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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 9:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON SHOULD MAKE ITSELF RESILIENT FOR A BIG QUAKE -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_should_make_itself_resi.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_should_make_itself_resi.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">One year ago this Wednesday, a powerful earthquake devastated Haiti, collapsing homes, schools and businesses and killing at least 230,000 people. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">NOMINATIONS DUE FOR CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110109/STATE/101090365/1001/ARCHIVE"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110109/STATE/101090365/1001/ARCHIVE</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development is accepting nominations for the 2010 STAR Award for Citizen Involvement. The deadline for nominations is March
1.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">STATE: EPA APPROVES HISTORIC SALMON RESTORATION PLAN FOR KLAMATH RIVER (Lake County News) <a href="http://lakeconews.com/content/view/17736/919/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://lakeconews.com/content/view/17736/919/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Californias water quality improvement plan for restoring salmon fisheries and water quality in the Klamath River.</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.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_1ff39533-3dd0-5e2a-8ba8-2cbcfc49d04d.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAl-So6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=jJ0jOV1TzzY&usg=AFQjCNHYduf-ZuGATMLJZnA5zj4lQrsgrw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Lebanon
connect</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Corvallis Gazette Times)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Federal </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and Water Conservation funds will aid the North Shore project. A recreation trails grant through </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
Parks and Recreation will help fund 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>Jan 8:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/01/07/1963583/growth-may-not-always-mean-prosperity.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAk8Gj6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=IkRR9Gt-GiI&usg=AFQjCNFiA_ZSkLU0NFJhbEjmmj8pKCtbyA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>'Growth'
may not always mean 'prosperity'</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Charlotte Observer)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The genesis for this musing was a report I saw this week from an </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> consulting company, Fodor & Associates. It looks
at growth rates and prosperity in </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_12bc6d88-1ab2-11e0-a1c5-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAk8Gj6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=IkRR9Gt-GiI&usg=AFQjCNEye8ew8aALDGZedUSUQfZT0eTsCQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Rancher
could have </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> condemned, lose water for irrigation Public comment </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
(Hermiston Herald)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">At issue is the ability of the Wadekamper ranch to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> all of the wastewater the city will produce in the future. Bogus
claims the LGW ranch will only be </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 7:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">BALLOT 76 SESSION ADDRESSES POSSIBLE FUNDING OUTLOOK FOR CONSERVATION PROJECTS (Argus Observer) <a href="http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2011/01/07/news/doc4d275dfc5f434370479300.txt"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2011/01/07/news/doc4d275dfc5f434370479300.txt</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 76 in Novembers General Election, but a number of groups representing different interests are waiting to see what the law will look like after the Oregon Legislature passes enacting
legislation and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board staff write new rules.</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/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/01/intern_has_unique_job_working_for_both_tualatin_and_wilsonville_to_help_chart_future_of_basalt_creek.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAKOApAmp6e6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=PNxgpKMDBJU&usg=AFQjCNGdLo9-SVhtvcTkjysFlNNIXMGTlQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Intern
has unique job working for both Tualatin and Wilsonville to help chart </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">Regional government Metro brought the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> into its urban growth boundary in 2004 with an eye to possible residential
and industrial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">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://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_780ea0f8-19f3-11e0-af5d-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAQOBBAmp6e6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=PNxgpKMDBJU&usg=AFQjCNHtRyDlm250vjUQpYtOoOOVIuLPdg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Green
action teams share their results</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Corvallis Gazette Times)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Action team has taken on a huge database project to inventory the mixed uses of the city, block-by-block.
The surveys have been completed and </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 6:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="4" color="#293546"><a href="http://cdn.optmd.com/V2/62428/205928/index.html?g=AQACTgQ=&r=www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/01/landslides_causing_further_delays_to_star-crossed_us_20_improvement_"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Landslides
causing further delays to star-crossed U.S. 20 improvement project</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"> (OregonLive.com)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Ancient landslides that cost the <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/">Oregon Department of Transportation</a> millions of dollars in overruns and added years to the task of straightening U.S. 20 have once again
brought the project to a halt.</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/2011/01/yamhill-county-takes-land-use-whole-new-lower-level/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNGvHm6YdizFUITjrq7HQ9vT8elwcw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Yamhill
County takes </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> to a whole new (lower) level</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (BlueOregon)<br>
In my years 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"> wonkery, I've often ruminated over the horrible
way that County Commissions in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> generally make decisions about </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">.
