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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 14:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">MARION COUNTY JUDGE SAYS SALEM DEVELOPMENT DIDN'T MEET THE "VESTED RIGHTS" TEST OF MEASURE 49 (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/marion_county_judge_says_salem.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/marion_county_judge_says_salem.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A Marion County judge has ruled that property owners who started building a South Salem subdivision before voters limited such development didn't meet the legal guidelines that would allow them to finish the project.
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">WYDEN HITS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ON BIOMASS RULES -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/wyden_hits_obama_administratio.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/wyden_hits_obama_administratio.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Sen. Ron Wyden opened the Oregon Business Summit in Portland Monday with a pledge to take on the Obama administration over developing a wood-based biomass industry in Oregon. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 13:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/asu-dw120910.php&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAn7Oa6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=prAhxFO6YFQ&usg=AFQjCNHNb_n3S6bKShftV7qoR5N76TWChA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>'Cadillac
Desert' withstands the test of time and technology</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (EurekAlert press release)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> including improving urban water
use efficiency, implementing a desalinization system by coastal cities, improvements in </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">
practices that minimize </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 12:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">PROTECTING SEA LIFE: NEW MARINE RESERVES, WAVE ENERGY A BAD MIX FOR OREGON -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/protecting_sea_life_new_marine.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/protecting_sea_life_new_marine.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">We take exception to the notion, expressed in a recent editorial, that wave energy facilities should be sited within the newly proposed marine reserves off the Oregon coast "Leave room for wave energy," Nov. 27.
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 11:</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/oregon_land_department_makes_g.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABApu2P6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HalHDNNv8hw&usg=AFQjCNFE80PJ1jGoNBxGt-ZzPCD2Mj0dTg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon
land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> department makes "gutsy bet" in trading timber for a failed </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>
Over time, as those cities expand, the new state property could become "incredibly valuable" for mixed-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and industrial development, Russell says. </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.hermistonherald.com/news/article_2ce07be6-0487-11e0-96b5-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANApu2P6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HalHDNNv8hw&usg=AFQjCNGfzMmj7AP90zPnlF8eWztiXgzYtg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Umatilla,
ODOT will present final plans for intersection</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Hermiston Herald)<br>
The IAMP is a long-term transportation and </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 being developed
to improve the function, safety and efficiency of the intersection. </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.brighterenergy.org/20688/news/marine-hydro/opt-prepares-150kw-wave-machine-for-ocean-trials/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARApu2P6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HalHDNNv8hw&usg=AFQjCNEfpjqUpZ-F_EY2OLyIYh06Y2jz5Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>OPT
prepares 150kW wave machine for ocean trials</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (BrighterEnergy.org)<br>
Ocean trials for the PB150 in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> are expected later in 2011 Wave power developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said today it has completed construction </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 10:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">PGE'S COAL-FIRED BOARDMAN PLANT GETS APPROVAL TO CLOSE IN 2020, WITH FEWER POLLUTION CONTROLS (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/12/pges_coal-fired_boardman_plant.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/12/pges_coal-fired_boardman_plant.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission on Thursday unanimously approved Portland General Electric plan to close the state's only coal-fired power plant by 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">MORROW COUNTY RESIDENTS UNHAPPY ABOUT 2020 PLAN (East Oregonian) </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Area residents would prefer that Portland General Electrics Boardman plant continue producing electricity through 2040. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Main Street program goes mainstream (Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Kelly Haverkate has a grand vision for the tiny stretch of Main Street in Dayton, where she owns a business. She wants to see the street become a hub for healthy, farm-to-table dining where visitors can try local
fare and wine. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 9:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/12/homebuilder_forecast_sees_some.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAiqiF6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h-nFr0DiEdo&usg=AFQjCNFMUynlohRltXueFGltLtbUPsvcIw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Homebuilders
lament anxiety of recession, see no quick fix for 2011</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
It could be far worse in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, Sullivan added, if not for the state's strict </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">
laws. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> avoided Las Vegas-style overbuilding because of the </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://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2010/12/09/popping-the-hood-on-californias-low-carbon-fuel-standard-a-digest-special-series/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAiqiF6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h-nFr0DiEdo&usg=AFQjCNGTxWIANwSWijFn36idonmBNfc0nQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Popping
the Hood on California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Digest special series</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Biofuels Digest)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> recently published its draft LCFS report for public comment (notably, it does not include indirect </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
change penalties for biofuels). </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.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walmart-grant-will-preserve-218000-acres-of-wildlife-habitat-111591804.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAiqiF6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h-nFr0DiEdo&usg=AFQjCNGJibU3UYeFParEN3sUaVODGTIo9w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Walmart
Grant Will Preserve 218000 Acres of Wildlife Habitat</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (PR Newswire – press release)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#464646">. . . the Acres for America program is expected to be one of the largest public-private partnerships in the U.S., and the first time a company has directly tied its land-use footprint to land conservation.
