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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<o:p></o:p></span></b></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/business/index.ssf/2014/07/son_of_columbia_river_crossing.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE2Nzg0Mjk5NzkwMTE1ODQ1MDYyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGhsq53V0HZ0SbkShjhJq3E3c1M9A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Son
of Columbia River Crossing: Madore floats new bridge plan</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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Gov. John Kitzhaber, Washington Gov. Jay
Inslee and both state transportation departments said Madore has not contacted them. Likewise ...<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/2014/07/11/century-old-salem-trees-hit-spreading-fungus/12555247/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Century-old
Salem trees hit with spreading fungus</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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Multiple black walnut trees on the Oregon State Hospital campus and nearby streets are infected with a newly discovered fungus that kills the trees from the inside out. "They're
going to die, and that's very sad," said Dan Hilburn, director of plant programs for the Oregon Department of Agriculture.<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.wweek.com/portland/blog-31854-portland_expects_to_collect_nearly_%24500000_annua.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
expects to collect nearly $500,000 annually in taxes from Airbnb rentals</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%">Willamette Week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Documents show that the city of Portland expects to collect nearly $500,000 from hotel taxes on Airbnb rentals in the coming year.<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.opb.org/news/article/northwest-leaders-eye-reducing-carbon/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Northwest leaders eye reducing
carbon</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"">The Northwest’s multi-state power council got a measure of the regions carbon footprint this week. It comes six weeks after the Obama Administration proposed new carbon limits.<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://tdn.com/news/state-and-regional/oregon/pendleton-weighs-future-of-former-mental-hospital/article_6cccf965-abce-5121-b704-b3d381d1d933.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Pendleton
weighs future of former mental hospital</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 Daily News-Kelso Longview<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A community group in Pendleton is considering the future of a shuttered state mental hospital and has narrowed the options to three. Many in the group preferred razing the
former Blue Mountain Recovery Center and preparing the land for future industrial development. Other options included converting it to a call center or treating mentally ill inmates transitioning back to society. But the building has high operating costs and
needs refurbishment, the East Oregonian reported.<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/money/index.ssf/2014/07/new_report_explores_why_oregonians_incomes_lag_behind_the_national_average.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
report explores why Oregonians' incomes lag behind the national average</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"">Incomes in Oregon fall far short of the national average, a decades-long dynamic that stems from a handful of causes, according to a new report. The state Employment Department
ties the personal income gap to several trends that have shaped Oregon in recent decades -- relatively high population growth and short workweeks among them.<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/regional/article_c966e6ae-0b8f-11e4-a233-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAzNzc3Mzg5NzIxMDc4MjMwNTkyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHGdiInegGYWZ3UkRVo1bdIpGc3hw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Governor
urges progress on improved habitat, more jobs in rural Oregon</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
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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">Governor Kitzhaber met with Neil Kornze, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, on Tuesday to discuss federal lands management,
habitat ...<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/marijuana/index.ssf/2014/07/industrial_hemp_in_oregon_port.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMTY2NTIwOTU0MjI0NzgwMDQ1MDIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHaKfQ9sQH872aVyp-tdwS6isN6BA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Industrial
hemp in Oregon: Portland man asks state's approval to grow hemp in Dufur</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">Officials with Oregon's agriculture department said the agency lacks land and expertise in hemp production; Oregon State University,
the research ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31872356-75/sagebrush-grouse-inmates-sage-bird.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAzNzc3Mzg5NzIxMDc4MjMwNTkyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH_997gWtOVPQqe9NVrHgfDZXP9wQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
inmates tend seedlings for sage grouse</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">ONTARIO — Inmates at an Eastern Oregon prison are tending about 20,000 ... The project was put together by the prison, the U.S. Bureau
of Land ...<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/2014/07/a_federal_program_that_draws_t.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAzNzc3Mzg5NzIxMDc4MjMwNTkyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGHhyi6FQrA3LXhA1ccah-1d1YFuQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">A
federal program that draws talent to Oregon</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">Oregon's</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> technology industry has enjoyed a strong
resurgence over the ... The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a little-known federal program ...<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.argusobserver.com/news/depleted-trust-fund-dollars-could-slow-work-in-nyssa/article_129ea868-0c3d-11e4-aa31-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoSNDEyMzk4MzAzMTY4MjM3ODk3Mho4NDMwYzEyZTA3YjY4YzA0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE_fcWmUNU2p20KiyVMvveJ_3ZOXg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Depleted
Trust Fund dollars could slow work in Nyssa</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
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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 the current construction season, Oregon Department of Transportation has sufficient funds in temporary reserves to weather a lapse
in 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/portland/2014/07/portland_street_fee_mayor_char_9.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoSNDEyMzk4MzAzMTY4MjM3ODk3Mho4NDMwYzEyZTA3YjY4YzA0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGp_6yXJZu7rtSlm9tdsqXi6ZeDPw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
street fee: Mayor Charlie Hales says 'nothing is off the table' in street maintenance push</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">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">Portland Mayor Charlie Hales ... According to a 2013 city audit, the transportation bureau needs to spend ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/227158-90153-city-hopes-2015-oregon-legislature-will-increase-gas-tax"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">City
hopes 2015 Oregon legislature will increase gas tax</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"">Portland could rebuild 92 lane miles of poorly maintained city streets if the 2015 Oregon Legislature increases the state gas tax 5 cents per gallon. Such an increase would
allow the city to issue $93.5 million in bonds for road projects that would be repaid over 20 years. That would only release the existing reconstruction backlog by one-third, however.
