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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 4:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON FORESTRY DEPARTMENT OFFERS GRANT MONEY TO MOVE DOUGLAS COUNTY SLASH PILES TO BIOFUEL PLANTS (Portland Oregonian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_forestry_department_off.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_forestry_department_off.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Department of Forestry is offering grant money to help Douglas County landowners move woody debris to energy production facilities. The program, administered through the department's Roseburg office, is
intended to help small woodlot owners remove limbs, brush and other debris created from timber harvests, fire hazard reduction work or road clearing. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">SUDDEN ENERGY SHIFT COMES AT A HIGH COST -- OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110104/OPINION/101040318/1048/COLUMN0807438"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110104/OPINION/101040318/1048/COLUMN0807438</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-The Oregon economy has been built in good measure on cheap energy.-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The dams on the Columbia River have provided some of the nation's lowest electric rates and plentiful power. The result has been aluminum mills, extensive irrigation systems and manufacturing of all kinds. . .</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/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/robert_liberty_resigns_from_me.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAnbWO6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=XUTNfniEgU8&usg=AFQjCNF4Ye64CgT73tZhakQ6P3gwcBSn-A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Tom
Hughes ready to be sworn in Tuesday as Metro president, just as councilor </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>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Like Stacey, Liberty is a former 1000 Friends director, and before that was a staff attorney with 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">
group. He was elected to represent the Metro </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.molallapioneer.com/news/2011/January/04/Business/how.can.a.farm.loop.benefit.us.all/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAnbWO6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=XUTNfniEgU8&usg=AFQjCNF-uUn-aIbv0pF4DxeIcBUcWwn5sg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>How
can a farm loop benefit us all?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Molalla Pioneer)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jim Johnson, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and water planning coordinator for the ODA said there is an uptick of people wanting to get out
of shopping at big box grocery stores </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 3:</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/2011/01/oregon_appellate_court_rejects.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNE_7tsxivXlskF9uod-dEN5TRiLbw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>
appellate court rejects Yamhill County's approval of Riverbend Landfill </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>
Opponents, including the county farm bureau and the Willamette Valley Wineries Association, appealed the county commissioners' decision to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's Land Use</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="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2011/01/03/robert-liberty-resigning-from-metro-successor-could-be-bob-stacey/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNGnEflOGxFz2EQmXMjm4AelzWeRhg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Robert
Liberty Resigning from Metro; Successor Could Be Bob Stacey</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Willamette Week blog)<br>
Liberty, a former director of 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"> group 1000 Friends of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">,
first won election to Metro in 2004, representing District 6, which covers parts 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.kbnd.com/page.php%3Fpage_id%3D60247%26article_id%3D4338&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNHopI9iWhC6iJyad3gky0JhyOv2DA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>La
Pine City Wants the Biomass Project</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KBND)<br>
La Pine Interim City Manager Rick Allen says the union can still appeal to the State </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals. The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
Department of Environmental </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.biomassmagazine.com/articles/5187/oregon-biomass-plant-project-appeal-denied&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNFOMKcoirGrtcr-2BjQJ3lk5SRRxQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>
biomass plant project appeal denied</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Biomass Power & Thermal)<br>
“We own a 26000-acre parcel of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> approximately 30 miles southeast of our project,” he said. “Although a part of our fuel story, our own timberland won't </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/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/bring_osu_to_portland_educatio.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNH8jmitYKbSCjMaK3mdJqvNptnHDw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Bring
OSU to Portland: Education on the South Waterfront and industry on </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>
Of course, there's 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"> problem: How can Portland spawn spin-off
companies when the city is starved of industrial land? Perhaps the answer is not to </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://tdn.com/news/state-and-regional/oregon/article_a024fabe-7a02-5fdb-b26d-f97cc0a73706.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAKOApAmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNEfy2zEOGYJXkFHojZ-UhLeUz5iCw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon
land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> dispute drags on for decade</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Longview Daily News)<br>
Linn County Commissioner Roger Nyquist said the case shows that </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> process is broken. "It has taken 10 years, and I don't have any idea how </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.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_28e1993e-1757-11e0-a015-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATANOA1AmpKJ6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=GI0mUbd7_DQ&usg=AFQjCNGVy6K0cgzzEuvSeSYCJJj4B9UQDg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Editorial:
