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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 26:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">GOVERNOR'S TRADE MISSION PUSHES RENEWABLE ENERGY (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101026/STATE/10260337/1001/business"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101026/STATE/10260337/1001/business</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-He hopes to sell state as high-tech leader as well-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Gov. Ted Kulongoski left Monday on a nine-day trade mission to Israel but he said it isn't just about selling Oregon products. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 25:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/10/troutdale-site-slected-for-urban-land.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1288051014:&cd=gKA1Ql2jCKc&usg=AFQjCNETo3S6IOLl0JZLA_f2a5-i7YLpew"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Troutdale
site slected for urban </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>land use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> case study</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Sustainable Business
Oregon)<br>
A triangle of land in Troutdale will become the site of a collaboration on sustainable </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> between the United States in Germany, the latest phase in an </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/25/composting-biomass-plant-planned-at-redland/&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1288044608:&cd=SFP5ZFH1Eo4&usg=AFQjCNH3Maq8hq1dndUo1cUvQfqoFNPbgQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Composting,
biomass plant planned at Redland</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Columbian)<br>
At their Monday night hearing, Clackamas County planning commissioners may make a recommendation to county commissioners on the proposal for composting and a biomass fuel plant at Redland, about five miles east of Oregon City. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/idhoo_idaho-power-seeks-permission-from-property-owners-to-survey-land-1254702.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e6:p6:t1288044608:&cd=SFP5ZFH1Eo4&usg=AFQjCNGucppmstIjF8XVQ5jS4N9-70K-qA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Idaho
Power seeks permission from property owners to survey </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Trading Markets, press release)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#363636">Idaho Power Company is mailing letters to more than 300 people who own land along the proposed route for a major tranmission line, asking for permission to enter their property to do surveys. . .
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">PROTECTING THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY: THE TIME IS NOW -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/protecting_the_willamette_vall.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/protecting_the_willamette_vall.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">With less than 20 percent of historic Willamette Valley habitats intact and unprecedented growth expected in the next 50 years, this is the time to conserve the native habitats that remain, focusing on those that
support the area's fish and wildlife species. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">WATER WORRIES (Eugene Register-Guard)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25426008-35/county-drinking-public-river-rules.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25426008-35/county-drinking-public-river-rules.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-Proposed rules on managing land near rivers upset homeowners-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">From her kitchen window, Carolynn McIntosh likes nothing better than to watch the McKenzie River run by while she does the dishes.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 23:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">CLEANING UP BOARDMAN: CLEAN-ENERGY FUTURE WITHIN REACH, IF WE PULL TOGETHER -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/cleaning_up_boardman_clean-ene.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/cleaning_up_boardman_clean-ene.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The people of Oregon have had to accept dirty air and polluted water for more than three decades because of Portland General Electric's Boardman coal-fired power plant. Recently, The Oregonian's editorial board pointed
out that progress toward phasing out the use of coal-fired power in our state recently has "started moving at light speed." . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">BPA, STATE SIGN HABITAT ACCORD (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25444589-35/bpa-state-habitat-agreement-million.csp"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25444589-35/bpa-state-habitat-agreement-million.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Nearly 20,000 acres of Willamette basin habitat more than twice the area of Oregons largest state park will be protected in coming years under a new agreement between the Bonneville Power Administration and the
state. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.theindependent.com/articles/2010/10/23/news/local/doc4cc3b6c12148f336563346.txt&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1287964444:&cd=9cLF0ShH7FA&usg=AFQjCNHaz8akTYuOOlQo6wosIm7vtMv69Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Land
uses: Costs higher for residential</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Grand Island Independent, Nebraska)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">When it comes to the land in a county being used for houses, farms or industry, everyone knows each use generates tax revenue.<br>
But each uses tax money, too. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 22:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">URBAN AND RURAL RESERVES: OREGON LAND-USE DECISION DELAYED (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/urban_and_rural_reserves_orego.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/urban_and_rural_reserves_orego.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">An unprecedented attempt to designate the region's farmland, forests and areas of urban development for the next 50 years stalled Friday when a state commission questioned Washington County's justification for expanding
