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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/20110201/NEWS/102010306/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAqYmi6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=jIY3DyJoG5A&usg=AFQjCNFQrct9Elmql5enXs-JhXDlgOkS5A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Rep.
Walden: Enough already</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Medford Mail Tribune)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">"Enough is enough," said the Republican from Hood River who represents </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> 2nd Congressional District. In their
Jan. 28 letter to Interior Secretary </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://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/02/01/urbanism-in-the-age-of-climate-change-urbanism-expanded/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAqYmi6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=jIY3DyJoG5A&usg=AFQjCNFZ2bYDG3Bkk4I0nFzeAQ5VuhG42Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Urbanism
in the Age of Climate Change: Urbanism Expanded</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Streetsblog San Francisco)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Sprawl is a specific </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> pattern of single-use zones, typically made up of subdivisions, office parks, and shopping
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">DEQ PUTS FORWARD STRICT WATER QUALITY STANDARDS (Oregon Public Broadcasting) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/55459-deq-puts-forward-strict-water-quality-standards/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/55459-deq-puts-forward-strict-water-quality-standards/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregons Department of Environmental Quality is proposing new water quality standards to limit the amount of toxics that companies and cities can release into rivers and streams. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 31:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/01/28/urban-renewal-to-rear-head-at-oregon-legislature/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Urban renewal to rear head at Oregon Legislature</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">An Oregon senator from Portland sponsored and introduced a bill this month that would permit urban renewal plans to include school construction or reconstruction projects. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://keizertimes.com/%3Fp%3D5035&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAruac6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=zk3I7ImlSdE&usg=AFQjCNFoBgGHRUUcyU0mhBHueIRRYY7wow"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>JUST
ASK! The state of the urban growth boundary</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Keizertimes)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> strict </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> laws emphasize protecting good farmland, and
the area north of Keizer is chock full of Class 1 and 2 soils, ie the best soils, </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 30:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">GRANT COUNTY RANCHERS FEAR FINANCIAL HIT FROM COURT-ORDERED LOSS OF GRAZING TERRITORY (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/01/grant_county_ranchers_fear_financial_hit_from_court-ordered_loss_of_grazing_territory.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/01/grant_county_ranchers_fear_financial_hit_from_court-ordered_loss_of_grazing_territory.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Rancher Ken Brooks is standing in his ranch yard near the ghost town of Fox, his eyes sweeping the timber-covered Malheur National Forest that holds the key to his future and that of 18 other Grant County ranching
families. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://crosscut.com/2011/01/30/urban/20591/Think-growth-always-brings-prosperity--Not-so-fast/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAqcSX6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=gqILsCyS5hg&usg=AFQjCNHv0yqvjDVOqaWKbWiecUjhShVwkw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Think
growth always brings prosperity? Not so fast</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Crosscut.com)<br>
One study by an </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-based consultant challenges the assumption that fast-growing cities attract more jobs and greater wealth. The Great Recession is over </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 29:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.columbia.edu/record/2294&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAoaCS6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rENk62jVWEc&usg=AFQjCNHnlUoOkvHEUo35ZCaxNf0VWP-0yw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Lamont-Doherty
Researcher: Southwest Headed for Permanent Drought</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Record-Columbia News)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">... and the Oregon border to southern Mexico. That is ominous news for a region that has seen explosive growth in population, land use and water demands in ...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 28:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.molallapioneer.com/news/2011/January/28/Local.News/application.denied.for.rural.molalla.race.track/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmP6M6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=05KgrNof1tc&usg=AFQjCNFKWvMKDPb3v2uRwjSZte_JrcNVsQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Application
denied for rural Molalla race track</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Molalla Pioneer)<br>
Although the county has denied the application, Thomas does have the option of appealing their decision through </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals, </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/25824412-41/county-hospice-agency-river-cascade.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAmP6M6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=05KgrNof1tc&usg=AFQjCNF-r6DqCKT_ywh-DtoPwofKm2QRlw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Trial
over River Loop hospice begins</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Eugene Register-Guard)<br>
Bill Kloos, another local </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> attorney, is representing Cascade in the case. The agency argues that </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> goals include providing 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://kdrv.com/news/local/202882&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmP6M6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=05KgrNof1tc&usg=AFQjCNGLp1Yaq2pQA6FG7nNQabQSP72YFg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Rally
