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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News – Double Edition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C0504D">Independence Day Special –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100178220"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">Zoned in the USA: The Origins and
Implications of American Land-Use Regulation</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">By Sonia A. Hirt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2014, Cornell University Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/06/david_sarasohn_revenue_is_dwin.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODI1MDE3NjI1NTI2MjU3NzUzMjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGjH3wUNb2kGkRqtq9l-qOTnNvjLw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">David
Sarasohn: Revenue is dwindling, but road problems are not</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">For years, Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio has been working to devise a new federal transportation bill, legislation that Congress used to
pass regularly ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/06/post_468.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA5MTA5NDcwODk3MDk0NDgxODIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHbV43sw497JlfdjE8lYAZbrPaquw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
street fee: How Oregon became the nation's biggest user of street fees</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Although every U.S. city is grappling with how to pay for its streets, sidewalks and transit system, only 32 are raising the money
through fees tacked ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/06/portland_street_fee_is_the_obs.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgzMzcyODUzNTE4MjgwNjMxOTIyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGRT-XWqGP3H9mLFLM1JE47ctXscQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
street fee: Is the obscure formula that determines what you pay 'imperfect,' or plain unfair?</span></a>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">"Oregon could be basing its data on Florida, or Texas, or Arizona," said Brian Taylor, director of the Institute for Transportation
Studies at UCLA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.governing.com/columns/smart-mgmt/col-states-declinng-federal-transportation-funding-highway-trust-fund.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoUMTM3MDkwMzY5NjM3NjE5MTQ3NzAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEhGusj4OkC4JwZNoBdZvx-QmUd4w"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">The
Road Hazards Ahead for Transportation Funding</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Governing
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The U.S. Department of Transportation says balances in the federal ... Oregon residents have special reason to fret about the shrinking
federal ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2014/06/ron_wyden_unveils_9_billion_ta.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTM3MDkwMzY5NjM3NjE5MTQ3NzAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFNy1s2WRNdHY15x4WWPGJDivAOqw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Ron
Wyden unveils $9 billion tax plan to shore up federal highway fund</span></a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Transportation has warned that it may delay some new projects starting this fall if action isn't taken to
provide new money ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2014/06/hillsboro_postpones_decision_t.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoUMTM3MDkwMzY5NjM3NjE5MTQ3NzAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF_RMI0isQlCshPA8r0FbqoxDjA2Q"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Hillsboro
postpones decision to raise street fee, waiting for November vehicle registration fee vote</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Members of the Hillsboro City Council's transportation committee said on ... Hillsboro staffers say the city needs to raise its transportation
utility fee ... That's low compared with cities like Tigard, Lake Oswego and Oregon City, which ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/06/mit_map_shows_fastest_commutes.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTgzMzcyODUzNTE4MjgwNjMxOTIyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEFfpwiEYgp1qLhKd_QDJv-MSgRwQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">MIT
map shows Portland's fastest commutes; how to turn your car into driverless vehicle ...</span></a>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... just how inefficient mass transit has become for many neighborhoods. ... of Transportation has decided to relocate Tuesday's town
hall to the Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/zillow/report-names-best-cities-for-public-transit/2185751&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjI2NzkzODgxMjY0NDE0MTkxOTIaZTNiZWMzMWEwOWIyNGM5Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHxDqYcmmnpTbiKSgEKwnnlQC5Y5w"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Report
Names Best Cities for Public Transit</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Tampabay.com (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">When finding the right place to live and work, the availability of public transportation can play a major role in the decision-making
process. Commute ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/06/biking_walking_may_be_eliminat.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Biking,
walking may be eliminated from U.S. Census Bureau commuting survey, dealing blow to Portland</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For years, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey has given Portland's bicycle advocates reason to raise their arms in victory with its bi-annual report on how
Americans get to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31781310-75/path-bridge-foot-river-willamette.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTA0OTU5NDc1NTA5NzQ3Mjg2MTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGKeLT-HGUi9a51KhwsCajhG-VEpA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
path along Willamette River opens Friday</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Transportation will open Friday the viaduct path that runs under the rebuilt Interstate 5 bridge over the
Willamette River.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22706-science_and_industry.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Science
and Industry</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Willamette Week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">OMSI eyes becoming a real-estate developer. Its neighbors fear a Pearl District 2.0.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20140626/rural-oregon-meet-portland&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTOTA0OTU5NDc1NTA5NzQ3Mjg2MTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGvjMBL0PyxkUIxervB55ZbJn9lww"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Rural
Oregon, meet Portland</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Capital Press
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Throw in Portland's traffic, crowds, high prices and its vaguely-threatening street people — it's no wonder many of Oregon's farmers
and ranchers want ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/06/with_18_oil_trains_weekly_colu.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">With
18 oil trains weekly, Columbia River Gorge is the key route for Pacific Northwest's crude-by-rail</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eighteen oil trains a week move along the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, newly released data shows, a figure that could more than double if a proposed Vancouver,
Wash., oil train terminal opens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/jun/20/oil-trains-gorge-agenda/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oil trains on gorge
agenda</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Dalles Chronicle</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After not acting on requests in May and June to take a stand against oil and coal shipments in the gorge, gorge commissioners last week promised a frustrated crowd it would
do so in July.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2014/06/25/pot-farmers-have-right-to-farm-officials-say"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
county told nuisance rules on pot grows could collide with Oregon right-to-farm law</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">U.S. News & World Report
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon law that protects the customary farming practices of producers of grains, vegetables, fruits and livestock makes it hard to pass nuisance laws against marijuana