Wind power and big birds</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Albany Democrat Herald)<br>
None of that would even come up as a problem if the nation, and states including </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, had taken a sensible approach to energy production that doesn't dam </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 2:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A YEAR OF BURNING ISSUES FOR BIOMASS ENERGY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/a_year_of_burning_issues_for_b.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/a_year_of_burning_issues_for_b.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-A key project is off the ground in Lakeview, but tax incentives are imperiled and the EPA is about to close the damper on turning woody debris into energy-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">These days it seems that no political speech in Oregon is complete without an ode to biomass energy. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">GROWER MEETINGS HELP REDUCE CONFLICTS (Eugene Register-Guard) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25667693-57/drift-growers-vineyards-herbicide-wheat.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25667693-57/drift-growers-vineyards-herbicide-wheat.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Wine growers worldwide regard Oregon as offering prime grape-growing terrain, prompting the vineyard boom of recent years. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">RULES REGULATING PESTICIDE SPRAYING VARY WIDELY BY STATE (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25639653-35/drift-spray-oregon-california-product.csp"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25639653-35/drift-spray-oregon-california-product.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has spent the past decade considering adding warnings to herbicide product labels against applying the chemicals in ways that can result in drift, but has yet to mandate the
change. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">DYING ON THE VINE (Eugene Register-Guard) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25051060-41/kohlman-drift-oregon-herbicide-herbicides.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25051060-41/kohlman-drift-oregon-herbicide-herbicides.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-An Oakland wine grape grower wages a costly fight against damaging pesticide drift-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The 2010 grape harvest on Legacy Vineyards could have been worse. Considering the wet spring, cool summer and late harvest marred by the arrival of hundreds of hungry migrating birds, the 6 tons of tempranillo grapes
and 3 tons of pinot noir were a respectable take. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">WE NEED TO OVERHAUL THE WAY WE MANAGE FEDERAL FORESTS -- GUEST OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25715656-35/owl-federal-management-spotted-recovery.csp"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25715656-35/owl-federal-management-spotted-recovery.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">I recently participated in a meeting with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in Washington, D.C., regarding federal forestlands in Western Oregon. Nearly the entire Oregon congressional delegation also attended. . .</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.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Land-dispute-drags-on-a-decade/Xmm2NsAhTkCIT8_gcknaZw.cspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAvu-D6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3NpBZiSP-uI&usg=AFQjCNE-yJZ4EJaW8xd6li893rymv1TZxQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>
dispute drags on a decade</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KMTR NewsSource16)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> a group that tries to conserve farm and forest lands. Linn
County Commissioner Roger Nyquist says the case shows that </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> process is broken. . .</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.magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls/article_3e86b64c-1613-11e0-a241-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAvu-D6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3NpBZiSP-uI&usg=AFQjCNGBU97DEyrwRK3vW5kbXXT4OQTALw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Concerned
about grouse, groups ask China Mountain developer to reconsider</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Twin Falls Times-News)<br>
In general, BLM favors allowing wind power on public land. More than 50 BLM </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">
plans have been amended to allow for wind power. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 1:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">ON FOREST ISSUES, OREGON MUST BREAK FREE -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/on_forest_issues_oregon_must_b.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/on_forest_issues_oregon_must_b.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">To get their economy flowing again, Oregonians must carve a fresh path around the barriers that have blocked productive management of public lands . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">LATEST MERCURY WARNING SPAWNS CONTROVERSY (The World) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.theworldlink.com/business/article_05e00330-143c-11e0-af05-001cc4c03286.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.theworldlink.com/business/article_05e00330-143c-11e0-af05-001cc4c03286.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon albacore advocates are reeling over a widely read publication's warning of high levels of mercury in white tuna. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 31:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">LAWMAKER: LAND REFORM, WATER, FORESTS ARE KEY TO BUSINESS RECOVERY -- GUEST OPINION (Oregon Business Report) <a href="http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2010/12/lawmaker-land-reform-water-forests-are-key-to-business-recovery/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2010/12/lawmaker-land-reform-water-forests-are-key-to-business-recovery/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon is still in the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Over the past two years or so, Ive been asked by thousands of Oregonians what state government is going to do about it. The 2009-10 Oregon Legislature
