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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 7:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">EXPLAINING THE NEW OREGON LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/explaining_the_new_oregon_legi.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/explaining_the_new_oregon_legi.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">So just when is the next regular session of the Oregon Legislature starting? . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">ODOT TO PURSUE PLAN FOR REST STOP (Ashland Daily Tidings) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101207/NEWS02/12070306/-1/NEWSMAP"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101207/NEWS02/12070306/-1/NEWSMAP</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">State transportation officials will not appeal a court decision that at least temporarily blocks their plans to build a freeway welcome center near Ashland, but will pursue another legal avenue to supply water for
the proposed rest stop. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 6:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">MAPS SHOW LANDSLIDES IN THE GREATER PORTLAND AREA (Salem Statesman Journal)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101206/NEWS/12060318/1001"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101206/NEWS/12060318/1001</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries has released five maps showing historic and pre-historic landslides in the Lake Oswego Quadrangle, which includes portions of Lake Oswego, Portland and surrounding
areas of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Beaverton hits brakes on urban renewal</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/03/beaverton-hits-breaks-on-urban-renewal/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/03/beaverton-hits-breaks-on-urban-renewal/
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A unanimous vote to delay the creation of a new <a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/28/djc-dictionary-urban-renewal/">urban renewal</a> district in Beaverton has left future city development in limbo. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 5:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_03a0177c-a0f9-53d5-80e4-bdcc0bfdbeb0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmZvw5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3tXUH2Wp_q0&usg=AFQjCNG8WLsQcaKF5EoFGm9T5OVZ8DNMrw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Viewpoint:
What climate report tells us</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Albany Democrat Herald)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> warming report issued Tuesday repeats much of what has been said in the Northwest about this topic before. It goes on at some length, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 4:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/raise_a_glass_-_while_its_stil.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAhpbr5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=sWnveuNFsro&usg=AFQjCNFy60OMuhny7xKZ1BiKnTHW7WU1DQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Raise
a glass - while it's still full - to Portland's abundant water, law </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Overall, however, the state hasn't made the connection between </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and water use, she said. While much of the growth debate centers on the amount of </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.publicola.net/2010/12/03/state-business-group-wants-to-repeal-last-years-climate-legislation/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAhpbr5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=sWnveuNFsro&usg=AFQjCNHuzssRBE9ztDvBlVmWILKK3Ex6aA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>State
Business Group Wants to Repeal 2008 Climate Legislation</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (PubliCola – Seattle)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">... other enterprises and the attempt to indirectly control emissions through land-use and transportation policies will stifle the construction industry. ...</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.newsregister.com/article/46295-tree%2Bfarming%2Bfamily%2Bgets%2Bwind%2Bturbine%2Bbusiness&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAhpbr5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=sWnveuNFsro&usg=AFQjCNHEZQA1GA7kyUsKFDnZfQaU8AWGdg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Tree
farming family gets into wind turbine business</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
The Energy Trust of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> provided tax credits and incentives. County inspectors monitored construction. The Grimms' turbine is free-standing. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A SANE PLAN FOR BOARDMAN'S CLOSURE -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/a_sane_plan_for_boardmans_clos.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/a_sane_plan_for_boardmans_clos.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A deal's not really right unless all parties walk away at least somewhat unhappy, if only by a shrug of the shoulders. That's the case now that Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has recommended a 2020-or-sooner
closing for Portland General Electric's coal-fired power plant at Boardman. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 3:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">MARINE RESERVE IDEAS OPEN FOR COMMENT WITH MAPS ONLINE AT OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/marine_reserve_ideas_open_for.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/marine_reserve_ideas_open_for.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has posted on its website maps and descriptions of proposed marine reserves and protected areas. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON REGULATORS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF PGE'S PLAN TO CLOSE ITS COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN BOARDMAN BY 2020 (Portland Oregonian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_regulators_recommended.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_regulators_recommended.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">After a 2-year battle that divided environmental groups, Oregon regulators on Thursday endorsed Portland General Electric's plan to shutter Oregon's only coal-fired power plant no later than Dec. 31, 2020 in exchange
for a far smaller investment in pollution controls. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">DEQ BACKS COAL PLANT PLAN (The Dalles Chronicle) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/12/12-03-10-02.shtml"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/12/12-03-10-02.shtml</u></font></a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> The Department of Environmental Quality DEQ is recommending the state adopt Portland General Electrics PGEs haze control recommendation for the Boardman coal-fired power plant with a few adjustments in return
