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<div><b>October 18:</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/metro_to_vote_on_hillsboro_urb.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlPL39ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Q7fVPWXuPCo&usg=AFQjCNERcBKwzCg63ylEn2_ZKMrbIsQSNw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Metro
to vote on Hillsboro urban growth Thursday</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial">Already receiving preliminary </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> planning from the city of Hillsboro, planners feel it is far less susceptible to expansion
problems brought to light in previous UGB planning fiascoes. Metro previously hoped South Hillsboro would carry as many as </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://oregoncapitolnews.com/blog/2011/10/18/state-in-talks-to-buy-1k-acre-ranch-in-eastern-oregon/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAlPL39ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Q7fVPWXuPCo&usg=AFQjCNHXjzK7e4rTWH_6vS1JMUM8EzurEw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>State
in talks to buy 1K-acre ranch in Eastern </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Oregon Capitol News)<br>
</font><font face="Arial">To fund the purchase, ODFW would </font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> money earmarked for </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial"> acquisition, from </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">
lost to the department in the building of the Ruby Pipeline which runs from Wyoming to Southern </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial">. ODFW will hold three public hearings around Eastern </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial">
to </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://in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/idINIndia-59971620111018&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAlPL39ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Q7fVPWXuPCo&usg=AFQjCNF-TpDMGH0n-yiGYmU_aeLaCxy6Nw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Turning
wood into oil, in two simple steps</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Reuters India)<br>
</font><font face="Arial">Wheeler's process could entice the paper industry to take a second look at Maine, </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> and other timber-rich states. "This is the kind of stuff you could do in a pulp and paper
mill," Wheeler said. "Paper plants are already used to high temperatures. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 17:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/mp-measure-37-appeal-102111&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAl8_y9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=T6FvxHwEHA4&usg=AFQjCNGsxux5l4_HSbYrw6vECS7DtDa6nQ"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Landowners
sue for Measure 37 compensation</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Capital Press)<br>
A property rights group claims some </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> landowners are still owed compensation for zoning restrictions under a now-defunct </font><font face="Arial">Oregon land use</font><font face="Arial"> law. Citizens
for Constitutional Fairness and individual landowners allege they were unconstitutionally </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/opinion/index.ssf/2011/10/the_right_choice_for_growth.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAl8_y9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=T6FvxHwEHA4&usg=AFQjCNHYGUn3Z8VtxUlxDaHRWE5gOmgFxw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>The
right choice for growth</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
The fight over dollars plays out everywhere, whether it's about school closings in Lake Oswego or a mall developer's subsidy in </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> City or improved pedestrian features along treacherous stretches of McLoughlin
Boulevard. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 15:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/15/1865754/hanford-stimulus-spending-called.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlYno9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Mgyt0-Z5dsg&usg=AFQjCNEaA0rvJIvnCdKmMXqeIcNaHXHQzw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Hanford
stimulus spending called a success</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (The News Tribune)<br>
Before cleanup the </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial"> was dotted with buildings, research sites and debris that was not consistent with its </font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> as a national monument. Gone are Cold War
military buildings, many of the communication towers that once stood across the top of </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 14:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm%3Fstory_no%3D7818&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAlebi9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=UQdjwOUGZLA&usg=AFQjCNH5Oab-sz3D3hZzmjuj-b_uvOE-Gw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Commissioners
scratch golf course/park</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Curry County Reporter)<br>
Before voting Commissioner Waddle restated his previous position that he believed the </font><font face="Arial">land use</font><font face="Arial"> laws could be complicated with the proposal. After voting to drop the golf courses/community park proposal the
commissioners launched into discussing forming </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://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/20595/How-Umatilla-chemical-weapons-changed-NW-history/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAlebi9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=UQdjwOUGZLA&usg=AFQjCNEOLmiVrZIRo4gsL2p4URbDZsR4xw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>How
Umatilla chemical weapons changed NW history</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Crosscut)<br>
Just ahead were Vortex, the nation's only state-sponsored rock festival, which McCall arranged to head off possible violence from anti-military protests against an American Legion conference in Portland; the state's </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial">-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial">
laws; verbal blasts at the </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://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/41295&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAlebi9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=UQdjwOUGZLA&usg=AFQjCNEmTVb2gjjOhHUX8Sp-DrSctuyECg"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Florida
Repeals Smart Growth Law</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Canada Free Press)<br>
Under the law, local jurisdictions were required to adopt comprehensive </font><font face="Arial">land use</font><font face="Arial"> plans stipulating where development could and could not occur. These plans were subject to approval by the state Department
