Survey Results
On November 15, 1989, participants at a public workshop were asked to fill
out a survey aout their knowledge of, use of, and preferences for developing
or preserving various kinds of wetlands. The format had two general types
of questions; most were multiple choice.*
Summary Results: Citizens' Knowledge of and Preferences about Wetlands
- 78% have visited wetlands in West Eugene. Most prefer to visit Marsh
type wetlands with activities including wildlife viewing, walking, boating
and teaching.
- 73% favor some form of wetland mitigation.
- A mitigation program that "enhances" and "restores"
historic wetlands is preferred to one that constructs "new" wetlands.
- The preferred mitigation program is one that concentrates on improving
wildlife and plant habitat, water quality and ground water recharge and
replacing the same functions and values lost due to development.
- The location of mitigation efforts should concentrate on connecting
to the existing wetland system, be within proximity to the impacted wetland,
resemble the wetland lost and be beneficial to society.
- Marsh was the preferred type of wetland to construct with prairie
and forested the next preferred types.
- Most prefer mitigation to occur in advance of impact.
- 73% favor a mitigation plan that results in a multiple-purpose corridor
with limited public access.
- Who should manage the mitigation program received a split response
between "public", "public-private" and "private
nonprofit" agencies.
- 51% prefer the cost of wetland preservation to be borne by a combination
of "public and private" sources, 35% borne by the "public"
and 6% by property owners.
* Results of the survey were presented in both raw data form and according
to a "weighted" scale. Raw data is represented in matrix format.
The raw data was converted to a "graphic," either as a pie chart
or bar chart. For questions that require a rank order of the options, a
weighted scale was applied obtaining a total score. The scores were ranked
according to preference and the data displayed in a variety of charts.
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