onto prime agricultural land. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">PORT OF PORTLAND AND OREGON AGENCY RESTORE BOBCAT MARSH AT HILLSBORO'S JACKSON BOTTOM WETLANDS PRESERVE (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/10/port_of_portland_and_oregon_department_of_transportation_pool_mitigation_duties_to_restore_bobcat_ma.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/10/port_of_portland_and_oregon_department_of_transportation_pool_mitigation_duties_to_restore_bobcat_ma.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">For every action, there must be an opposite and equal reaction. So says Newton. And the state of Oregon. That is, if in developing something, you hurt a wetland somewhere -- even if it's a tiny, out-of-the-way wetland
-- you must create a new one elsewhere. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON TO STUDY WIND FARM HEALTH EFFECTS (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/oregon-to-study-wind-farm-health-effects/f3beb84e4a4745308b38bf690cdabdef"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/oregon-to-study-wind-farm-health-effects/f3beb84e4a4745308b38bf690cdabdef</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon has boosted wind energy projects with a vengeance in recent years, adopting a renewable power standard and tax breaks that have helped spread wind farms across the state's northern reaches and into eastern
Oregon.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/10/county_snares_2_million_planni.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1287785385:&cd=t2VA8z4SIB0&usg=AFQjCNE8aFDv-jnrgw-t6zr62qzstH6BWw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>County
snares $2 million planning grant for Aloha</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#444E5C">Washington County commissioners were on hand in Portland Thursday to accept $2 million in joint federal community and transportation planning grants for its Aloha-Reedville Study and Livable Community
Plan. . .</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON PRODUCERS PARTICIPATE IN MANY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS (AG Weekly) <a href="http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2010/10/22/news/ag_news/news88.txt"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2010/10/22/news/ag_news/news88.txt</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">If government rental payments to Oregon landowners currently enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program were an agricultural crop, its value of nearly $27 million would make it the state's 25th ranked commodity.
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 21:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20101021/NEWS/101029956/1063/NEWS%26ParentProfile%3D1055&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e10:p10:t1287698984:&cd=R_dpYQ54_m0&usg=AFQjCNH24PnljHpUmV5Icqm4C53Xr0UAXw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Roseburg
may contribute to Umpqua Dairy expansion study</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (NRToday.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">The city of Roseburg may contribute to developing a plan that could allow Umpqua Dairy to expand onto land that will be available after the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad moves its switchyard
from downtown to Winchester. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2010/10/20/term-limits&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e14:p14:t1287698984:&cd=R_dpYQ54_m0&usg=AFQjCNGXj2zaZXvU0CMMGxgXhJJWCdxUDw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Term
Limits</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Daily Score)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by </font><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575535880450842698.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Richard
Florida</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> about the changing demographics of cities has me thinking again about how to rid our language of the term ‘suburb.’ . . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 20:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/October/19/Local.News/remands.is.the.system.broken.or.working/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1287612576:&cd=qXQX5qzpMr0&usg=AFQjCNHpwBA5i6rjk8Bue2jDnk-GrvvgBg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Remands:
Is the system broken or working?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Newberg Graphic)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#2D3438">Newberg has run into numerous delays over the past few years when trying to earn state approval for large-scale land use planning tools, and it isn’t the only city so affected. . .</font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://bikeportland.org/2010/10/20/howd-oregon-do-in-tiger-ii-41327&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e3:p3:t1287612576:&cd=qXQX5qzpMr0&usg=AFQjCNFozA94ngHwXqfcKI1r9SwDkcta7A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>How'd
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> do in TIGER II?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (BikePortland.org)<br>
This morning the U.S. Department of Transportation </font><a href="http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot18810.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>released</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> a full list of award
announcements for their TIGER II grants. More than 70 projects — split between 42 capital construction projects and 33 planning projects — worth $600 million were funded. . .</font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/10/10-19-10-01.shtml&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e10:p10:t1287612576:&cd=qXQX5qzpMr0&usg=AFQjCNFLdn8ES8QIQ-IRz1JF6bfu1I_yWA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Wetlands
could hamper growth</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Dalles Chronicle)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Seasonal wetlands and an unusual species of fairy shrimp are threatening to put The Dalles’ shrinking supply of industrial land on the endangered list. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Director's Office<br>
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<br>
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Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
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