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.westlinntidings.com/opinion/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D129426108259620300&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNEAT47YbVl01BPT_EvJVZxOF_XJ1w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Stafford
has improper reserve designation</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (West Linn Tidings)<br>
The map and proposed </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> designations submitted by the Clackamas County Business Alliance, the developer's PAC, shows this area bordered by West Linn, </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.opb.org/article/33463-feds-approve-californias-plan-klamath-river/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNHnppp4xVtLO2Q6MnOebaY_YUMfvg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Feds
Approve California's Plan For Klamath River</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OPB News)<br>
Together, the California and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> plans are meant to guide future decisions over water 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">
in the Klamath region. The California plan 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.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2011/01/federal_grant_will_help_metro.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNGAShvLyGG1u1GBlj9bbBfs1ILZAQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Federal
grant will help Metro explore ways to improve travel between Portland </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>
Future </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"> will also factor into plans, she said. "This is the first
time where it's going to be done together," Kane said. "That's why it's such a big </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.vanvoice.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Drouting%2Bthe%2Bfuture--1294345881--607--top-stories&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNGnAGRbKeKSswQ2CKw1cL_v2bH5oQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Routing
the future</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Vancouver Voice)<br>
“We don't have the type of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> you see on the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> side [of the
Columbia River],” said Scott Patterson, C-TRAN Director of Development and Public </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%3D6820&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNEg2q_2KaCBy2CxieGhqNtsghVARQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Not
'if', but 'when'</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Curry County Reporter)<br>
Kendall says the average span of major earthquakes off the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Coast is about once every 250 years – so we are overdue. Of course, that is just 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.benzinga.com/press-releases/11/01/p758110/top-ten-green-building-trends-for-2011-selected-by-earth-advantage-inst&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAKOApAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNFhQG4K1BuIZt_iD29watmdED1tqg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Top
Ten Green Building Trends for 2011 Selected by Earth Advantage Institute</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Benzinga)<br>
Through such programs as Clean Energy Works </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, and Solar City's solar lease-to-own business model, no up-front payment is required to take advantage of </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 5:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2011/January/04/Local.News/court.of.appeals.rules.against.landfill.expansion/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmNiT6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fNf6cqDXuJ8&usg=AFQjCNGpu-EEjPpkKDm4SyyDLDyjh9aYOA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Court
of Appeals rules against landfill expansion</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Newberg Graphic)<br>
After the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals (LUBA) concluded in July that the county had gone against state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
law in authorizing the landfill </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.capitalpress.com/orewash/mp-yamhill-landfill-010711&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAnPuY6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=mXNNfMK7Ov8&usg=AFQjCNGB8tUf4bxfMQx7cPGtBenMhSYuYA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Court
rules against landfill expansion</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Capital Press)<br>
To approve the expansion, Yamhill County tried to exempt the plan from one of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
planning goals -- the preservation of farmland. </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/5207/pacific-west-biomass-profile&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmNiT6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fNf6cqDXuJ8&usg=AFQjCNHVfQ0ZfFKapyDxNwOWhGjEAkqETA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Pacific
West Biomass Profile</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Biomass Power and Thermal)<br>
On the opposite end of the spectrum sits </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, with its 14 operational wood-fired CHP plants collectively making </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
of between 3 million and 4 million </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.bluemountaineagle.com/news/local_news/article_dac02cfc-1887-11e0-b419-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAmNiT6QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fNf6cqDXuJ8&usg=AFQjCNGMk8cCarMMDw6T_gDyxm3iEPoDkw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Concerns
arise as group eyes Aldrich area</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Blue Mountain Eagle)<br>
They seek the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> – now under the control of Forest Service, Bureau of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
Management and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Department of Fish and Wildlife – to be united by one </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">REPORT CLEARS BRENT FOSTER'S WORK ON THE LNG BRADWOOD LANDING IN OREGON (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/report_clears_brent_fosters_wo.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/report_clears_brent_fosters_wo.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A former judge's review of Brent Foster's work at Oregon's Department of Justice found no evidence that Foster gave improper legal advice on liquid natural gas plants in Oregon as LNG supporters had charged. </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>
<a href="mailto:lisa.howard@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>lisa.howard@state.or.us</u></font></a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.oregon.gov/LCD</u></font></a> </font></div>
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