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<div><b>July 19:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D131109616729137800&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAkYGY8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=T8tNpHLnCDA&usg=AFQjCNE_Bp2TJqDWhOZwbq3_Uy9U77owcw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Blue
Heron bankruptcy could offer opportunity in West Linn</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (West Linn Tidings)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The former Blue Heron Paper Co. property in West Linn might not be suited to industrial or residential </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, even if the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
was approved for those functions in the past. That's according to a letter endorsed by the city council and signed by West Linn </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://news.opb.org/article/despite-record-rains-feds-look-water-solutions/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAkYGY8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=T8tNpHLnCDA&usg=AFQjCNGtJR_81Eo56bg4ksNP4Uorz93M3Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Despite
Record Rains, Feds Look For Water Solutions</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OPB News)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Rains and hail rolled through parts of eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, over the weekend, too. But the mostly dry climate in eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
has federal officials looking for ways to store more water. Baker City normally gets about a half-inch of rain in July. </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.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_45943c56-b1d7-11e0-87fb-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAkYGY8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=T8tNpHLnCDA&usg=AFQjCNFQMj8nz59uTi5d2-czEx1aG_DJuA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>From
hospital to housing</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Corvallis Gazette Times)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Jasperson said Good Samaritan officials have conferred with neighborhood association leaders about the redevelopment plan and expect to hold additional public meetings as the project works its way through the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> approval process.</font></font></div>
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<div><b>July 18:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thestatecolumn.com/oregon/pair-of-wyden-merkley-land-management-bills-pass-energy-and-natural-resources-committee/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkt6S8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=NLwiEvLVijI&usg=AFQjCNEEUzdPPtrQe39_6wsodfBuniR7jQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Pair
of Wyden, Merkley </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> Management Bills Pass Energy and Natural Resources </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(The State Column)<br>
With tourism in eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> being a promising way to boost the economy of local communities, legislation to transfer federal </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
to the cities of La Pine and Wallowa passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today. </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://oregoncatalyst.com/10583-ecoflats-unsustainable-green-icon-portland-2.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAkt6S8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=NLwiEvLVijI&usg=AFQjCNHsMCx6h8_VANtM9bq4yNQ0ACYr4g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>EcoFlats:
One More Unsustainable Green Icon for Portland</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Oregon Catalyst)<br>
In addition to the incentives from PDC, the developer also applied for </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> business energy tax credit. The program covers up to 50% of costs towards the purchase of certain technologies.
These include high-efficiency combined heat and power </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>July 17:</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%3Dcourt%2Bof%2Bappeals%2Bsends%2Bback%2Bmac%2Burban%2Bgrowth%2Bplan--1310828590--1191--home-news&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA5bqN8QRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=jBmhUcOcZFw&usg=AFQjCNFpHKKLkpcKUQz3Tvr0zIThJYI85w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Court
of Appeals sends back Mac urban growth plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
By Nicole Montesano The state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Conservation and Development Commission </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and probably staff from the
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<div><b>July 16:</b></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/2011/07/oregon_lng_terminal_plans_reve.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAl5iI8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=WphWEW1HEoM&usg=AFQjCNEeW99j-2MSvrDrMML6yY5k3mPCnA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
LNG terminal plans reverse from importing to exporting gas</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Local </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> is the biggest issue." An export project comes with all the same environmental impacts on rivers, forests and farmland. And LNG opponents have proved a potent force in
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, mounting effective legal challenges to local </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="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/07/sammyville_the_outlaw_town_getting_a_new_sheriff_as_namesake_hangs_up_his_six-gun.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAl5iI8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=WphWEW1HEoM&usg=AFQjCNF98ov9p9P8pF99OGdoaGxv_OqamA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Sammyville,
the 'outlaw town,' getting a new sheriff as namesake hangs up his </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">: Sammyville is that rarity in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, a remote community where all the property and dwellings are
owned by a single landlord, says Hanley Jenkins, the Union County planner in La Grande. It's in a timber-grazing zone, but remains as it is under </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.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110716/NEWS/107160302/-1/BIZ&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAl5iI8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=WphWEW1HEoM&usg=AFQjCNFGGLr80QFNoHWn-HJTyhfeRT45RA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Better
with Age</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
"If our farm-based businesses are not financially successful, the pressure to develop </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> farm </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
is increased. When we went to Salem to talk with our legislators, the response was very positive, officials were listening to what we needed. </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://news.oregonmetro.gov/1/post.cfm/aug-11-vote-would-be-metro-s-final-sign-off-on-columbia-river-crossing&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA55eI8QRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=8uj1RMGHsEE&usg=AFQjCNGHIZnrBtRVNvSMi3OEsFxvmhp-6g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Aug.
