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<div><b>October 11:</b></div>
<div>STATE UNIVERSITIES, KITZHABER TO KICK OFF $295 MILLION SOUTH WATERFRONT PROJECT (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/10/state_universities_kitzhaber_t.html"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/10/state_universities_kitzhaber_t.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Three state universities will formally kick off construction Thursday of a $295 million project on Portland's South Waterfront.</div>
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<div>KITZHABER RECOMMENDS FOUR AREAS FOR NEW FEDERAL WILDERNESS PROTECTION (Portland Tribune)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=131826388640121100"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=131826388640121100</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>-Nominees include Rogue River, Devil's Staircase, Cathedral Rock, Horse Heaven-</div>
<div>Gov. John Kitzhaber has nominated four Oregon natural areas for federal wilderness protection, as part of the Obama administration's Crown Jewels initiative. The administration hopes to add wilderness designations to lands controlled by the Bureau of Land
Management.</div>
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<div><b>October 9:</b></div>
<div>TALK OF COASTAL RESORT BRINGS SWIFT STATE RESPONSE (Eugene Register-Guard)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26984793-41/state-county-rhodes-floras-parks.html.csp"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26984793-41/state-county-rhodes-floras-parks.html.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Curry County commissioners are back to the drawing board with a plan to swap land with the state for a recreational vehicle park and golf course, after a letter from the director of the state Parks and Recreation Department put a damper on the idea. </div>
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<div>A NIGHTMARE/FAIRY TALE -- OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26975801-47/rail-port-railroad-state-costs.html.csp"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26975801-47/rail-port-railroad-state-costs.html.csp</u></font></a></div>
<div>-Difficult rescue of rail line should have happy ending-</div>
<div>It says much about the sorry state of Americas railroads when Oregonians get amped up over the reopening of a rail line on which track conditions will prohibit speeds of more than 10 mph.</div>
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<div><b>October 8:</b></div>
<div>GOV. WANTS WILD ROGUE LISTED AS A 'CROWN JEWEL' (Medford Mail Tribune)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111008/NEWS/110080325/-1/NEWSMAP"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111008/NEWS/110080325/-1/NEWSMAP</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has sent a natural-treasures wish list to Uncle Sam that includes a portion of the Lower Rogue River drainage.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20111007/NEWS/111009838/1063/NEWS%26ParentProfile%3D1055&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkpTD9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nraewj3ArXs&usg=AFQjCNEBV5HkChjVyvNdOQrpLrdvkbz6qA"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>LUBA:
Glide concert appeal not our jurisdiction</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (NRToday.com)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial"> Board of Appeals recently rejected a bid to stop the concert from taking place. Long after the last note of a rock concert in Glide last month, the </font><font face="Arial">Oregon Land
Use</font><font face="Arial"> Board of Appeals has rejected a bid to stop the concert from takin. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_7b220f06-f179-11e0-b520-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAkpTD9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nraewj3ArXs&usg=AFQjCNEQHZitw5C30Xj7p71DfApj4TpDUg"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Shift
to exports raises questions on Jordan Cove</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
Coos County granted </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> permits for the proposed route on the condition that the pipeline be used for imports only. Whether future county commissioners
would modify the permits, or the conditions would stand up in court, is unknown. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Ddecision%2Bin%2Bgravel%2Bcase%2Bcontinues%2Blong%2Bprocess--1318026803--1757&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAIoATAAOABA6pPD9ARIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=inlRBjfmV3s&usg=AFQjCNGP2lHg0ly0CRfS4gyS_7yPFwoFMA"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Decision
in gravel case continues long process</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Yamhill Valley News-Register)<br>
Given that, Yamhill County was correct in its two-phased approach to the </font><font face="Arial"><i>land use</i></font><font face="Arial"> application. Deciding one issue at a time makes sense. Here's a </font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial">
First, the layer of gravel must be deemed “significant” as defined by </font><font face="Arial"><i>Oregon</i></font><font face="Arial"> Administrative Rules. That means the site must contain at least 2 million tons of </font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial">
Additionally, planning director Mike Brandt said that the state </font><font face="Arial"><i>Department of Land Conservation and Development</i></font><font face="Arial"> agreed. In the end, commissioners, who admitted they wanted </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 7:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2011/10/hillsboros_nature_park_plans_w.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlfG99ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3qmklHgSLSg&usg=AFQjCNEgGc3wF8OCa3BBhqHMGD8Y0VVFTQ"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Hillsboro's
nature park plans will displace Saint Child from historic Orenco house</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Over the past decade, the land around the house has been mired in controversial development plans. In 2004, Venture Properties agreed to buy the land from the Elks and proposed building a 252-home subdivision. When Orenco appealed, the </font><font face="Arial">Oregon
