work with local governments to develop new parks in the Willamette Greenway based on recommendations from the Willamette Parklands Strategy Task Force
Benefit: Provide additional park and open space areas for growing population
Funding: Measure 66 park funds
Key Partners: OPRD, local governments, Oregon Solutions, land trusts
Timeline: Task Force Report to OPRD Commission in summer 2005
Target: One new park or expansion of an existing park per year for five years
Action: Develop a conservation/recovery plan for listed salmonids in the Lower Columbia and Willamette including bull trout, chum, Chinook, steelhead, and coho
Benefit: Support recreational and commercial fish harvest
Funding: Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Funds, Measure 66
Key Partners: ODFW, NOAA Fisheries, USFWS, working with local, state and federal entities
Timeline: Complete final plan by 2007
Target: Restore listed salmonids to sustainable and harvestable levels by 2020
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