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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.rollcall.com/news/a_crowded_week_ahead_for_transportation_advocates_and_policymakers-234704-1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjU4NTA2ODE1MjAwMDQzMTA0MTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGyeaEq0ZzVODmZ_3nFl4qp_py9tg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">A
Crowded Week Ahead for Transportation Advocates and Policymakers</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Roll Call (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">The state of Oregon charges that the terminal may be receiving more crude oil ... Also on Monday, Transportation Secretary Anthony
Foxx will be in ...<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.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-17/gas-tax-cant-fill-up-federal-highway-trust-fund&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTMjM4MTg4NzQzMDc5NzYzNTY2NDIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNELhsIKq1uTwdFA6wwFN6Ji2YFzpw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">The
Gas Tax Is Running on Empty</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">Businessweek
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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">“As soon as we said 'GPS,' people got nervous,” says James Whitty, who manages the program for Oregon's transportation department.
Drivers will ...<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/2014/07/oregons_congressional_democrat.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5MDI3OTkzNzY2NzM0OTIzOTAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHUim-nkGR7__aTdNrbhd1rcS2FkQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
congressional Democrats call temporary $10.8 billion highway-funding fix 'missed ...</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's</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> congressional Democrats call temporary
$10.8 billion ... programs through May 2015, but the Oregon Department of Transportation isn't ...<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.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20140717/NEWS02/407170317/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjM4MTg4NzQzMDc5NzYzNTY2NDIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHNo2WGvfs6UumV_iFiSuG3UISYVA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Highway
99 open house planned</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">Ashland Daily Tidings
<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 Oregon Department of Transportation will hold an open house to showcase pending updates to sections of Highway 99 between Medford
and ...<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="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/07/15/doaks-ferry-road-project-still-riles-neighbors/12707141/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Doaks
Ferry Road project still riles neighbors</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"">Polk County residents who live near or along the Salem-Dallas Highway are still steamed that there are plans to possibly close Doaks Ferry Road NW at its intersection with
Highway 22 and bypass traffic out through a small side street that is the part of their neighborhood.<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://ijpr.org/post/farmers-urge-epa-ditch-proposed-clean-water-act-revisions-0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTY3NDMzMjczMjY0NDUyMjU5NTIaN2YyOGYwYjBhMjhjMTMwOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNECxyYuk6pItx51qymCbeqUmWni8A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Farmers
Urge EPA To 'Ditch' Proposed Clean Water Act Revisions</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">Jefferson Public Radio
<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">But despite repeated reassurances from the EPA, agricultural advocates ... Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader blasted the agency during
a recent ...<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.dailyastorian.com/your_town/seaside/smith-appeals-gearhart-action/article_e06c54ce-0bfd-11e4-a8cc-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoUMTgzMzM2NTI5MTI5MDE3NjYyNzkyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFsRlCdrnhD_G0H2i4DYSmj_KdCrw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Smith
appeals Gearhart action</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">Daily Astorian
<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">A notice filed with LUBA on June 17 by Shannon Smith's attorney, Daniel Kearns, of Portland, states Smith's intent to appeal the land-use
decision ...<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://theworldlink.com/reedsport/news/reedsport-city-council-recommends-legislative-priorities/article_aa3fe3ac-0c6b-11e4-87d4-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUyNzQ0NzUzMDg1OTI5OTAxNzkyGjgwZTc3YmI2YmU4NWJlYTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQt5W0UGnlEeZ5juVdjareA7aGxg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Reedsport
City Council recommends legislative priorities</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">Coos Bay World
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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">... and increase the grant funds available to cities through the DLCD's (Department of Land Conservation and Development) general grant
funds to $2 ...<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/exports-and-housing-spark-increased-timber-harvest/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Exports and
housing starts spark increased timber harvest</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</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"">Last year’s resurgent economy cleared the way for Oregon loggers to cut more timber than they have since 2006, according to state figures released Tuesday. Logs piled at the
Douglas County Forest Products mill near Winchester. State foresters say the timber harvest was more than 4 billion board feet last year. It was the biggest harvest since 2006.<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2014/07/16/woodburn-errs-land-use-direction/12759237/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTc0MTI4MTUwNjA3MTQxNjI2OTgyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHkEk5QwiEkLKqzBANfCFpUApB0Fg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Woodburn
