Overview: Delta Ponds

This project focuses on watershed and habitat restoration of the Willamette River floodplain in Delta Ponds, and developing the pond area as a regional center for passive recreation and environmental education.

The Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Eugene will contribute over $3 million on construction to re-establish the natural channels between the Ponds and the Willamette River, while Oregon Solutions catalyzed a team of local businesses, schools, adjacent homeowners, and community groups to reach agreement on how to both maintain and enhance Delta Ponds as an educational and recreational amenity.

Project Documents and Press Releases

• Declaration of Cooperation: Delta Ponds [pdf]
• Delta Ponds Restoration and Recreation Project [link]
• "Wheeled Wonders Never Cease" (Community Builds Trails at Delta Ponds) in Eugene Register-Guard, 21 November 2004 [link]
• "Oregon Solutions Approach Leverages Investments in Eugene Restoration Project" in League of Oregon Cities [pdf]

Project Contacts

• Convener: Jim Torrey, Mayor of Eugene
• Oregon Solutions Project Staff: Steve Greenwood