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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.opb.org/article/ballot_initiatives_would_restore_measure_37_rights/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAzJjS_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=4dXtAv1X-4k&usg=AFQjCNGmLlp-4Wdt5bYPB8iKC61WhV94KA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Ballot
Initiatives Would Restore Measure 37 Rights</span></a><br>
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Ballot measures 15-110 and 15-111 seek to reinstate rights gained under Measure 37, the property rights law passed in 2004 that provided a mechanism to waive
<b>land</b>-<b>use</b> laws that resulted in a loss in land value. Measure 37 was overturned when
<b>Oregon</b> <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20120422/NEWS/120429968/1063/NEWS%26ParentProfile%3D1055&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATACOAJAzJjS_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=4dXtAv1X-4k&usg=AFQjCNGqzU7K7OmaDn2j3nLI4dhzrO_FTQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Morgan
seeks second term, while Ware seeks return to county employment</span></a><br>
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#777777;text-decoration:none">NRToday.com</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
“We're still seeing falling numbers in building permit applications and <b>land use</b> applications, and it's very, very concerning to us. We've asked those departments to continue to do staffing cuts,” she said. Only two candidates filed for Position 1,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/c/a/2012/04/20/MNML1O44VB.DTL&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA2PXM_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ONMigJWpRAw&usg=AFQjCNFnZfpsWgVnz69fgFJtHmq461mojQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Migrating
waterfowl die from lack of water</span></a><br>
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Water <b>use</b> is a huge issue around the lakes, refuges and wildlife reserves that make up the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, a once enormous wetland in northeast California and southern
<b>Oregon</b> that essentially made up the headwaters of <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.opb.org/article/girl_scout_camps_face_budget_axe_might_be_closed/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA3dLH_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9XqKnpDk-kA&usg=AFQjCNHuq90Nyg-Jco-yThPClZ6SJ6_4UA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Girl
Scout Camps Face Budget Axe, Might Be Closed</span></a><br>
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Local scout officials have questioned how the land, zoned Forest Reserve under <b>
Oregon land</b>-<b>use</b> laws, can be sold for development. Allen said the council has "not yet done due dilligence" on defining what the land's potential use is, except that the
<b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2012/04/tualatin_rental-housing_boom_w.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATABOAFA3dLH_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9XqKnpDk-kA&usg=AFQjCNELClk3ss8PDpAghCDF-h7KLDJOQg"><span style="color:#1111CC">Tualatin
rental-housing boom will make room for nearly 1000 residents</span></a><br>
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#777777;text-decoration:none">OregonLive.com</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
The developer jumped through all the city hoops and won <b>land use</b> approval in 2008 but didn't begin construction because of financing constraints, according to Sam Rodriguez. Rodriguez previously worked for Trammell Crow and is now a managing director
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<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2012/04/tualatin_rental-housing_boom_w.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjABOAFA3dLH_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9XqKnpDk-kA&usg=AFQjCNH7i9CQ2L98Cqrwob_2EL50VyplQQ" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2012/04/tualatin_rental-housing_boom_w.html&hl=en&geo=us"><span style="color:#228822">See
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.oregonmetro.gov/1/post.cfm/state-regulators-recommend-lcdc-partially-remand-2011-ugb-expansion&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATACOAJA3dLH_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9XqKnpDk-kA&usg=AFQjCNFAXfKZcKBqkx4jLmBQXwwCBVOjww"><span style="color:#1111CC">State
regulators recommend LCDC partially remand 2011 UGB expansion</span></a><br>
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Learn more State regulators are recommending the <b>Oregon Land</b> Conservation and Development Commission reject parts of Metro's 2011 urban growth boundary expansion because, they say, the supporting documentation for the expansion is insufficient.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ktvz.com/community/30929427/detail.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAFOAVA3dLH_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9XqKnpDk-kA&usg=AFQjCNEehDGzjhNymzVHYeHkyHJ3YNyPxQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">BLM
Issues John Day Basin Planning Proposals</span></a><br>
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<b>...</b> Jefferson and Wasco counties in the State of <b>Oregon</b>. When finalized in a Record of Decision, this document will revise the Two Rivers RMP (1986); the John Day RMP (1985); and the Baker RMP (1989) and will provide objectives,
<b>land use</b> allocations, <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://gigaom.com/cleantech/google-backed-altarock-moves-forward-with-geothermal-drilling-project/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATACOAJAzq_C_ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ORFIRGuAWG0&usg=AFQjCNF3SFCyCPcdv4pzlMfkHZwnv9jp9Q"><span style="color:#1111CC">Google-backed
AltaRock moves forward with geothermal drilling project</span></a><br>
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The Bureau of <b>Land</b> Management said earlier this month that it found no big environmental impact for the project, which is set to take place near Newberry Volcano in the Deschutes National Forest in central
<b>Oregon</b>. The decision allows Seattle-based <b>...</b><br>
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