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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 11: (Medford Mail Tribune) RV dwellings run afoul of law<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100511/NEWS/5110307"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100511/NEWS/5110307</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A rural Central Point woman has been told her 59-year-old
son and caretaker must remove his trailer off her property because it violates <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jackson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> ordinances, though it's been
there for 15 years…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 10: (Medford Mail Tribune) Flood maps may surprise some<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100510/NEWS/5100312"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100510/NEWS/5100312</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ASHLAND</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> —
When Jim Simonds' house on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">North
Mountain Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> was built five years ago, it was
outside the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 100-year flood zone. In
September, that will change…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 10: (McMinnville News-Register) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Grand Island</st1:place></st1:City> gravel hearing packed with
opponents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/44191-grand+island+gravel+hearing+packed+opponents"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.newsregister.com/article/44191-grand+island+gravel+hearing+packed+opponents</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Grand Island</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> farmers
spoke eloquently and passionately about their land, farms and island during a
Thursday night hearing conducted by the county planning commission…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 10: (Daily Journal of Commerce) The medicine for ‘not
in my backyard’<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/10/the-medicine-for-not-in-my-backyard/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/10/the-medicine-for-not-in-my-backyard/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For some projects, public opposition may be unavoidable. But
experienced developers and lawyers say projects can move ahead smoothly if the
public is involved early in the process…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 8: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Columbia River Crossing:
We're to the bridge, how about we cross it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/david_sarasohn/index.ssf/2010/05/columbia_river_crossing_were_t.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/david_sarasohn/index.ssf/2010/05/columbia_river_crossing_were_t.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> -- The one
thing everyone knows about the Columbia River Crossing, after 20 years of
arguing about the idea and three years of disputing over the process, is that
one way or another it would connect <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> to <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 8: (The Oregonian) Remaining LNG projects in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> face uphill fight<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/remaining_lng_projects_in_oreg.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/remaining_lng_projects_in_oreg.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When NorthernStar Natural Gas <u>suspended development last
week of the Bradwood Landing </u>LNG terminal on the lower <st1:place w:st="on">Columbia
River</st1:place>, the company blamed the project's demise on death by
bureaucracy…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 8: (Medford Mail Tribune) Gravel company must refill
pond, state officials say<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100508/NEWS/5080316/-1/NEWSMAP"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100508/NEWS/5080316/-1/NEWSMAP</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PROVOLT — State land-use officials say <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jackson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> should change its land
development ordinance to prevent gravel from being mined under permits for
excavating farm ponds…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 8: (Coos Bay World) Can either horse win LNG derby?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/05/08/news/doc4be50a320251f359951480.txt"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/05/08/news/doc4be50a320251f359951480.txt</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>An energy company’s decision to halt plans for a
liquefied natural gas terminal on the <st1:place w:st="on">Columbia River</st1:place>
highlights the importance of local land use hearings…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 7: (Daily Journal of Commerce) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Beaverton</st1:place></st1:City> forms plan as ‘first-tier
suburb’<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/07/beaverton-forms-development-plan-as-first-tier-suburb/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/07/beaverton-forms-development-plan-as-first-tier-suburb/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What will <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beaverton</st1:place></st1:City>
look like in 20 years? That is what <strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>Denny Doyle</span></font></b></strong>,
the city’s mayor, asked citizens during his address to the city earlier
this year…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Portland</st1:PersonName>
Tribune) LO’s <st1:place w:st="on">Stafford</st1:place> stance turns to
passive resistance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127308671891883700"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127308671891883700</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As Stafford moves closer and closer to becoming an urban
reserve – a designation marking the area for future development – <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lake Oswego</st1:place></st1:City> appears to be
bowing out of the battle to limit sprawl…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Portland</st1:PersonName>
Tribune) Coliseum’s defenders ready for battle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127309472211739300"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=127309472211739300</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How much can the Memorial Coliseum be changed before it is
no longer the Memorial Coliseum? That is the question some local
preservationists are considering as they follow the debate over how to
revitalize the aging…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) Let us now sober up: Bradwood’s
demise echoes the crash of Enron and WPPSS nuclear plants<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=70136"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=70136</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NorthernStar Natural Gas rounded up the usual suspects -
regulatory red tape and skittish investors - as it walked away from its
Bradwood Landing LNG import terminal. Observers might be forgiven for smiling
in recognition of the technique perfected by Capt. Renault in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Casablanca</st1:place></st1:City>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (Editorial, Albany Democrat-Herald) </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>These