11 vote would be Metro's final sign-off on Columbia River </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Metro newsfeed)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> law can be Byzantine on its good days. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Staff from Metro and the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Department
of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> drafted 10 standards </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.capitalpress.com/mobile/ml-land-use-bill-070811&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAEoATABOABA55eI8QRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=8uj1RMGHsEE&usg=AFQjCNEw4rUAxYrxrMPxY80a1_OXRrbfgQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Capital
Press agriculture news</u></font></a><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif">SALEM -- A proposal that could have eased </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"> restrictions on marginal
farm and forest land in three Southern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> counties was among the bills that </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Department
of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and directed it to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>July 15:</b></div>
<div>A DEAL TO BRING A SOLEXANT CORP. PLANT TO GRESHAM FALLS APART (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2011/07/greshams_solexant_deal_falls_a.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2011/07/greshams_solexant_deal_falls_a.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>A state-financed deal to bring thin-film solar manufacturing to Gresham has fallen apart, city and state officials said Thursday. </div>
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<div>INTERIOR SECRETARY KEN SALAZAR APPROVES CENTRAL OREGON'S FIRST WIND ENERGY FARM (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/07/central_oregons_first_wind_ene.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/07/central_oregons_first_wind_ene.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave the go ahead today to what could be Central Oregon's first wind energy project.</div>
<div>Salazar announced approval of West Butte Wind Power's project, about 25 miles east of Bend. </div>
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<div>STUDY FINDS 93 PERCENT GROWTH IN STATE'S WINE INDUSTRY (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110715/BUSINESS/107150325/Study-finds-93-percent-growth-state-s-wine-industry"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110715/BUSINESS/107150325/Study-finds-93-percent-growth-state-s-wine-industry</u></font></a></div>
<div>A study for the Oregon wine industry finds its economic impact has nearly doubled since 2005 and stands at $2.7 billion.</div>
<div>The study released Thursday was done for the Oregon Wine Board by Full Glass Research of Berkeley, Calif.</div>
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<div>GUEST VIEWPOINT: OREGON NEEDS TO SHORE UP THE FOUNDATION OF ITS ECONOMY -- OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard) </div>
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<div>Gov. John Kitzhabers Strategy for Oregons Prosperity is a bottom-up approach that seeks to retain capital within the state by maximizing local supply chains for Oregon companies. By increasing the density of these networks, Oregon firms can moderate the
effects of larger business cycles while circulating capital more effectively within the state.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_caf5a8d8-af09-11e0-a332-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlfWC8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h8tGAAdPVhA&usg=AFQjCNENBSbAdx8FaReZELvUBnPvpSiDpg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>County
delays hearing on pipeline, oysters</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
In March, the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals directed the Coos County commissioners to give more consideration to the oyster question, after Citizens Against LNG and other pipeline
opponents appealed the commissioners' approval of a conditional land </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.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2011/07/west_linn-wilsonville_to_hold_public_hearing_on_proposed_language_immersion_charter_school.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlfWC8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h8tGAAdPVhA&usg=AFQjCNF4Aptj3IiJpo-nzoYhR1i8F5hCMA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>West
Linn-Wilsonville to hold public hearing on proposed language immersion </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Peter Spir, associate planner with the city of West Linn, said the process would take at least six months, and a city staff report co-authored by Spir noted most </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">
applications take eight to 10 months. Still, Brenna Burke, a parent associated </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.columbian.com/news/2011/jul/15/in-our-view-keep-gorge-grand/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAlfWC8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h8tGAAdPVhA&usg=AFQjCNHjLAV-CzuehESvtR4iEqHZkD8dSQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>In
Our View: Keep Gorge Grand</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Columbian)</font></font></div>
<div>... of a grand experiment in land-use laws. The act drew a boundary around an 83-mile-long swath of the Gorge encompassing 292630 acres, reaching from Washougal to Wishram on the Washington side and from Troutdale to the Deschutes River in Oregon. ...</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/land-transfer-bills-benefit-cities/article_adfd6a68-af1d-11e0-b3e8-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAlfWC8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h8tGAAdPVhA&usg=AFQjCNFOun6i-mCdm2wd_s-SsZVlVSzZ_Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
transfer bills benefit cities</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (East Oregonian)<br>
The bills would transfer federal </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> to the cities of La Pine and Wallowa. The overall goal of these bills is to boost tourism in Eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">.