errs on its land-use direction</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">Statesman Journal
<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">But its residents also deserve land use decisions that respect the facts and the law. Woodburn's leaders could take a simple step to
do both by making ...<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://bikeportland.org/2014/07/15/goose-hollow-lottery-funded-bike-parking-may-boost-underrated-neighborhood-108803&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoUMTc5MDI3OTkzNzY2NzM0OTIzOTAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH7s3GBqSA6b5AB68tp6seyXbiniQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">In
Goose Hollow, lottery-funded bike parking may boost an underrated neighborhood</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">BikePortland.org
<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 lottery-funded transportation program, known as Connect Oregon, is now in its fifth round of awards. This year, for the first time,
bike and ...<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/blog/newsblog/heres-looking-at-you-portland/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Here's Looking At You, 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%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability wants to know your favorite secret spots to view of the city as part of the Central City 2035 planning project.<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/report-shows-portland-may-already-have-enough-room-to-grow/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Report
Shows Portland May Already Have Enough Room To Grow</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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A report out Wednesday suggests that Portland’s urban growth boundary might not have to expand to accommodate the people expected to move in, over the next 20 years.<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.aarp.org/livable-communities/info-2014/nancy-leamond-livable-remarks.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMjM4MTg4NzQzMDc5NzYzNTY2NDIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFoNtMbempwwxlvrz0T7umWcDs6Hg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Creating
Communities for All Ages in Oregon</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">AARP News
<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">Issues like retirement and health security, transportation and housing. ... By 2030, Oregon's median age will rise to nearly 40, more
than one in five ...<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.naturalgasintel.com/articles/99061-county-to-rehear-oregon-lng-pipeline-permit-case&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTY2NTIwOTU0MjI0NzgwMDQ1MDIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG45NHre8-BAP_sjhUP_p8dD237EA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">County
to Rehear Oregon LNG Pipeline Permit Case</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">Natural Gas Intelligence
<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 Clatsop County Board of Commissioners has set a new hearing and process for Oregon LNG's application for a permit to cross county
lands with ...<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.dailyastorian.com/free/county-commission-will-reconsider-pipeline/article_ffe33390-0e0a-11e4-890f-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTMjMzNjM1NDY5MDE2MjQ0MDU5NjIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFsS1UkieaPkT9EuWjqnDNfOFjUzA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">County
Commission will reconsider pipeline</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">Daily Astorian
<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 five-member board could have appealed the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals decision requiring them to reconsider, but chose to
instead go ...<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.publicceo.com/2014/07/when-car-loving-cities-start-to-embrace-light-rail/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTMwMTI3ODc2MjI5NzI2NTc4NzUyGmUzYmVjMzFhMDliMjRjOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHIoAuLBL-0EaKz1-7dSZwUfYbw1Q"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">When
Car-Loving Cities Start to Embrace Light 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:#737373">PublicCEO.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">But some ridership patterns, especially among students, present good news for lovers of both public transit and wide-open roads. Los Angeles ...</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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.examiner.com/article/ted-cruz-federal-land-amendment-causes-firestorm-among-conservationists&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTUwODE4NDkyOTAyNjg4MTk5NTUyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFBUae_nHpiMcSpBVoiA8etl41hFw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Ted
Cruz federal land amendment causes firestorm among conservationists</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">Examiner.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Sen. Ted Cruz offered an amendment to the pending Sportsman Act that would prohibit the federal government from owning more than 50 percent of the land in any
particular state. According to the Economic Policy Journal, the federal government owns more than 50 percent of land in Nevada, Alaska, Utah, Oregon, and Idaho.</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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/18333-heres-why-everything-youve-been-told-about-urban-planning-and-land-use-policy-is-wron&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTMjMzNjM1NDY5MDE2MjQ0MDU5NjIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGhhVBpjYPZFE5kKhxG6qNtow2j1g"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Here's
why everything you've been told about urban planning and land-use policy is wrong</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">United Liberty
<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">Michael Hamilton is a libertarian writer living in Washington, D.C. His main interests are economics, drug legalization, immigration,
and land-use ...<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>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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