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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:green">Welcome back to the Land Use News!
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1579585-151/central-oregon-submits-nine-proposals-for-airport-and&ct=ga&cd=MTM1NjQxMjE5ODA1NDU5MDAwMzk&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEAZBZZlQgaXNaZdfwaO98pSPRarg"><span style="color:#1111CC">Central
<b>Oregon</b> submits nine proposals for airport and pedestrian <b>...</b></span></a>
</span><span style="color:#777777">Bend Bulletin</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Central <b>Oregon</b> counties are vying for state grants to upgrade local airports and build new pedestrian trails. The
<b>Oregon</b> Department of <b>Transportation</b> <b>...</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/dec/15/new-bend-university-campus-may-land-largely-in-pum/&ct=ga&cd=MjA2Mjg2NDAzNDg0Mzg4Njc2Ng&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNFlUNfEuZgfzbky7OKWYjoSkgs55Q"><span style="color:#1111CC">New
Bend university campus may <b>land</b> largely in pumice pit</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">The Columbian</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">BEND, <b>Ore</b>. — The designers of a campus for a new
<b>Oregon</b> university in Bend face a gaping challenge: Much of the site they're dealing with consists <b>...</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/12/16/2991425/initiative-carbon-credit-dollars.html&ct=ga&cd=MjA2Mjg2NDAzNDg0Mzg4Njc2Ng&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNGpJhRikQ0eIncjWVacSBHU6fduLw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Initiative:
Carbon-credit dollars for timber lots</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Lexington Herald Leader</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">RAINIER, <b>Ore</b>. <b>...</b> days of
<b>Oregon</b> homesteaders, family forests inherited by people who use the <b>land</b> as
<b>...</b> Their solution begins on <b>land</b> like Nys' tract...</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/12/oregon_legislature_may_step_in.html&ct=ga&cd=MTQ0NTYxNzA2MDY0NzU5OTY1MzE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNFt-Swg_qNA-6v10YjeSk4uMyBStg"><b><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#1111CC">
Legislature may clear way for nearly 2000 acres of <b>...</b></span></a> </span>
<span style="color:#777777">OregonLive.com</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">As legal challenges move through the courts, plans for land brought into the
<b>urban growth boundary</b> in 2011 are on hold. (Brent Wojahn/The <b>...</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/12/viability_of_oregon_washington.html&ct=ga&cd=MjA2Mjg2NDAzNDg0Mzg4Njc2Ng&cad=CAEYBw&usg=AFQjCNHLrCeWLBhyvT1oWdkwah1b6QEPHQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Viability
of <b>Oregon</b>, Washington coal export terminals threatened by <b>...</b></span></a>
</span><span style="color:#777777">OregonLive.com</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Phones rang frequently at <b>Oregon</b> and Washington ports. On the other end? Eager investors hoping to snatch up
<b>land</b> to build export terminals to <b>...<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131220/GREEN/312200021/Oregon-could-lose-4-million-annually-clean-water-grants&ct=ga&cd=NDk2NzcwNjg5MDMxMzE0NjY2NQ&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEbWTgMoqgedwKKOueIwPVESdBgYA"><b><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#1111CC">
could lose $4 million annually in clean water grants</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Statesman Journal</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#222222">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#222222"> is encouraging the public, including its watershed and community
<b>...</b> “We're disappointed in EPA and <b>NOAA's</b> decision to proceed with this <b>...<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/204747-think-traffics-bad-now-it-will-get-worse&ct=ga&cd=MTM1NjQxMjE5ODA1NDU5MDAwMzk&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNGS05qs9OnKSy1Sw13V_tJspXH8kA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Think
<b>traffic's</b> bad now? It will get worse</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Portland Tribune</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">With daily Columbia River bridge traffic climbing to pre-recession levels,
<b>Oregon</b> <b>transportation</b> officials are saying that commuters could face <b>...<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Laura Lehman, AICP</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Land Use & Transportation Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Planning Services Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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