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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:green">Public Transit Special</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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.carscoops.com/2014/12/milan-residents-paid-to-leave-cars-at.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc3NjI0NDMwMDIxOTk2NzYyNDIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG1X3n5nL-_HwpELu0nsopLTLCzZw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Milan
Residents Paid to Leave Cars at Home, Use Mass Transit</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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">Residents of Milan, the industrial core of the Italian economy, are now being asked to leave their cars at home and use the public
transport system 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.federalnewsradio.com/722/3756185/Obama-approves-retroactive-mass-transit-benefit-for-workers&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDczMTg2MzIyODE5MjExNTg3NDIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFA42doZrdxfGp7nTrnSyfthdkOrw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Obama
approves retroactive mass-transit benefit for workers</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">FederalNewsRadio.com
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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">While the bill makes the mass transit subsidy retroactive to Jan. 1, it remains unclear whether agencies have the funding in place
to honor subsidies ...<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.citylab.com/design/2014/12/game-of-thrones-could-really-use-a-public-transit-system/383557/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQzMjE2MzY5NzQ5NzY4OTEwNzkyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGq1PZ05g-hngH0tmXoEmPRBxYcww"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Game
of Thrones Could Really Use a Public Transit System</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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">Scroll down for a look at the entire system, but first, read about how public transit might serve—and could even save—each of the Seven
Kingdoms.<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.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/us/despite-cheaper-gas-public-transit-ridership-is-up-trade-group-reports.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMjUyMTc5MDY0MDc3NjkwNDUyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEsu7M07gm9_Xwbe_gdUZUl8cFHRQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Despite
Cheaper Gas, Public Transit Ridership Is Up, Trade Group Reports</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">New York Times
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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">Riders like Mr. Needham get a lot of value from public transportation, as do people in many other cities where investment in transit
is leading to ...<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://utahpulse.com/index.php/features/business/1622-active-transportation-a-game-changer-for-salt-lake-county&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTUyNzA4MzI1MDAxMTIxMjY4MDIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG3baPUdNkr9qBYI_8hU5WF7eCFPw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Active
Transportation: A Game-Changer for Salt Lake County</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">Utah Pulse
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Active modes of transportation, especially when coupled with public transportation provided by Utah Transit Authority, are reaching critical mass.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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.pamplinmedia.com/nbg/143-opinion/244173-111855-in-our-opinon-honor-mccalls-legacy-leave-land-use-laws-intact"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">In
our opinion: Honor McCall's legacy -- leave land use laws intact</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%">Newberg Graphic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One need not travel far to understand why Oregon got it right when, in the 1970s and under the guidance of visionary Gov. Tom McCall, it adopted a land use system that made
long-term protection of the land a top priority.<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/business/index.ssf/2014/12/columbia_river_crossing_saga_s.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0Nzk4MzIzMjY4ODc3MTQzODAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEVvvLGDiDyNgoFC8s-y-NnSr6qpw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Columbia
River Crossing saga shows great failure of collective undertaking</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland 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">Rush hour starts every weekday at 2 p.m., and congestion multiplies odds of a crash as much as fourfold around the bridge, Oregon transportation ...<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/2014/12/as_street_fee_continues_to_pla.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0Nzk4MzIzMjY4ODc3MTQzODAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH1FU8M6yaM7abXuMWT8Sh2-8B1rQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">As
street fee continues to plague Portland, Hillsboro revisits the issue of raising its own</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland 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">Hillsboro transportation officials on Wednesday revisited the issue of ... transportation fund, which comes from Oregon's gas tax and
Transportation ...<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://earthfix.opb.org/communities/article/portland-regional-government-approves-climate-stra/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTE0Nzk4MzIzMjY4ODc3MTQzODAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFqcPO9Lq5nm02NskVHUnYIWTmWMA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
Regional Government Approves Climate Strategy</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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Portland’s regional government approved a climate strategy Thursday that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the metro area by 29 percent over 20 years.
The strategy was required by a state law passed in 2009.<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/opinion/index.ssf/2014/12/why_climate_change_will_not_be.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Why 'climate
change' will not be on our 2015 editorial agenda -- Opinion</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%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We asked readers last month to help us choose the six or seven topics that will constitute our 2015 editorial agenda. Readers responded with scores of online comments and dozens
of emails and letters to the editor, many of which urged us to focus on climate change, either as a stand-alone agenda item or a core component of an item focusing on environmental issues.<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/life/2014/12/20/public-lands-package-mixture-conservation-industry/20487193/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjIyNjcyMzYyNTE3Mjg2Njc2OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF3PbylRSWBEQvoVcwRXTqfs72crA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Public
lands package a mixture of conservation, industry</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">Salem Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The package is a compromise. At the same time it designates almost 1 million acres for conservation, the package also transfers thousands of acres of public land
to private corporations for mining and logging development.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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/32556049-75/santa-clara-orchard-may-be-up-for-development.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzQ2MjA3NjYyMDg0NzQ0Nzc5MDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFxvHbSy_i-YySYb6aLKB0znWA7vg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Santa
Clara orchard open for annexation</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">Eugene Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A sprawling visual reminder of the Santa Clara neighborhood’s rural past could be history soon. The son of a longtime River Road property owner has applied to
annex the family’s 34-acre filbert orchard, west of River Road and north of Irvington Drive, into the city of Eugene.<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.columbian.com/news/2014/dec/21/is-gorge-commission-still-relevant/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Is Gorge commission
still relevant?</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%">Vancouver Columbian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dwindling funding and staff have limited agency's ability to process development requests, perform other duties<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.hoodrivernews.com/news/2014/dec/20/gorge-commission-receives-mixed-message-funding/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Gorge
Commission receives a mixed message on funding</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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hood River News<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Budget to stay mostly flat; increases had been earmarked for oil, coal train issue-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A year after its executive director warned the agency was on the verge of collapse due to a lack of funding, the Columbia River Gorge Commission will not be receiving the financial
boost it had hoped for.<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/environment/index.ssf/2014/12/wash_gov_jay_inslee_wont_match.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Wash.
