Urban Waters & Wildlife Program
The Urban Waters & Wildlife Program is leading the way to develop practical solutions to revitalize our community’s urban waterways. The Program is positioned to assist businesses, farmers, and other interested parties in taking actions to improve urban stream health and habitat in Amazon Creek and the Willamette River of the Eugene metro area. With the help of a diversity of partners and supporters and, the program works to achieve this goal through science (water quality monitoring), outreach and education that ultimately results in voluntary action, and technical assistance including landscape architecture services. We’re here to help those who want to “do the right thing” but just need technical advice and assistance.
Emerging from its headwaters just east of Spencer Butte, Amazon Creek is Eugene’s urban stream that seems to hide in plain sight. This waterway is an important corridor for fish, wildlife, and people.
This program leverages the inherent strengths of the Upper Willamette Stewardship Network in stakeholder diversity, collaboration, and over 17 years of experience in habitat projects and education. Significant partnerships have been built and will be necessary to continue a program of this scope. Current major partners include the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Department of Agriculture, City of Eugene, SureCrop Farm Service, Meyer Memorial Trust, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Oregon State University Extension Service Lane County, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Bureau of Land Management.
The Fern Ridge Bike Path along Amazon Creek is an important place for recreation and a vital aspect of Eugene’s livability