protesting LNG pipeline held in Medford</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KDRV)<br>
The proposed legislation removes that requirement," said Dave Lohman, Medford </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">
Attorney. "Whether you are interested in the pipeline or not, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">WETLANDS BUBBLE BACK NEAR CANNON BEACH JUNCTION ON THE OREGON COAST (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/wetlands_bubble_back_on_the_or.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/wetlands_bubble_back_on_the_or.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The payoff came one evening last spring, after supper, as Ernestine Neitzel tossed the dirty dishwater outside. She heard singing. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">It had been 30 years of quiet, and suddenly they were back -- and croaking.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">SECOND PROPOSED OREGON STATE HOSPITAL SITE FACES RESISTANCE (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110128/NEWS/101280324/Second-proposed-Oregon-State-Hospital-site-faces-resistance?odyssey=tabtopnewstextNews"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110128/NEWS/101280324/Second-proposed-Oregon-State-Hospital-site-faces-resistance?odyssey=tabtopnewstextNews</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-Key citizen panel views Junction City facility as a mistake-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A citizen-led panel created to provide independent oversight of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem is joining the opposition to the state's plan to build a new psychiatric hospital in Junction City.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">GROUPS SEEK PROTECTION FOR KLAMATH CHINOOK SALMON (Washington Post) </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Conservation groups are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for chinook salmon in the Klamath River running from Southern Oregon across Northern California.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Jan 27:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/01/27/lawmakers-seek-to-alter-oregon-land-use-system/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Lawmakers seek to alter Oregon land-use system</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The state Republican caucus recognizes that municipalities in the Willamette Valley, along the Oregon Coast and in the Portland-metro area need to use land differently. Now an effort is under way to accommodate those
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">DOUG DECKER CHOSEN AS OREGON'S STATE FORESTER (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/doug_decker_chosen_as_oregons.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/01/doug_decker_chosen_as_oregons.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Doug Decker now has the opportunity to write a little history of his own.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Decker, known as the Oregon Department of Forestry's informal historian and widely hailed as a communicator who can repair the department's strained relations with public and private partners, was selected Wednesday
as the next state forester. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D129608229309070600&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAoNuH6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=7-lbKABbLwY&usg=AFQjCNGwv9ZPUSSx3xvEFg4ULlLSMDV-Ug"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Sources
Say • State swamps city River Plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Portland Tribune)<br>
How much vacant industrial land exists in Portland for future development? The question is central to the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeal's recent decision </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://naturalresourcereport.com/2011/01/capitol-review-2011-property-rights-bill/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA1bqC6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ucuGDorI34U&usg=AFQjCNFaBb6irQ0HTvdXI6xO5U-qu70fOw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Capitol
Review: 2011 Property Rights Bill</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Oregonians in Action, Natural Resources Report)<br>
The change in the legislative makeup should spell the end for bills that would make drastic changes in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> property or </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> laws. </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.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D129600235567244600&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVA1bqC6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ucuGDorI34U&usg=AFQjCNEEXpP0B8NH4T7Nr-Aj-gptfT8_vQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>High-wage
jobs will help us all</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (forest Grove News-Times)<br>
They must join the effort to identify what is needed to make more </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> shovel-ready for industrial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">.
They then should partner with the state to find </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/26614206/detail.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhA1bqC6gRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ucuGDorI34U&usg=AFQjCNFIqSxNdedtw4xqoro0oU-xE5G-Ug"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>DMV:
Next Bend Site Search Open, Public</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KTVZ)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Department of Transportation officials said they are currently working on two fronts. First, they are conducting an engineering analysis to see </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://djcoregon.com/news/2011/01/26/bill-proposes-dissolving-oregon-energy-department/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Bill proposes dissolving Oregon energy department</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A proposal to dissolve the Oregon Department of Energy and distribute its various programs to other state agencies is slated to go before the Legislature next month.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/01/26/portland-urban-planning-the-job-creation-cure/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Portland planning a failure to job growth</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The city of Portland is known for great restaurants, a beautiful environment, progressive land-use planning, bike friendliness, mass transit, etc. Lately, however, Portland is becoming known for negative job growth.</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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