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/tq/displaystory.cfm%3Fstory_id%3D17647651%26fsrc%3Drss&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhAiqiF6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h-nFr0DiEdo&usg=AFQjCNEUA_raghmwxoIU_I0jmoQMC19PqA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Mini
nuclear reactors: Thinking small</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Economist)<br>
NuScale, of Corvallis, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, offers “scalable” nuclear plants with reactors delivered by truck. A plant with 12 reactors, each with its own </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">PILOT FOREST PROJECTS PLANNED (Eugene Register-Guard) </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-The goal is to restore healthy forests and fish and wildlife habitat, and also to provide more timber-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Obama administration is working on a pair of pilot logging projects in Southwestern Oregon that are designed to find a new way out of decades of conflict between timber jobs and spotted owls and salmon. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 8:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON OCEAN PANEL ENDORSES THREE NEW MARINE RESERVES (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_ocean_panel_endorses_th.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_ocean_panel_endorses_th.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's Ocean Policy Advisory Council today endorsed plans for three new fishing-free marine reserves after scaling back the most controversial reserve, at Cape Falcon south of Cannon Beach. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">COAST NEARS ADDITION OF THREE MARINE RESERVES (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101208/NEWS/12080416/1001/UPDATE"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101208/NEWS/12080416/1001/UPDATE</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Three proposed marine reserves off the Oregon Coast have cleared another hurdle. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">COUNCIL SUPPORTS MARINE RESERVES (Eugene Register-Guard) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25639933-35/reserves-marine-council-area-state.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25639933-35/reserves-marine-council-area-state.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-A state advisory panel backs proposals for three new restricted offshore areas- . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">REFORM COUNTY PAYMENTS TO BENEFIT OREGON'S FUTURE -- GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101208/OPINION/12080372/1049/UPDATE"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101208/OPINION/12080372/1049/UPDATE</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's public lands, some of America's most spectacular, provide tremendous economic value through timber, salmon, and recreation, while providing a high quality of life that attracts people and businesses to the
state. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">STATE STREAMLINING GEOTHERMAL PERMITS (Eugene Register-Guard) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25639726-35/geothermal-oregon-permit-power-state.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25639726-35/geothermal-oregon-permit-power-state.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-The move comes in response to companies wanting to drill test projects in Southeastern Oregon-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">With stimulus money in hand, energy companies are looking to tap vast geothermal resources in Southeastern Oregon. But like its geysers and subterranean hotspots, Oregons regulations for developing utility-scale
geothermal projects havent been touched in decades. . .</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/26065571/detail.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAwYSA6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=c_gwt4vNxLo&usg=AFQjCNHfXQuYe-pQbPl0k-84Dp4XqSUPew"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>DMV
Drops Controversial Bend Office Move</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KTVZ)<br>
But it appears a relatively new </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"> hurdle, the city's decision
to require a new traffic impact study, was the final straw, as it delayed work on the </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 7:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Washington County land reserves spark drama (Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/07/washington-county-has-second-go-at-land-reserves/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/07/washington-county-has-second-go-at-land-reserves/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The process of designating where development can and cannot take place in the Portland-metro area over the next 50 years was already controversial. Now the whole deal could be in jeopardy. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Water rights in Oregon slightly murky (Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">With more than 40 inches of annual precipitation and some of the nation’s biggest lakes and rivers by volume, Oregon has few natural resources as abundant as water. . .</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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