jobs will not come<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_b796c82a-5939-11df-a150-001cc4c002e0.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_b796c82a-5939-11df-a150-001cc4c002e0.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>You can thank <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>
officials and the environmental lobby for blocking the Bradwood Landing LNG
terminal on the Columbia River in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Clatsop</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and preventing the
economic boost it would have given the state…</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (The Oregonian) Oregon City Farmers Market seeks
land-use approval for weekly summer events<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/05/oregon_city_farmers_market_seeks_land-use_approval_for_weekly_summer_events.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/05/oregon_city_farmers_market_seeks_land-use_approval_for_weekly_summer_events.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Oregon City Planning Commission will hold a public
hearing Monday on a land-use request from the Oregon City Farmer's
Market…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (Daily Journal of Commerce) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City> drops fees to spur development<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/06/city-drops-fees-to-spur-second-unit-development/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/06/city-drops-fees-to-spur-second-unit-development/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Builders and developers in one residential niche say
they’re preparing for a big increase in business now that Portland City
Council has eliminated fees temporarily…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard) A sign of the LNG
times<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24762638-35/gas-federal-oregon-bradwood-energy.csp"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24762638-35/gas-federal-oregon-bradwood-energy.csp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>NorthernStar’s announcement Tuesday that it is
suspending development of a liquefied natural gas import terminal near the
mouth of the <st1:place w:st="on">Columbia River</st1:place> underscores the
need for Congress to restore state control over siting such facilities…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 6: (McMinnville News-Register) Mine eyed for <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Grand Island</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/44149-mine+eyed+grand+island"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.newsregister.com/article/44149-mine+eyed+grand+island</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Baker Rock Resources is planning to spend the next 30 years
mining gravel from 175 acres on <st1:City w:st="on">Grand Island</st1:City>, if
it can win the requisite zone change from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Yamhill</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
commissioners…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 5: (Honolulu Advertiser) Big Isle County Council to
debate land-use proposals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100505/NEWS01/5050337/Big+Isle+County+Council+to+debate+land-use+proposals"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100505/NEWS01/5050337/Big+Isle+County+Council+to+debate+land-use+proposals</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Should the Hawai'i County open space land fund be guaranteed
1 percent or 2 percent of property tax revenues each year?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 5: (Eugene Register-Guard) Residents begin grappling
with vision of future<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24758395-35/eugene-residents-growth-meeting-wills.csp"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24758395-35/eugene-residents-growth-meeting-wills.csp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Eugene</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> residents
on Wednesday began talking to one another about the city’s growth,
sharing views on how the city can accommodate new residents while preserving
its quality of life…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 4: (Daily Astorian) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Astoria</st1:place></st1:City> considers rules for wind and sun
energy projects<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=70064&TM=11745.09"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=70064&TM=11745.09</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Small-scale solar and wind energy devices could offer <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Astoria</st1:place></st1:City> residents their
own supply of renewable power. But built in the wrong places…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 4: (Medford Mail Tribune) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ashland</st1:place></st1:City> flood map changes affect more than
500<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100504/NEWS07/5040329"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100504/NEWS07/5040329</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Federal Emergency Management Agency's 100-year flood
zone will change in September because the agency will begin using maps that
utilize newer data and technology to more accurately predict where flooding is
likely to occur….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May 1: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Getting the Columbia
Crossing right<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/05/getting_the_columbia_crossing.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/05/getting_the_columbia_crossing.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>You don't have to be an architect, artist, bicyclist, urban
planner, academic or environmentalist to fear that the <st1:place w:st="on">Columbia
River</st1:place> Crossing a process that is careening toward an unfortunate
outcome. Just look at the schematic…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 30: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) In danger of
loving our ocean to death<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/04/in_danger_of_loving_our_ocean.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/04/in_danger_of_loving_our_ocean.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>No matter how different we may appear to each other, Oregonians
will always have one thing in common: We love to catch and eat fish…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Pentagon drops
objection to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
wind farm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/30/shepherds-flat-wind-farm-moves-forward/<br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>The U.S. Department of Defense today announced it wouldn’t block
the Shepherd’s Flat Wind Farm in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arlington</st1:place></st1:City>
from being constructed…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 30: (New York Times) Jerry Brown Defends Embattled
State Climate Law but Is Open to 'Adjustments'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/04/30/30climatewire-jerry-brown-defends-embattled-state-climate-49756.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/04/30/30climatewire-jerry-brown-defends-embattled-state-climate-49756.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SAN FRANCISCO</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> --
California Attorney General Jerry Brown defended the state's climate change law
yesterday, explaining that he sees room for "adjustments" but would
not support an outright suspension of greenhouse gas reductions until the
economy improves…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 29: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Forecasters less
