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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:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/oregon_transportation_commissi.html#incart_story_package"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Transportation Commission chairwoman says Gov. John Kitzhaber fired her for rejecting coal subsidy</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"">Gov. John Kitzhaber has fired the chairwoman of the powerful Oregon Transportation Commission over her refusal to approve state money for a controversial coal export project.<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/2015/01/top_transportation_leader_fire.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Top
transportation leader fired by Gov. Kitzhaber over coal subsidy opposition had become liability</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"">Catherine Mater, the leader of the Oregon Transportation Commission fired this week, acted independently enough that she became a political liability for Gov. John Kitzhaber.<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/kitzhaber-replaces-fired-chair-of-transportation-commission-/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Kitzhaber
replaces fired chair of Transportation Commission</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"">Gov. John Kitzhaber on Thursday named a new chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission, moving swiftly to replace the leader he fired earlier this week. Tammy Baney has
served on the transportation commission since 2011 and takes over immediately as the chair.<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/247325-115449-foe-restates-opposition-to-state-money-for-dock-project"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Foe
restates opposition to state money for dock project</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"">The former chairwoman of the Oregon Transportation Commission says she has no apologies for her opposition to $2 million in state money for a coal-loading dock project a vote
that prompted Gov. John Kitzhaber to remove her last 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://portlandtribune.com/sl/246543-114579-state-commission-sets-hearing-on-funding-for-dock-other-projects&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUxNDQ4NTQ1NDA0NzM5MTg2NjIyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFvs2LQLOFToeZc7oiGbvfQ8sZyhg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">State
commission sets hearing on funding for dock, other projects.</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">The Oregon Transportation Commission is prepared for a big turnout when members hear public testimony about which projects should share
in $4 ...<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/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/catherine_mater_transportation.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgyNTg2NjY2NzMyMTEyNjM4NjIyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEZH8-IcCp4N-N6oVKbP_xAySw2EQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Catherine
Mater, transportation commissioner fired for coal opposition, fires back at coal supporters</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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Catherine Mater, the former chairwoman of the Oregon Transportation Commission ousted this week, urged the commission to reject a $2
million ...<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.gazettetimes.com/news/local/bike-path-foes-ask-state-to-deny-funding/article_fbf9ff61-fe63-57a2-9c72-a92be724c1a7.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bike
path foes ask state to deny 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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Corvallis Gazette-Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A group of Corvallis-area farmers fighting a public path across their land took their case to Salem on Thursday, asking the Oregon Transportation Commission to cancel a $2
million grant award and deny any future funding for the 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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/01/09/salem-couple-remains-critical-condition-accident/21509073/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin="><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Salem
couple remains in critical condition after crash</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"">A Salem couple remained in critical condition at Salem Hospital on Friday, three days after they were a hit by a pick-up truck while they walked on a sidewalk along Market
Street NE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Update:
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/01/14/salem-couple-dies-following-market-street-crash/21759903/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Salem
couple dies following Market Street crash</span></a></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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/01/15/traffic-center-street-blocked/21799007/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Pedestrian
killed in Center Street NE crash</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</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"">A fatal pedestrian crash that took place early Thursday morning prompted Salem Police to close Center Street NE between 17th and Statesman streets for several hours.<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://nextcity.org/daily/entry/road-design-pedestrian-safety-bicyclist-safety"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Is “Safe” Road Design
Killing Bicyclists and Pedestrians?</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%">Next City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In 2012, 4,743 pedestrians and 726 bicyclists were killed in the United States, up 6 percent from the previous year. Rep. Rick Larsen, of Washington, has a sneaking suspicion
that road design — specifically designs that make things safer for cars — are a big part of the problem.</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To find out for sure, Larsen along with Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (of D.C.) and Peter DeFazio (of Oregon) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office in late December asking for an
investigation into trends and causes of crashes involving bicyclists and pedestrians and recommendations for improving safety.<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://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/varied-routes-to-safer-streets/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Varied Routes to Safer
Streets</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%">New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Are the streets in your neighborhood safe for walking? Not just for able-bodied, cognitively sound, safety-conscious adults, but also for those with physical or cognitive impairments,
pedestrians in a hurry, and especially children and teens who are often distracted?<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://jpupdates.com/2015/01/14/vision-zero-makes-new-york-streets-safer-pedestrian-fatalities-drop-lowest-level-since-1910/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Vision
Zero Makes New York Streets Safer, Pedestrian Fatalities Drop to Lowest Level Since 1910</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%">Jewish Political News and Updates</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"">“These streets are now safer by design. We are putting every tool we have—engineering, enforcement and education—to use in reaching Vision Zero,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“This is about more than numbers. Vision Zero means parents can more safely cross the streets with their children, and seniors can walk their neighborhoods more easily. We’re approaching this second year of work with proof these methods work and expanding
