LCOG's Natural Resources staff expertise allows for assistance in all areas of natural, environmental and water resource planning and management. With a wide range of experience and knowledge, LCOG can help clients fill nearly any environmental resource need.

The Natural Resources team offers the following services:

• Wetland system planning
• Natural hazards planning
• Parks and open space planning
• Wastewater and stormwater systems studies and planning
• Infrastructure finance studies, including in-depth analyses of funding municipal sanitary and stormwater systems
• Ground and surface water, drinking water source assessment and planning
  Watershed assessment, planning, and protection

Contacts:
Natural Resources:
Kathi Wiederhold, Senior Planner
(541) 682-4430

Parks and Open Space Planning:
Jeff Krueger, Senior Planner
(541) 682-4122

Water Resources:
Denise Kalakay, Senior Planner
(541) 682-7415

Projects and Related Documents :
Rivers to Ridges Vision and Strategies (1.63mb PDF )
Rivers to Ridges Vision Map (1.34mb PDF )
Rivers to Ridges Community Forum Questionnaire (14kb PDF )
Rivers to Ridges Questionnaire Results (23kb PDF )
Metropolitan Regional Parks and Open Space Study Background (207kb PDF )
Lane County Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

Southern Willamette Valley Groundwater Management Area Tour - July 2008

Related committees:
Metropolitan Policy Committee

Related websites:
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
Eugene District of the Bureau of Land Management
West Eugene Wetlands Program
West Eugene Wetlands Plan
Rice University Wetlands Study
Southern Willamette Valley Groundwater Management Area
The Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Metro Waterways

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