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<div><b>June 27:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.oregonlive.com/portlandcityhall/2011/06/industry_groups_score_another.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlv-j8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=slocwvN8ywY&usg=AFQjCNEE9x9oEY88tS_is2rh6NGiWSvRhA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Industry
groups score another win against Portland's River Plan (Portland City </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com blog)<br>
They thought </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals should have endorsed several other arguments they made. Challenging those decisions in February, the groups convinced the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Court of Appeals that one other argument should be considered. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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://bikeportland.org/2011/06/27/congressman-david-wu-introduces-transportation-research-bill-55584&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAlv-j8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=slocwvN8ywY&usg=AFQjCNFm7DNWQ_N2GZW01_icEvb67uea5Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Congressman
David Wu introduces transportation research bill</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (BikePortland.org)<br>
Assessments of the impact of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> change on surface emissions and other factors, such as congestion, mobility, and accessibility, and barriers to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> change. Traveler behaviors with respect to mode-choice, response to transportation pricing </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>June 26:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Dfarmhouse%2Bwins%2Bcounty%2Bapproval--1309048366--1034--home-news&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkNye8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3O8ycXiogN8&usg=AFQjCNEOYXibwbrQwK-Eom8RZ7ywpAxN6A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Farmhouse
wins county approval</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
By Hannah Hoffman Yamhill County Commissioners Mary Stern and Leslie Lewis approved on Thursday a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> application to allow a land owner to build a house on a five-acre parcel zoned
for farm use. The house would replace one that burned on the site </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>June 25:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hermistonherald.com/news/planning-dept-finishes-periodic-review-draft/article_b5410f58-9f25-11e0-a96d-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkbmZ8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n1RHCPZ-jzw&usg=AFQjCNF77vMO-ZFIN7vGr7i_cZnOvP2Hsg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Planning
Dept. finishes periodic review draft</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Hermiston Herald)<br>
The periodic review is mandatory for </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> cities every 10 years. • New code language to increase public participation in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
proceedings. • Minor housekeeping amendments, economic opportunities analysis and commercial land inventory. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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%3D8684&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAkbmZ8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n1RHCPZ-jzw&usg=AFQjCNEaebSR-u655-JiKcmg1281frnZbw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
Legislature Approves Guest Ranch Expansion</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (KBND)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Legislature has approved a bill that will allow an eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> guest ranch to buck state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> laws and expand to a 575-unit facility. The Silvies Valley Ranch is owned by Scott Campbell, a former veterinarian and founder of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/229657baaa8c4d348a4e6bc35842a1d8/OR--Helix-Wind-Farm/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAkbmZ8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n1RHCPZ-jzw&usg=AFQjCNGtXpXGZxnuiMhRsCMmNZCWbUciDA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>State
council approves Eastern </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> wind farm over protests from site's </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
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The council directed the company behind the site, Iberdrola Renewables, to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> the most conservative estimates in predicting how much noise each turbine will make. The council also
says it can't legally address the issue of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> values because no such </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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/lawmakers-protest-depot-plan/article_92fd290e-9f2a-11e0-bbac-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAkbmZ8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n1RHCPZ-jzw&usg=AFQjCNE8BYLMZLdQ6tLqwVR_tkPM7QaUAA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Lawmakers
protest Depot plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Hermiston Herald)<br>
If the Department of Defense ruling is upheld, the roughly 20000 acres of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> currently owned by the Army would likely be sold at public auction, instead of being divvied up between
the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> National Guard, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Department of Fish and Wildlife and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>June 24:</b></div>
<div>BILL ON WINERY RULES AT HAND (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26443996-41/bill-wineries-king-winery-estate.html.csp"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26443996-41/bill-wineries-king-winery-estate.html.csp</u></font></a></div>
<div>-Senate Bill 960 is ready for the governor to sign and would give King Estate Winery a grandfather clause-</div>
<div>A grandfather clause in a bill sitting on the governors desk could put to bed a dispute surrounding the full-service restaurant at King Estate Winery in Lorane.</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/lake-oswego/index.ssf/2011/06/lake_oswego-tigard_water_partnership_deals_with_deadlines_environmental_and_neighbor_concerns.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA9JWU8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=iC9p9ZYQIZA&usg=AFQjCNGAM2vKbtMAyJaeJWv3WgJAe13fig"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Lake
Oswego-Tigard Water Partnership deals with flood of deadlines </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
It's hard to speed up the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,” he said. Planners from Lake Oswego and Tigard say they're prepared to
handle the uncertainties the project has encountered so far. Meanwhile, designs for the new system are still evolving. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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://keizertimes.com/%3Fp%3D8338&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAmpaU8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6eVw6yU7Abc&usg=AFQjCNFCYLHPX2Jf9oR_Y57aNtZ9R77zlQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Big
box appeal claims errors by city</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Keizertimes)<br>
By JASON COX Opponents of a possible Walmart in Keizer Station claimed in an appeal filed last week that the city failed to guarantee required accompanying mixed use buildings would actually get built. The filing was with the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon
Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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.oyetimes.com/news/america/12118-land-use-overregulation-is-it-to-blame-for-americas-housing-market-debacle&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmpaU8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6eVw6yU7Abc&usg=AFQjCNGD20PPC1XR9Ca0bsqKeyJ4SpRc1A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Land
Use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> Overregulation: Is it to blame for America's housing market debacle?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Oye! Times)<br>
In general, housing prices were far less affordable in markets with a prescriptive regulatory environment that attempted to control development; the three worst markets in the United States being Portland, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