for a firm commitment that the plant will close no later than 2020. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">THREE YEARS AFTER FLOOD, VERNONIA BREAKS GROUND ON NEW K-12 SCHOOL (Portland Oregonian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/12/three_years_after_the_flood_vernonia_breaks_ground_on_new_k-12_school.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/12/three_years_after_the_flood_vernonia_breaks_ground_on_new_k-12_school.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Three years ago tomorrow, the rivers that wind their way through Vernonia spilled past their banks and into hundreds of homes. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">REPLICATING VERNONIA'S SUCCESS STORY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/replicating_vernonias_success.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/replicating_vernonias_success.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Hundreds of Oregon towns have been walloped by the Great Recession. Many are much smaller than Vernonia, but they had one big advantage over that town of 2,365: . .</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.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20101203/NEWS/12030330&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAydXl5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ARr0J9fTy9M&usg=AFQjCNE3ewVjDrjfzLRJwKyvl-ivcp6Hyg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Appeals
court leaves ODOT high and dry</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
The ruling upheld a decision by the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals. Allen Baker, president of the Oak Knoll Homeowners Association, called the decision "a </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.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/12/my_turn_autora_airport_control_tower.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAydXl5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ARr0J9fTy9M&usg=AFQjCNGcMfdWUpePE9hMEKLjZWmntQnJGA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>My
Turn: Proposed control tower at Aurora State Airport will benefit Marion </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Friends of French Prairie, a nonprofit that monitors </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> issues
in the mostly agricultural area surrounding Aurora, the city of Wilsonville and </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.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25589183-41/harrisburg-mills-noise-complex-concrete.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAydXl5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ARr0J9fTy9M&usg=AFQjCNHWbZdOlNGnNj7hGeH2f-T0VBndkw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Neighbors
aren't keeping quiet about concerns over a Harrisburg motor sports </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals required the city to make some changes but ultimately ruled that “noise is not a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> action,” Meyers said. </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.theworldlink.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_faefac62-452c-5e81-82cd-e9b4f5461b65.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAydXl5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ARr0J9fTy9M&usg=AFQjCNGRM5XtZzwtRr6ofOnzkrDHIVg-2Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Let's
talk some more about Coos County</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Coos Bay World)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
plan as part of a development strategy. The consultants may not realize the special challenges of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> legal and bureaucratic environment. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 2:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON CLIMATE REPORT PREDICTS WILDFIRE RISK (Business Week) </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A state climate report released Tuesday predicts that Oregon may face summer water shortages, an increased wildfire risk and more extreme weather events if temperatures keep warming up. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">BIOMASS PROJECT HOLDS PROMISE FOR OREGON -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/biomass_project_holds_promise.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/biomass_project_holds_promise.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Collins Companies recently joined Portland-based Iberdrola Renewables to announce construction of a new 26.8-megawatt biomass-fired power plant in Lake County, adjacent to Collins' Lakeview Sawmill. We hope that
the public takes notice, not just because the new plant strengthens the sawmill's future, but because it portends good things for Oregon. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">JUDGE ORDERS SUGAR BEET SEEDLINGS PULLED FROM ACREAGES (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/12/judge_orders_sugar_beet_seedli.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/12/judge_orders_sugar_beet_seedli.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Genetically modified sugar beet seedlings planted this fall in Oregon and Arizona must be torn out of the ground, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday. . </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">ACTING FORESTER: NO HIGHER PRIVATE FOREST BURDEN (Blue Mountain Eagle) </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Acting State Forester Nancy Hirsch said the Oregon Department of Forestry will not ask private forest owners to pay a higher percentage of state program costs to offset a decline in revenue. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A FLOOD OF DOLLARS ENGULFS VERNONIA (Daily Astorian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/free/article_9451d2ec-fe5c-11df-9b44-001cc4c002e0.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/free/article_9451d2ec-fe5c-11df-9b44-001cc4c002e0.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-Three years after the disaster, donors help community toward a school and community center on higher ground- . . .</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.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-portland-father-son-groundbreaking-regional-planners-/2010/12/02/5169992.htm&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFA2bLg5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h530lNNkEhU&usg=AFQjCNH1NOVTKakA2udFdr7j9a0G3YitHQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Portland
Father and Son are Groundbreaking Regional Planners</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (TMCnet)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">... as well as the land use aspects of the Metro region. His son Scott also attended Oregon State and graduated in 2000 with a degree in geography. ...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/12/01/wildlife-protecting-biodiversity-might-just-protect-us-from-disease/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlA2bLg5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h530lNNkEhU&usg=AFQjCNEvR4maX6T3kCUh04qLdjVojKimVQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Wildlife:
Protecting Biodiversity Might Just Protect Us From Disease</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (TIME blog)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">... Nature authors note that almost half of the zoonotic diseases that have emerged in humans since 1940 have resulted from changes in land use. ...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 1:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON FACES BIG CHALLENGES FROM GLOBAL WARMING, STATE REPORTS SAY (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/11/oregon_faces_big_challenges_fr.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/11/oregon_faces_big_challenges_fr.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Global warming will likely change Oregon substantially, two new reports released Tuesday conclude, lengthening growing seasons on the upside but lowering summer water supplies, heating up salmon streams, increasing
