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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/07/a_century_and_more_of_oregon_f.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA18ThgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=pZl7yuFO6HM&usg=AFQjCNFQ9nGwCJqj-4g-pun154Lfl3Ka1Q"><font color="#1111CC"><u>A
century and more of </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>Oregon</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u> farming, with help from </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>land</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u>-</u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>use</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u>
laws and </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>...</u></b></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">OregonLive.com<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon's</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> family farms and ranches stick to the </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
in a way that makes most other business entities look like rookies. With the addition of 18 operations added to the list this week, the state now has 1144 farms and ranches that have been going concerns for </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/28406592-47/lands-act-timber-counties-railroad.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATABOAFA18ThgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=pZl7yuFO6HM&usg=AFQjCNE2ulLb-TKVbgp2Omll0fq7FGBlIw"><font color="#1111CC"><u>GUEST
VIEWPOINT: Change to O&C </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>land use</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u> rules needs long look</u></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The Register-Guard<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">They funded fraudulent claims on federal </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>lands</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> that appeared to meet federal
settlement requirements and accumulated large tracts of </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">. In 1900 nine of 10 </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
claims in </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> were fraudulent. Much of the existing private timber </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
in </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon's</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Coast </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://rt.com/usa/news/rain-water-harrington-oregon-439/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAzaHcgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=aADTi9N23ME&usg=AFQjCNHtYzN1DkadrEoSEz5rKho_Tbx9BQ"><font color="#1111CC"><u>Man sentenced to jail
for collecting rainwater in </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>Oregon</u></b></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">RT<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">An </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> man is expected to spend a month in jail after being convicted
on nine misdemeanor charges related to his illegal </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>use</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> of…water? Gary Harrington was sentenced after being found guilty of illegally
collecting water on his own rural </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>property</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">.</span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120729/OPINION/307290032/Energy-plan-puts-Oregon-first&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA0_7WgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=MqnMDoi1erI&usg=AFQjCNG3YPm2Z8IiEyfvBK3P3KE65f-YMA"><font color="#1111CC"><u>Energy
plan puts </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>Oregon</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u> first</u></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Statesman Journal<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">This should include building on the success of </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon's land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">-</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>use</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
system, which has helped make our metro areas compact and transportation-efficient, by ensuring that the existing transportation infrastructure is well-used and modernized where needed </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2012/07/long_draw_fire_devastates_land.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAg9zRgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=LS38adfXnmg&usg=AFQjCNFPDo3toa7dHThsfQJ38T8i6ufZBQ"><font color="#1111CC"><u>Long
Draw fire devastates </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>land</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u>, cattle and way of life for Eastern </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>Oregon</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u> </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>...</u></b></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">OregonLive.com<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The fire also devastated range </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">, prime habitats for sage grouse, rabbits
and coyote. Few birds even enter the area now. Just a few weeks ago the Yturriondobeitia family used this </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> near Whitehorse Road
to graze their herd. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon's</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> biggest wildfire in </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/07/25/portlands-industrial-land-shortage-a-people-problem-that-must-be-solved-soon/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA0PLBgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=NBN_FZvztXc&usg=AFQjCNEnvcjBOnkRT6GZD8notH1gycpN5g"><font color="#1111CC"><u>Portland's
industrial </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>land</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u> shortage: a people problem that must be solved soon</u></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Daily Journal of Commerce<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">New local </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">-</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>use</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
regulations that reduce the supply of developable land inside the urban growth boundary make Portland's chronic shortage of industrial land even greater than it would be otherwise. Third, all local governments in </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
are required </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/07/in_oregon_and_elsewhere_farmin.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA8Ky3gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=uI1pQ5aY6iI&usg=AFQjCNGJKR_0Urjx62tMKawHaibuHRK1yQ"><font color="#1111CC"><u>In
</u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>Oregon</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u> and elsewhere, farming produces a crop of </u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>land</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u>-</u></font><font color="#1111CC"><b><u>use</u></b></font><font color="#1111CC"><u>
arguments</u></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">OregonLive.com<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Farmers, because they literally lose ground to expanding cities and development, increasingly find themselves drawn into </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>land</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">-</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>use</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
fights. A couple of those are under way: The California Farm Bureau recently joined a lawsuit opposing a Highway 101 bypass </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/ml-stoller-winery-072312-art&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATACOAJA8Ky3gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=uI1pQ5aY6iI&usg=AFQjCNGIi8kFVWvDn5SQiR3w6v_Gnk-3fA"><font color="#1111CC"><u>Winery events
permit appealed</u></font></a><br>
<font size="2" color="#777777"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Capital Press (subscription)<br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Department of Agriculture and a citizens group have filed briefs
with the </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Oregon Land Use</b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Board of Appeals objecting to a Yamhill County decision allowing a winery to expand its commercial activities.
The department and Friends of Yamhill </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>...</b></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Michael Morrissey</b> | Policy Analyst</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span></font></div>
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