of Community Affairs, an agency now abolished </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 13:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/10/iberdrola_halts_work_on_100_mi.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAlcPd9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=VfwIuzNtTf0&usg=AFQjCNGeYOf8wd4LkRZ45OLI3etl85AEUw"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Iberdrola
halts work on $100 million Lakeview biomass project</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Greg Walden, and was a prized piece of Lake County's strategy to be </font><font face="Arial">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial"> leading sustainable energy county. At the </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> Leadership Summit in Portland
last December, speakers cited the plant as an example of the way that </font><font face="Arial">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial"> rural areas could </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://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D131845396334491700&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAGOAZAlcPd9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=VfwIuzNtTf0&usg=AFQjCNEA_DEHv66wF5jX26YBszrHMpvpTA"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>City
digs for money to keep streetcar on track</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Portland Tribune)<br>
It will cross the river south of the Marquam Bridge, between South Waterfront and the </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> Museum of Science and Industry. The $10.5 million is only part of the money still needed for the loop. An additional
$20 million is also required to buy four </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.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D131844080591527500&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAKOApAlcPd9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=VfwIuzNtTf0&usg=AFQjCNFXo0--Yd1iFNE_3IEaPk9_X0w2ow"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Composting
proposal creates a stink</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (West Linn Tidings)<br>
According to the county, S&H needs a conditional-</font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> permit for composting and </font><font face="Arial">land</font><font face="Arial"> mining to happen on the site, which has a Borland Road address but is
accessible from Stafford Road. S&H Logging's landscaping supply store sits just southeast of the </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/10/12/three-books-lead-to-a-land-use-revolution/"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>Three books lead to a land-use revolution</u></font></a><font face="Arial" color="#C61016"> </font><font face="Arial">(Daily
Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>Recently, Edward Sullivan was asked to speak at a law school conference in Chicago. The conference was to commemorate “The Quiet Revolution in Land Use Control,” which was published 40 years ago. That book was one of three significant publications which,
taken together, led to a significant change in the way land-use controls are employed in the United States.</div>
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<div>OREGON PROPOSES APPROVAL OF OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES' WAVE ENERGY PROJECT OFF REEDSPORT (Portland Oregonian) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/10/oregon_regulators_propose_appr.html"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/10/oregon_regulators_propose_appr.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Oregon environmental regulators today proposed approving a New Jersey company's plan to put 10 wave energy buoys off the central Oregon coast. </div>
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<div><b>October 12:</b></div>
<div>OREGON'S OBESITY CRISIS: SEEKING SOLUTIONS IN THE DESIGN OF CITIES AND SUBURBS (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/10/obesity_crisis_seeking_solutio.html"><font face="Arial" color="blue"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/10/obesity_crisis_seeking_solutio.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>The way we've built cities and neighborhoods appears to be making us fatter and less healthy. Subdivisions designed for cars discourage walking. Fast food outlets and convenience stores offer a bounty of cheap, high-calorie, nutrient-poor food. Some city
dwellers live miles from the nearest park. </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_program_to_expand_enhance_use_of_LIDAR_sensing_technology_999.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAk6DY9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=SxS0FGm5CcY&usg=AFQjCNEVklsnHQQ7dY1_L_trvhcnwuXPAg"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>New
program to expand, enhance </u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>use</u></font><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u> of LIDAR sensing technology</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Space Daily)<br>
by Staff Writers Researchers at </font><font face="Arial">Oregon</font><font face="Arial"> State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides
and erosion and </font><font face="Arial">use</font><font face="Arial"> the powerful tool of </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.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_de98f1fe-f49d-11e0-b408-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAk6DY9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=SxS0FGm5CcY&usg=AFQjCNHk_tkd5JnrsTtwhSzt-JJvzhKbEA"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>County
may be sued over riparian rules</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Corvallis Gazette Times)<br>
“It affects everybody's property, and to an extent that is pretty traumatic to anyone who has a stream on their property,” McCracken said. County officials have said the new rules are necessary to comply with state </font><font face="Arial">land use</font><font face="Arial">
mandates and federal </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>October 11:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/v2_news_articles.php%3Fheading%3D0%26page%3D72%26story_id%3D4819&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATABOAFA65_Y9ARIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=XnB0SzR5W0g&usg=AFQjCNHKkVPT_lV9Hd8aE3Q8sJgAk2Q70g"><font face="Arial" color="#1111CC"><u>Liability
issues shape Dunes City discussions</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> (Siuslaw News)</font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial"> stems from a $3800 </font><font face="Arial">Department of Land</font><font face="Arial">, </font><font face="Arial">Conservation
and Development</font><font face="Arial"> (DLCD) </font><font face="Arial">...</font><font face="Arial"> is potentially vulnerable in the way it conducts </font><font face="Arial">land use</font><font face="Arial"> site reviews. </font><font face="Arial">...</font></font></div>
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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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