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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TOPPLING IN TIMBER COUNTRY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/02/toppling_in_timber_country.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/02/toppling_in_timber_country.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oregon's timber counties are running out of money and time. Last week, Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner announced cuts that ought to be unthinkable for one of Oregon's most populous counties -- closure of half
of the local jail beds and slashing patrol staff from 16 to just four deputies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">FEMA TO FLOOD ZONE: GOVERNMENT HERE TO HELP (KVAL)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.kval.com/news/local/FEMA-to-flood-zone-Government-here-to-help-139132609.html">http://www.kval.com/news/local/FEMA-to-flood-zone-Government-here-to-help-139132609.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jennifer Chamberlain knocks on the front door of the Mapleton Evangelical Church and calls out, "We're from the county and the state doing a preliminary damage assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">KITZHABER ASKED TO REJECT ATTEMPTS TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC LANDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Salem News)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february132012/state-lands.php">http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february132012/state-lands.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At the State Land Board meeting on Tuesday February 14th 2012 Eco Advocates Northwest urges Governor John Kitzhaber, Secretary of State Kate Brown, and State Treasurer Ted Wheeler to reject the Department
of State Lands attempts to privatize thousands of acres of publicly owned lands in Oregon to allegedly raise funds for public schools.
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