wildfires and heat waves, and squeezing crops optimized to fit a narrow temperature niche -- including the Willamette Valley's prized pinot noir wine grapes. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">School groundbreaking a symbol that Vernonia won’t ‘shrivel and die’</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Nearly three years to the day after the devastating Vernonia flood swept through the city, a public-private investment group will break ground on a new $37 million K-12 school system, intended to act as a catalyst
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/congress/2010/12/aerial-drone-testing-proposed-c-oregon&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNE-cw1mD0L7wm46GSd04AJ9odw7yA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Aerial
drone testing proposed for C. </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (San Francisco Examiner)<br>
In its briefing paper, Economic Development for Central </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> says that a dozen companies have said they would </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
a Central </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> test area. </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.ktvz.com/news/25966631/detail.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNFftTJ9TLUHDw7LIpw5OOrTzxiRKQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Drones
May Be High Desert's Aviation Rebirth</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KTVZ)<br>
Military planes such as the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Air National Guard </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> the large stretch
of remote desert for training flights. “They have first call on it – we're just </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.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25609516-41/climate-oregon-report-impacts-state.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNHXxPfD0XqVhfx_GNN5iqHY-w0ceQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Climate
change means more extremes in </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
On the other, it could begin important conversations about </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> laws. If increased flooding, particularly along the coast, is likely, </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.the-scientist.com/news/display/57849&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNGScFHQx9MwxpyixKdIHEGixhxWfg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Atlas
of the atmosphere</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Scientist)<br>
Fierer said he believes that the map will help determine the effects of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
(eg agricultural, urban, suburban) and season on bacterial proliferation </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/dec/01/survival-in-the-gorge/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNElJCyOtxX4fCWw9dKxNxrNs5JN1w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>In
our view: Survival in the Gorge</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Columbian)<br>
It serves as an appeal board for </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> decisions by counties. It designs,
revises (every 10 years) and implements a management plan that makes sure </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://news.ufl.edu/2010/12/01/biodiversity-impact/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNEwHKiPVI-V5Tdm6FPacr1bPUGVaw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>UF
expert: Biodiversity loss correlates with increases in infectious disease</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (University of Florida)<br>
“The general degradation of biodiversity because of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> transformation, combined with climate change, overharvesting, and so forth, is likely to have </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://theportlander.com/2010/12/01/portland-reduces-carbon-emissions-bucking-the-national-trend/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNFkIgDtyG2VoC_U4dehLcXEYgULzA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Portland
Reduces Carbon Emissions, Bucking the National Trend</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Portlander)<br>
Developing the tools needed to analyze and evaluate expected carbon emissions from </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> policies, investment decisions and scenarios. </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.vancouversun.com/business/Climate%2Bchange%2Btakes%2Bwind%2Bwind%2Benergy%2Bsails/3909629/story.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAQOBBArI_b5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F3BrkpozwWA&usg=AFQjCNF4VvTpbZjGV06ZANAVWxUcqDK1aw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Climate
change takes wind out of wind energy's sails</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Vancouver Sun)<br>
The study looked at wind data from 92 stations stretching from Lytton and Hope in inland BC, west to Vancouver Island and south into western </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 30:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">Gorge commission sees resources eroding (The Columbian)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/30/gorge-commission-sees-resources-eroding/%20"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/30/gorge-commission-sees-resources-eroding/</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#333333">
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Office hours will be cut even before budget cycle, likely to be grim, begins . . .</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.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf%3F/base/news/1291141219201390.xml%26coll%3D6&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFApezV5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=CFtmnc2xQsA&usg=AFQjCNF5Ze_3OpMyUQN3lcgmtCiUbgJHOg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Metro
Council to hold hearing in Hillsboro Thursday</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
AP Metro will hold more hearings in the ongoing saga of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> in the Portland area over the next 50 years. The Metro Council will soon consider </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.blueoregon.com/2010/11/get-your-ugb-metro-ready-hear-you/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANApezV5wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=CFtmnc2xQsA&usg=AFQjCNFWv5jyk7KJ2G3fOIjcscWvNrpXrg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Get
your UGB on: Metro ready to hear from you</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (BlueOregon)<br>
It's unlikely that most readers of Blue </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> have near the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
fetish that I have. It's just one of those weird little quirks that seem unique to a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</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>
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<br>
Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
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