took three actions that I think will help. In 2009 bills were passed: . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 30:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/12/30/analysis.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Growth and Prosperity</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Eugene Weekly)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Most cities in the U.S. have operated on the assumption that growth is inherently beneficial and that more and faster growth will benefit local residents economically. Local growth is often cited as the cure for
urban ailments, especially the need for local jobs. But does the empirical evidence show that growth is actually providing these benefits? . . .</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/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/appeals_court_sends_measure_37.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAwJTz6ARIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=HLrdbysOrIY&usg=AFQjCNFasOJ4XSBqpsSD_3tcc_RMwP1ZJQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Appeals
court sends </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Measure</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> 37 claim by Ralph and Norma Johnsons </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>
Case by case, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> courts are wading through the legal issues remaining from </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
Under </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Measure 49</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, passed by voters in 2007 to reel in development claims, </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/travel/index.ssf/2010/12/cascade-siskiyou_crest_and_pla.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAoIb06ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=eZCLq7Q368Y&usg=AFQjCNFue1ntnX2dm4aTD9A0jWVX39q92w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Cascade-Siskiyou
Crest, and plans to declare it a national monument</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Some residents resent what they see as government interference, particularly when it would lead to restrictions on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, including potentially reduced </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.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm%3Fstory_no%3D6792&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAoIb06ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=eZCLq7Q368Y&usg=AFQjCNEGwa8tDQsHR7MdNtduK-nFNA9qqg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Crook
Point Golf Resort approved by BOC</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Curry County Reporter)<br>
It is unknown whether any environmental groups will appeal the decision to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals, but if any do, they will have 21 days in which to </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://opbnews.org/article/27850-appeal-la-pine-biomass-project-rejected/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Appeal Of La Pine Biomass Project Rejected </u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(OPB)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A proposed biomass plant in La Pine cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday when the La Pine City Council rejected an appeal that aimed to block the project. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/30/metro-approves-disc-golf-course-in-fairview/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Metro approves disc golf course in Fairview</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF">
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Metro Council, with support from the city of Fairview, has conditionally approved turning 70 unused acres of land at the eastern end of the Blue Lake Regional Park in Fairview into a gold-level certified disc
golf course.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/30/property-classification-rule-faulty-some-say/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Property classification rule faulty, some say</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Some real estate professionals say a state classification of warehouses and distribution facilities as manufacturing facilities unfairly charges excessive property taxes.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Dec 29:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALS OFFERS 5 NEW PORTLAND-AREA MAPS THAT PINPOINT LANDSLIDE AREAS (Portland Oregonian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_department_of_geology_a.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_department_of_geology_a.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries DOGAMI has published new landslide maps that identify 257 existing slides in the 48 square miles covered in the Portland area maps, with the largest slide being
8 million square feet -- roughly the size of 90 football fields. . .</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.citylimits.org/news/articles/4266/making-plans-what-other-cities-say-about-their-futures&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAyuPu6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Ux_fzOm9Fl4&usg=AFQjCNFvD0OyaeQub10i8Uz2QQOkk1TIDw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Making
Plans: What Other Cities Say About Their Futures</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (CityLimits.org)<br>
But then New York's approach to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> began to diverge from other major cities that opted to prepare comprehensive plans. Unlike zoning, which is a </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 28:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/12/more_restrictive_zones_harry_a.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAq8Dp6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Rh4Fptarme4&usg=AFQjCNG0VnVPywVKtsI1usC1qBMAF4CGcQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>More
restrictive zones harry airport expansion</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com blog)<br>
Barnes sought review from the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals, arguing that the re-zoning violated both the federal and state constitutions, </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/28/ore-blueberry-vinter-gets-go-ahead-from-county/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAq8Dp6ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Rh4Fptarme4&usg=AFQjCNGZUO4zrjwiK6rLJNJyiuZ8-5Blng"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Ore.
blueberry vinter gets go-ahead from county</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Columbian)<br>
He can make wine with restrictions on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and building that he says are more stringent than what he would have gotten with a winery. </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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