with added </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> costs of $76200, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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/web/newslocalnews/26443996-41/bill-wineries-king-winery-estate.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAmpaU8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6eVw6yU7Abc&usg=AFQjCNFmlFdhKDq21LUH9phDL3wXVi2D8Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Bill
on winery rules at hand</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> advocates have previously questioned the legality of King Estate's restaurant, first opened in 2005, as </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
law strictly dictates what commercial activities are permissible on farmland. Earlier this year an anti-sprawl group, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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.eastoregonian.com/news/congressional-delegation-asks-gates-to-fix-depot-dilemma/article_3e97a286-9ea8-11e0-8169-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAmpaU8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6eVw6yU7Abc&usg=AFQjCNEnnuNPwS3usJqs1ugOe8pdaZU0sg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Congressional
delegation asks Gates to fix depot dilemma</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (East Oregonian)<br>
Eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> congressional delegation has responded to a call to arms from the Umatilla Chemical Depot Local Reuse Authority. In a sharply worded letter Thursday to Defense Secretary
Robert Gates, Rep. Greg Walden and Sens. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>PORT OF MORROW AIMS TO RECRUIT $100 MILLION PLANT (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_morrow_aims_to_recruit.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/port_of_morrow_aims_to_recruit.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>The Oregon Legislature kept alive a corporate tax break that it had intended to allow to expire in hopes of landing a new business that is considering opening a $100 million facility at the Port of Morrow in Boardman. </div>
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<div><b>June 23:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20110623/NEWS/110629893%26parentprofile%3D1%26SiteParentProfile%3D&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmfOO8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=IPS4cJ1Q_1s&usg=AFQjCNE5vzt2PjUH9CNgkeYzlssT0wQbqg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Commissioners
decline to hear Glide concert appeal</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (NRToday.com)<br>
By declining review, the Board of Commissioners gave opponents the opportunity to bring the case directly to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals, Laurance said. Skipping the local
appeal shaves several weeks off the time an appeal could be filed with </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>OREGON LAWMAKERS SEEK OCEAN DRILLING BAN (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS/106230321/-1/7daysarchives/Oregon-lawmakers-seek-ocean-drilling-ban"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS/106230321/-1/7daysarchives/Oregon-lawmakers-seek-ocean-drilling-ban</u></font></a></div>
<div>Members of Oregon's congressional delegation want to keep the Oregon coast free of offshore oil drilling platforms.</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/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/06/officials_to_make_aurora_state_airport_development_decision_tomorrow.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmfOO8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=IPS4cJ1Q_1s&usg=AFQjCNFSZd-kofqVvvqUjK6l0sFCaSdkcw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Officials
to make Aurora State Airport development decision tomorrow</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> aviation board will map Aurora State Airport's future tomorrow, ending three months of tumult surrounding one of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
busiest general aviation hubs. At the heart of the controversy is whether to extend the airport's runway. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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/web/specialhomegarden/26364989-57/ridge-crescent-lane-development-cozy.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAmfOO8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=IPS4cJ1Q_1s&usg=AFQjCNGZNE17z1GFBw8xUxqL833UodOz5A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Tight
neighborhood on a ridge</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
They came for their acre of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, and love it. This acre, awkward. Nobody else even wanted it, really. Way too steep: At a grade of up to 33 percent, too precipitous even for deer
to climb straight up. On top of that, it had to be shared. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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.dailyastorian.com/free/new-blood-for-county-planning-commission/article_2242f9a2-9db6-11e0-9e07-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAmfOO8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=IPS4cJ1Q_1s&usg=AFQjCNHhb5fiSh9pHEuYdXmgFmuf5HtZuA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>New
blood for county Planning Commission</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Astorian)<br>
Ousted Planning Commission Chairman Cary Johnson wasn't sure and appealed to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Conservation and Development Commission. In a May 19 letter addressed to the county commission,
LCDC said that, “While we believe the Board of Commissioners </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>June 22:</b></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/2011/06/oregon_legislature_approves_si.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA7c-J8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=y48UpcXItSU&usg=AFQjCNHfQGdNPhuaY2clex9NP6Hf6kY1Dg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
Legislature approves Silvies Valley "guest ranch" expansion of up to </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
In addition to authorizing the Silvies Valley development, the bill originally also directed the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Department of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> to establish two other guest ranch
pilot projects of up to 75 overnight units each. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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.wweek.com/portland/blog-27286-grant_county_mega_dude_ranch_bill_generates_heat.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATABOAFA7c-J8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=y48UpcXItSU&usg=AFQjCNH7eSm19phmoUer_EtMcen4bi9z-g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Grant
County Mega-Dude Ranch Bill Generates Heat</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Willamette Week)<br>
Americans for Prosperity </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> circulated a similar message to lawmakers this week. "It's bad public policy that allows government to pick winners and losers. HB 3465 carves out </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> policy for one special Grant County landowner," the message </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</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.newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Done%2Bevents%2Bbill%2Bsoars%252C%2Bother%2Bfailing--1308773182--1007--news&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAktCJ8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=C8aaxjOFR4c&usg=AFQjCNGX9GybHFjQ-vOC8AoHakq3XsVsWg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>One
events bill soars, other failing</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
That represents a major change, as </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> laws currently curtail such activities or even prohibit them outright. HB 3280 drew only three no votes in the originating chamber, one of
them from Yamhill County Republican Jim Weidner. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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While stories about arts, gardening and poetry provide variety, the book's title suggests its main subject: the relationship of Northwest people to the natural environment, with meaty disquisitions on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
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<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" 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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