optimistic of development outlook<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/29/forcasters-less-optimistic-of-development-outlook/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/29/forcasters-less-optimistic-of-development-outlook/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Three <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City>
real estate gurus revised predictions they made last year that commercial
development would pick up in 2011…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 27: (Hillsboro Argus) More urban reserves? Planning
commission suggests changes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/04/more_urban_reserves_planning_c.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/04/more_urban_reserves_planning_c.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Washington</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>’s planning
commission voted last Wednesday to add several properties to the urban
reserves, a move that land conservation advocates called a backdoor way of
adding to the urban reserves…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 27: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Wind energy developers
face federal hurdles<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/27/developers-face-federal-headwinds/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/27/developers-face-federal-headwinds/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Construction of new wind farms in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> usually begins in springtime, when
developers hope for dry weather. But this spring, developers are concerned
about more than just rain…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 24: (Newberg Graphic) LNG saga continues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/April/23/Local.News/lng.saga.continues/news.aspx"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/April/23/Local.News/lng.saga.continues/news.aspx</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Efforts to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) to <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> are moving right
along, but area residents continue to be concerned about the potential
impacts…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 23: (Albany Democrat-Herald) </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>State
denies M49 claim<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_eb1b1744-4f18-11df-8535-001cc4c03286.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_eb1b1744-4f18-11df-8535-001cc4c03286.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The state has rejected a request by Ron and Sandra Whitelaw
to create two additional home sites on their 22-acre property 11 miles east of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>. They
plan to challenge the denial in court…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 23: (OPB News) </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>LNG Company To <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Appeal</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Land</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Use Board's Decision<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://news.opb.org/article/7191-lng-company-appeal-land-use-boards-decision/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://news.opb.org/article/7191-lng-company-appeal-land-use-boards-decision/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The liquefied natural gas company that recently lost an
appeal before an <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
land-use board is challenging that decision to a higher court…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 22: (Bend Bulletin) Officials touting UGB expansion in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100422/NEWS01/4220363/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100422/NEWS01/4220363/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A contingent of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bend</st1:place></st1:City>
officials will head to the coast this week to continue a push for approval to
expand the city's urban growth boundary...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 22: (Medford Mail Tribune) Regional plan plots growth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100422/NEWS/4220317"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100422/NEWS/4220317</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=articlegraf><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A 10-year marathon effort to plot how central <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jackson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> will grow is finally approaching
the finish line. The sometimes rancorous Regional Problem Solving plan...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 22: (Eugene Register-Guard) ‘Envision
Eugene’ outreach to begin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24710809-41/growth-eugene-residents-community-urban.csp"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24710809-41/growth-eugene-residents-community-urban.csp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=bodytext-bodytext><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Let <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>’s
debate on growth begin. The City Council on Wednesday accepted the results of a
land study that will serve as a basis for a communitywide discussion on
how <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>
should grow during the next 20 years...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytext-bodytext><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>April 21: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Greenhouse
gas regulation remains piecemeal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytext-bodytext><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/21/greenhouse-gas-regulation-remains-piecemeal/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/04/21/greenhouse-gas-regulation-remains-piecemeal/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=bodytext-bodytext><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Shortly after President Obama’s election, conventional
wisdom generally held that comprehensive federal energy and climate
legislation, including a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, would be passed by 2010 and take effect in 2012 in coordination with
a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Cliff Voliva</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> |
Communications Officer </span></font><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:
Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Director's Office</span></font><font face=Tahoma><span
style='font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Oregon</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dept. of
Land Conservation and Development</span></font><font face=Tahoma><span
style='font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>635 Capitol
Street NE, Suite 150</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> | <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Salem</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97301-2540</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font><font
face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 268 | Fax: (503) 378-5518</span></font><font
face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="mailto:cliff.voliva@state.or.us"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>cliff.voliva@state.or.us</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> | </span></font><a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD" target="_blank"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>www.oregon.gov/LCD</span></font></a><font
face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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