Land Use</font><font face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/10/sh_logging_applies_for_new_com.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAlfG99ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3qmklHgSLSg&usg=AFQjCNH-uX3Iiu5Y8IoqoIx7-jxojMulYg"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>S&H
Logging applies for new composting facility in Stafford</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
A public hearing was held on Thursday at the Clackamas County Development Services Building in </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> City on a conditional </font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> permit being sought by S&H
Logging Inc. The permit would allow the construction of a new composting facility and surface </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/oct/06/state-panel-backs-skamania-wind-project-energy-fac/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAlfG99ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3qmklHgSLSg&usg=AFQjCNEV5vvbh36S8iwVcYj-cKYdLoXM0g"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>State
panel backs Skamania wind project</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (The Columbian)<br>
Nathan Baker, staff attorney for Friends of the Columbia Gorge, said the council found the Whistling Ridge wind project to be consistent with </font><font face="Arial">land use</font><font face="Arial"> zoning ordinances and state guidelines covering habitat
for fish and wildlife. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.fairwarning.org/2011/10/peril-in-the-west/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAlfG99ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=3qmklHgSLSg&usg=AFQjCNGY_38QIT4w7OxeFfzxRtZ5CxjmAw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Peril
in the West</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (FairWarning)<br>
Amid an expansion of roads, pipelines, power lines, wind and solar farms and recreation sites in remote areas of the West, erionite is unregulated, and federal agencies have failed to alert </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">
officials, developers and residents of affected areas </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div>OREGON TO BE NATION'S FIRST BLUEBERRY EXPORTER TO KOREA (Oregon Business Journal)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/10/oregon-to-be-nations-first-blueberry.html"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/10/oregon-to-be-nations-first-blueberry.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>The Oregon Department of Agriculture on Wednesday said the state will become the first in the nation to ship fresh blueberries to Korea, opening a potentially lucrative new market to one of Oregon's most promising agricultural exports.</div>
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<div><b>October 6:</b></div>
<div>NEWPORT'S YAQUINA BAY MAY SOON NEED A SECOND BRIDGE, BUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT? (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/10/newports_yaquina_bay_may_soon.html"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/10/newports_yaquina_bay_may_soon.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>The 75-year-old Yaquina Bay Bridge isn't the easy cruise it used to be. </div>
<div>These days, you may easily find yourself in a traffic jam, crawling along 135 feet above the bay with more than ample time to appreciate the view. </div>
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<div>OREGON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PUSHES PLAN TO BRING MILLIONS TO PROP UP COUNTY SERVICES (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/oregon_congressional_delegatio_1.html"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/oregon_congressional_delegatio_1.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>With rural counties in Oregon on the brink of financial crisis and even bankruptcy, Sen. Ron Wyden announced a deal Wednesday that could extend a federal program that pours millions of dollars into communities to underwrite law enforcement, schools and
libraries. </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://northcoastcitizen.com/ncc_news/article_8a4e47cc-f03b-11e0-b740-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA6M249ARIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=m5tcgjmxypc&usg=AFQjCNFaoFTd0CVFG-eKBgazDZf_SMfC1A"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Future
offshore renewable energy projects has coastal counties </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (North Coast & Cannon Beach Citizen)<br>
</font><font face="Arial">Department of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial"> (DLCD) coastal planner </font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial"> future development, that, he said, would be subject to county </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">
authority. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/10/the_cove_stays_afloat_as_urban.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAks649ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Wum4BCcO5JA&usg=AFQjCNF_Qq8N-BVYQGZZhmcr6ZqtSwS2tQ"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>The
Cove stays afloat as Urban Renewal Commission OKs developer's request to </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> City's Urban Renewal Commission agreed Wednesday that developers of The Cove could seek additional </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">
permits for the long-delayed project. Changing market conditions and difficulty obtaining financing slowed </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20111006/NEWS/110060331&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAks649ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Wum4BCcO5JA&usg=AFQjCNFnkofIc5JVuH0dnXIxcJtScKFzAw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>County
wants Butte Falls schools to have abandoned fish hatchery</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
They cited the location's remoteness and lofty expenses as reasons not to create a training center on the </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">. The 13-acre site, formerly run by the </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial">
Department of Fish and Wildlife, closed in September to offset department budget shortfalls. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.capitalpress.com/content/jb-right-to-farm-edit-100711-w-cartoon&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAks649ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Wum4BCcO5JA&usg=AFQjCNHrYTtDKjX4VO1ZKLE0vfDeo37l1Q"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Right-to-farm