grows, Jackson County officials say.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/224962-86121-marijuana-dispensary-plans-stuck-in-the-weeds"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Marijuana
dispensary plans stuck in the weeds</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Portland Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">At its public hearing June 11, the Hillsboro Planning Commission voted to extend the discussion on zoning regulations for marijuana dispensaries well into July, leaving hopeful
dispensary owners frustrated and discouraged. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://blogs.theprovince.com/2014/06/27/news-legal-grow-ops-an-acceptable-use-of-farm-land-says-province/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Legal
grow-ops an acceptable use of farm land, says B.C.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Province<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Township of Langley’s bid to keep medical marijuana grow operations off of agricultural land has been denied by the provincial government.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.hermistonherald.com/news/local_news/stanfield-s-downtown-needs-improvement-but-has-promise/article_a488212e-f8eb-11e3-b0d7-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTODI1MDE3NjI1NTI2MjU3NzUzMjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHuNdPx-DilBQOi-Wj2yWYyY0HIAw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Stanfield's
downtown needs improvement but has promise</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Hermiston Herald
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Representatives from the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and MIG, a planning ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.argusobserver.com/mobile/sage-grouse-protections-nothing-new-in-county/article_d3a194fc-f9bf-11e3-8cd6-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNDMwODAyOTg0NzAxMDM1NDc3MhowYWUzYjFmMDk3ODBjYzEwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHE57Ox5OHA6pLzfaani5FPfqMypA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Sage
grouse protections nothing new in county</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Ontario Argus Observer
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Seven Oregon counties also are addressing sage grouse habitat fragmentation activities through their land-use planning programs. Land-use
threats ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/fire-rules-tighten-on-co-public-forests/26596830&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTgzNDkwODY3ODA1MjA2NDY2NzkyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGxuOA2JIfJtqzrA2NAM3zpQS_wZA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Fire
rules tighten on C. Oregon public lands</span></a> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Rapidly increasing wildfire danger has prompted the Oregon Department of Forestry to tighten public fire prevention restrictions in
its Central Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2014/06/stimson_lumber_to_build_privat.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgzNDkwODY3ODA1MjA2NDY2NzkyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFnCzisZjhiP6pXxsmVh6PYHhWikA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Stimson
Lumber to build private road on BLM land west of Forest Grove</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The federal Bureau of Land Management is seeking the public's comment on a plan to ... "BLM in western Oregon is very checkerboard,"
she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/expanding-rogue-river-wilderness/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Conservationists push to
expand Rogue River Wilderness Area</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Public Broadcasting</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the fiftieth anniversary of the Wilderness Act, many conservationists are pushing for an expansion of the wilderness surrounding the iconic Rogue River.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news_paid/article_8d7697bc-fb03-11e3-85a4-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzNzA3NTYzMDM0NDU0MjIyNTgyGjczNTg1OWViYmVhMTllMDk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVrbkgX-nOGvpat_RozctX6jgoig"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
flood map proposed for Nestucca River</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Tillamook Headlight Herald
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A new map of the Nestucca River floodplain and floodway was presented, to the PC-Woods Community Advisory Committee at its regular meeting in Pacific City on
June 21, by Bryan Pohl, Tillamook County’s community development director, and Christine Shirley, the National Flood Insurance Program coordinator for Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission in Salem.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/maps-show-planned-recreational-trail-through-coast-range/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Maps show
planned recreational trail through Coast Range</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A proposed 86-mile trail from Washington County to Tillamook has reached the master plan stage, with public meetings coming this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-planning-agency-would-prioritize-farm-forest-longevity/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzg3NTE0NDY4NjIzNjEyNDIxNzIaODBlNzdiYjZiZTg1YmVhNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHhH_J855eIqeoht27X56Jpe9HyMg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Planning Agency Would Prioritize Farm, Forest Longevity</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">DLCD's</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> draft strategic plan starts with a goal
to work with state agriculture and forestry experts to “ensure a sustainable land supply for Oregon's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20140624/ranchers-sue-blm-over-grazing-water&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTIwMDg4MDg5MjU4NjA1NzA3NjcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHipNPfHULkJfhCBh-b9LB6ATiL2A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Ranchers
sue BLM over grazing, water</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Capital Press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Ranchers in Eastern Oregon have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management demanding either increased cattle grazing
or improved ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/06/24/mass-bee-die-offs-continuing-oregon/11329169/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Mass
bee die-offs continuing in Oregon</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Two more mass bee die-offs have been reported in northwest Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/06/25/commission-approves-land-purchase-new-state-park-near-pacific-city/11373135/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Commission
approves land purchase for new state park near Pacific City</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission approved the purchase of a 357-acre property of wetlands and beachfront on the northern Oregon Coast for development into a low-impact
"nature-based" park this afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/deschutes-county-adopts-land-use-restrictions/26660484&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNTczNTY5MDExNTM0NTY5OTU3MzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHpkPiq9dTIXEhF_ABShEMkC0wRgQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
County adopts land use restrictions</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Unprotected lands are defined as lands outside of urban or rural fire ... of lands protected by federal agencies or the Oregon Department
of Forestry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/06/coos_bay_lng_terminal_designed.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Jordan
Cove LNG terminal at Coos Bay designed for Cascadia quake, tsunami though hazards remain</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The worst-case scenario would be truly cataclysmic. A full rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, unleashing a mega-thrust earthquake and tsunami comparable to the magnitude
9.1 temblor that devastated the coast of Japan in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/06/26/oversight-teams-chooses-possible-third-bridge-options/11436995/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Possible
Third Bridge options chosen by oversight team</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Salem River Crossing Oversight Team, a group of officials representing local jurisdictions, have narrowed the list of potential designs for a third bridge across the Willamette
River in Salem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A</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 | Transportation & Growth Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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