In La Pine, three pieces of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> will be transferred under the La Pine </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Conveyance Act. Deschutes </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.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110715/COLUMN0101/107150332/Efforts-airport-will-target-business&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAlfWC8QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=h8tGAAdPVhA&usg=AFQjCNE5z6p6GBUs8L07XNnEy8oNBANwJg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Efforts
at airport will target business</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Statesman Journal)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Department of Aviation estimates the benefit to the region is greater and puts it at near $800 million," Wales said. "We want to attract more of these types of businesses,
but many of them need a longer runway. So we are pursuing one, </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.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2011/07/proposed_damascus_measure_would_require_council_to_get_voter_ok_on_comprehensive_plan.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAIoATABOABA5_SC8QRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=qWkVS8xcbug&usg=AFQjCNEhIvKfx-onONzvrIflJhJMd-2Lvw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Proposed
Damascus measure would require vote on comprehensive plan </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Damascus resident Dan Phegley is working on a measure that would require a vote from residents before the city council approves </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i>land use</i></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> ordinances including the city's comprehensive
plan. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Earlier this year, he successfully petitioned to have voters decide on whether they supported the council's December decision to forward the comprehensive plan to the state
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><i>Department of Land Conservation and Development</i></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. "The initiative is a defense </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>July 14:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1306802/ODFW-Releases-SageGrouse-Maps.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAl9L98ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=w-JreKoVueI&usg=AFQjCNE-QwtVRmmf9NtZ6rNd4UyPZb-TTA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>ODFW
Releases Sage-Grouse Maps</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (myCentralOregon.com)<br>
These maps will provide guidance to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> planners, land managers and the public as to the areas of greatest biological importance for persistence of sage-grouse populations in the
state. ODFW biologists in cooperation with other agencies, </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://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_5b10167b-ca71-5d77-a17c-3bb0d26028b5.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAl9L98ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=w-JreKoVueI&usg=AFQjCNFMfKKjXauTnNXXjDctFOQmgZIrKw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Another
golf course for Bandon?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
Cameron LaFollette, </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"> director of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Coast Alliance, told alliance supporters in an email last week that the state's new land acquisition and exchange policy requires any swap proposed by others must show an overwhelming public benefit. </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://naturalresourcereport.com/2011/07/kitzhaber-ag-interview/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAl9L98ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=w-JreKoVueI&usg=AFQjCNEEUKB0CL2OBUrmzhm1S6xqo33lJA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Kitzhaber
Ag interview</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Oregon Natural Resources Report)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> farmers and ranchers are stewards of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and nothing is more closely associated with </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
than its ethic of environmental stewardship. And because of this, we have a competitive advantage associated with our reputation for high quality, </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%3Dappeals%2Bcourt%2Bsets%2Bugb%2Bexpansion%2Bback--1310601682--1165--&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA59H98ARIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=gOK7NsgfPJo&usg=AFQjCNGQA1U-iRZ4AdykcZNwLlm-eYZtJA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Appeals
court sets UGB expansion back</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)</font></font></div>
<div>... city needed from the Department of Land Conservation and Development. Friends of Yamhill County, 1000 Friends of Oregon and land use activist Ilsa Perse ...</div>
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<div><b>July 13:</b></div>
<div>CLIMATE SCIENTISTS EVALUATE IMPACT OF EL NINO MODOKI ON THE PACIFIC COAST (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/07/climate_scientists_evaluate_im.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/07/climate_scientists_evaluate_im.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>Increased erosion of the Pacific coast during the winter before last hints at a future of greater shoreline destruction from more tumultuous storms and extreme waves, scientists say.</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/2011/07/the_pentagon_has_some_nerve.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAka_48ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=pwlKtTb7rNQ&usg=AFQjCNEtA9VqITu5BF3rFql2JUoYIw4lrA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>The
Pentagon has some nerve</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
That would break faith with the people of eastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. Leaders of the two counties, two Columbia River ports, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla and others have spent 20 years
producing a plan to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> the depot </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> for economic development, </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.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_9c3af04c-ad66-11e0-9625-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAka_48ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=pwlKtTb7rNQ&usg=AFQjCNGhTiYTCZ4D4NI3KTy_-d7OX5UDCw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Editorial:
Job ideas died in the Senate</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Albany Democrat Herald)<br>
The Senate minority also proposed that local communities be able to suspend the red tape required by state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> laws in siting new industries that create family-wage jobs. With
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> economy down so low, drastic measures are called for. </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/opinion/26536842-47/housing-planning-eugene-family-single.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAka_48ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=pwlKtTb7rNQ&usg=AFQjCNEG2g3Oaxn1SgQ_gdbij1jSzJT1JA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>GUEST
VIEWPOINT: Yesterday's housing mix won't prepare Eugene for future</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
But does the raw land supply have anything to do with the housing crisis? Nationwide, some of the most troubled areas have the fewest </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> controls. Over the next 20 years, a ratio
of 60 percent detached single-family would require planning for </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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