law gets a boost</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Capital Press)<br>
A challenge to </font><font face="Arial">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial"> right to farm law has been dismissed without a declarative judgment that the Right to Farm and Right to Forest Act meets constitutional muster. The case is the product of an ongoing
dispute, and stemmed from a previous Lane </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/news.asp%3Fdeptid%3D9%26pageid%3D5%26pressID%3D3032&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAEoATABOABA6pPD9ARIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=inlRBjfmV3s&usg=AFQjCNGF8_pf3yru6RNY21S8ByibEiwWkw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>PANEL
</u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u> - Clatsop County </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u> - </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Department</u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>
News Release</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Clatsop County)<br>
Clatsop County's </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> review program may soon extend beyond the land itself. </font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial"> Coordinator, </font><font face="Arial">Oregon
Department of Land Conservation and</font><font face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial">Development</font><font face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Dthe%2Bscoop%2Bon%2Bpoop--1317914479--1749--home-news&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATANOA1Aks649ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Wum4BCcO5JA&usg=AFQjCNENM0Q-4YzHybqH1Dy8i5IMRa6evg"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>The
scoop on poop</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
But if you have enough </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial"> and follow the guidelines for where to dig, a hole in the ground is an environmentally sustainable place to put dog poop. Using a composter for disposing of poop doesn't work very
well in </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial">, since it has to reach 155 </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 5:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2011/10/federal_jury_hits_forest_grove.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhAmKuz9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n-aEie9c-vA&usg=AFQjCNFxKGDHZ45xj2Xl2N0qDx5Xohx81A"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Federal
jury hits Forest Grove with $6.5 million verdict for 'abuse of power'</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
In September 2005, the city approved David Hill Development for a binding </font><font face="Arial">land use</font><font face="Arial"> permit to develop the 217-lot subdivision. According to the plaintiff's amended complaint, the city determined as early as
October 2005 that the company's proposed sewer </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D131779123825849300&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlAmKuz9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n-aEie9c-vA&usg=AFQjCNHLwqpysXlsJsmafFm_yTcBAoNV_g"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Ballot
on tap in Clackamas County jobs forum</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Clackamas Review)</font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial"> referring to the county's current review of </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">
codes. Several commissioners spoke to how the county has turned a special focus to building codes in response to complaints from business owners about regulations. Julie Skirvin of </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> Iron </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/oct/04/jill-arens-stepping-down-as-executive-director-of/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAKOApAmKuz9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=n-aEie9c-vA&usg=AFQjCNFd5aoHLgGdY5Vftog9_VeWP2Mxtw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Jill
Arens stepping down as executive director of Gorge Commission</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (The Columbian)<br>
Commissioner Harold Abbe, a retired union official who lives in Camas, said Arens has been ”a great asset” to the 13-member commission, which sets policy and oversees </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">
decisions in the six Gorge counties. “She has been very good at reaching out </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 4:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/argus/index.ssf/2011/10/city_close_to_deal_on_orenco_w.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkoiu9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=EtSr70tkaKA&usg=AFQjCNFB-yTssr8YH1qM8rS7UsEGvM619g"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>City
close to deal on Orenco Woods </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>property</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
But the city council, the city's planning and zoning hearings board — and eventually the state's </font><font face="Arial">Land Use</font><font face="Arial"> Board of Appeals — disagreed, and the sale went forward in September 2007. After the national housing
bubble burst in the fall of 2008, </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/oct/03/long-term-w-hayden-island-plan-eyed-portland-offic/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAkoiu9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=EtSr70tkaKA&usg=AFQjCNHIvzAvKy6YWK-whrZoAyhSaIQOOA"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Long-term
West Hayden Island plan eyed</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (The Columbian)<br>
Audubon's concerns helped scuttle earlier plans for West Hayden Island, which would have developed twice as much </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial"> for industrial </font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">. Residents of Hayden
Island have also raised concerns about whether future development would bring unwanted traffic </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">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="blue"><u>lisa.howard@state.or.us</u></font></a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><font color="blue"><u>www.oregon.gov/LCD</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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