Gov. Jay Inslee won't match Oregon's big boost for tiny Columbia River Gorge Commission</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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Columbia River Gorge Commission won't grow after all. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee didn't match Oregon's proposed budget boost for the interstate agency responsible for protecting
the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area and planning growth within it. Inslee kept the commission's funding flat.<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/marijuana/index.ssf/2014/12/southern_oregons_outdoor_marij.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Southern
Oregon's outdoor marijuana growers organize to have voice in regulation</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%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More than 100 southern Oregon medical marijuana growers who farm in the epicenter of the state's outdoor cannabis community met Thursday to voice concerns about how they'll
fit into a new regulated industry.<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/2014/12/whistleblower_at_jordan_cove_l.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Whistleblower
at Jordan Cove LNG-terminal site warns of contaminated soil</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 Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A biologist and environmental inspector who worked at the site of the massive liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Coos Bay told federal regulators this week that project
engineers were ignoring and possibly hiding contaminated soil issues at the site.<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/business/index.ssf/2014/12/lawsuit_againts_army_corps_of.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzAwNDQyNDg1OTcxNDUxODUyNzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHhpJVfxoRrtz-odtwd_hIQID9EhQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Lawsuit
against Army Corps of Engineers complicates Oregon LNG plans in Warrenton</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland 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">As the state considers approving an Oregon LNG pipeline to serve a ... The Oregon Court of Appeals later overturned the land board's
decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><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/future-oregon-lng-terminal-could-hinge-1957-easement&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzAwNDQyNDg1OTcxNDUxODUyNzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG_c3VRsZOoPtPNU2bF_wdHBIJaSQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Future
Of Oregon LNG Terminal Could Hinge on 1957 Easement</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Jefferson Public Radio</span><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"">The company behind a project to export liquefied natural gas from the northwest corner of Oregon has run into a new challenge: The federal government might have permanent rights
to use the site of its proposed shipping terminal.<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/opinion/index.ssf/2014/12/endangered_willamette_falls_lo.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Endangered
Willamette Falls locks deserve a task force – Opinion</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 Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the face of dwindling commercial tonnage and the need for costly repairs, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stopped opening and closing the locks in December 2011. The falls
now split the river into a pair of isolated sections, which his bad news for paddlers, recreational boaters and commercial tours – those most likely to use the locks these days.<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/news/2014/12/20/former-student-fights-fading-school-blind/20684395/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Former
student fights fading of School for the Blind</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"">Beverly Rushing lost another battle this week in her years-long fight against the physical and institutional disappearance of the Oregon School for the Blind.<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/communities/article/as-more-bottle-redemption-centers-go-on-line-in-or/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
turns to redemption centers to boost return of empty bottles and cans</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"">Major changes are underway, with more on the horizon for Oregon’s pioneering bottle deposit system. Those changes the biggest since the Bottle Bills adoption a generation
ago have been slowly playing out as grocery stores close their return stations in favor of centralized off-site redemption centers. . . But the industrial settings of many of these centers are making it difficult to access without a car.<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.nuggetnews.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D5%26SubSectionID%3D5%26ArticleID%3D23087&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTNzQzODU5MDIwNjE2MDAzMDg4MDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEOT_3QCDms3Pp8vB-b_a3uqguuHw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">ODOT
tries out fix to streetlights</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">Sisters Nugget
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is testing two alternative fixes to the Cascade Avenue streetlights to bring them into compliance with Sisters'
dark skies ordinance.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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.bluemountaineagle.com/bme/capital-bureau/20141222/kitzhaber-proposes-sage-grouse-measures&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjA3Mzc4ODM3NzgyMDk3OTkzMzIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEsMnGrTYeZwNcORGeuSqkLsuIc9g"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Kitzhaber
proposes sage grouse measures</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">Blue Mountain Eagle
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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 has proposed conservation
programs to boost numbers of the greater sage grouse with the goal to keep the bird from ...<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.mtexpress.com/news/environment/study-taller-grass-benefits-sage-grouse/article_e294486e-895d-11e4-8e18-ebf95ec82ee4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSOTg3NTUzNDA5ODY0MTczMjA5MhozZjZjYWMyOGIwNGYwZWM2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNG10gZWk1RgANl-dbWEIfKyMBy1Aw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Study:
Taller grass benefits 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">Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
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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">A recently published study finding a link between range grass height and sage grouse survival has prompted some conservation organizations
to ...<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://portlandtribune.com/sl/244772-112553-budget-proposes-money-for-work-on-sage-grouse-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA3Mzg0NDg0MTE0NjcwOTE4MjQyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFcPKvu5AoAAQ9mM3A7NqjpdddyMw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Budget
proposes money for work on 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">Portland Tribune
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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">State officials hope that a robust local plan to help sage grouse will prevent a ... interim deputy director at the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife.<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/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/12/state_geologist_warns_against.html#incart_m-rpt-1"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Building
OSU Marine Studies Center in a tsunami zone imperils students, State geologist warns</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 Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Geologists say that when, not if, the Big One comes, waves as high as 43 feet will slam into buildings south of Newport's Yaquina Bay Bridge. A tsunami triggered by an undersea
earthquake will smash into the Oregon Coast Aquarium and the Hatfield Marine Science Center.<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"">Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> | Land Use & Transportation Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:laura.buhl@state.or.us">laura.buhl@state.or.us</a> |
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM">www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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