them to even more neighborhoods.”<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://sfappeal.com/2015/01/city-report-finds-that-more-maneuverable-fire-trucks-will-improve-street-safety/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">City
Report Finds That More Maneuverable Fire Trucks Will Improve Street Safety</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 San Francisco Appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For pedestrians and bicyclists in San Francisco smaller roads mean increased safety, but for fire trucks, narrow roads pose a challenge. San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener
expressed his support today to see San Francisco fire trucks be designed to bolster, not impede, pedestrian safety . . . [The report] recommends that the San Francisco Fire Department consider configuring its trucks to be better able to navigate the famously
narrow, winding streets of the city without undermining efforts by pedestrian and bicycle advocates to improve street safety and end pedestrian fatalities.<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.treehugger.com/walking/protected-bike-lanes-also-help-protect-pedestrians-so-many-ways.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Protected
bike lanes also help protect pedestrians... in so many ways</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%">Treehugger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In just about every way you can measure the topic, protected bike lanes have been linked to more and safer bicycling. There’s a logical reason for that: they’re protected from
cars. However, protected bike lanes aren’t only protected from automobile traffic; they’re also separated from sidewalks (at least via paint, if not curbs, bushes, trees, distance, or barriers). Naturally, this protects pedestrians from bicyclists, but in
a number of obvious and subtle ways, this also protects pedestrians from cars. In some areas, the improvement is dramatic.<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.uspirg.org/news/usp/federal-highway-administration-quietly-acknowledges-driving-boom-over"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Federal
Highway Administration Quietly Acknowledges the Driving Boom is Over</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">U.S. PIRG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has very quietly acknowledged that the Driving Boom is over, cutting its forecasted driving estimates by between 24 percent and 44
percent.<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/opinion/2015/01/14/pay-thirdsalem-bridge/21774745/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Would you
pay $37,000 for third Salem bridge?</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"">A big question was how much of the estimated $430 million project we can expect to be funded with state and federal dollars. Sonny Chickering, who represents the Oregon Department
of Transportation on the oversight team, said to expect $40 million to $45 million in federal pass-through dollars and $4 million to $5 million in state dollars. That would still leave at least $380 million to be funded locally.<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.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/greenbelts-make-cities-more-livable-affordable-and-transit-friendly/article22411075/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTYxNjk1NzI2NzAwNjA2MDc4MzIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG86Ige05gCfo6u6APWraksjerDGw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Greenbelts
make cities more livable, affordable and transit-friendly</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 Globe and Mail
<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">Large Canadian city regions agree on the need to transition from spending on road infrastructure to investing in public transit as
a means to creating ...<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.thetransportpolitic.com/2014/12/10/calgarys-soaring-transit-use-suggests-high-ridership-is-possible-even-in-sprawling-cities/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Calgary’s
soaring transit use suggests high ridership is possible even in sprawling cities</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 Transport Politic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Calgary is a boomtown . . . It’s the sort of place that might seem completely hostile to public transit; 87 percent of locals live in suburban environments where single-family
homes and strip malls predominate . . . And yet Calgary is attracting big crowds to its transit system, and those crowds continue to increase in size. Like several of its Canadian counterparts, Calgary is demonstrating that even when residential land use is
oriented strongly towards auto dependency, it is possible to encourage massive use of the transit system.<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.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2896"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">2014: Hottest Year in Recorded
Human History</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%">Weather Underground<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Earth had its warmest year on record in 2014, said NOAA and NASA at a joint press conference today. According to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, global surface temperatures
in 2014 were 1.24°F (0.69°C) above the 20th century average, highest among all years in the 1880-2014 record, easily breaking the previous records of 2005 and 2010 by 0.07°F (0.04°C).<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/low-snowfall-this-year-a-preview-of-warmer-climate/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Low snowfall
this year offers a preview of warmer climate to come</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"">With snow levels way below normal, some Northwest ski teams have been scrambling to find slopes with enough snow to hold their scheduled races.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Competitions scheduled for courses at lower elevations on Mount Hood this weekend were either canceled or moved uphill to ski resorts with higher slopes.<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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150112/low-w-oregon-snowpack-may-impact-summer-irrigation"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Low
W. Oregon snowpack may impact summer irrigation</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%">Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Oregon has received lots of rain this winter but some of its mountain snowpack lags behind normal.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With half the snowfall season in the books, snowpack levels in Western Oregon are dangerously low.<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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20141217/court-of-appeals-sides-with-county-in-lng-dispute"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Court of Appeals sides with Clatsop County in LNG fracas</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%">Daily Astorian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Last year, Oregon LNG challenged the county’s decision Oct. 18, 2013, to deny the permit on the grounds of bias. The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in favor of Clatsop
County, upholding its decision to deny a key permit for the Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline.<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://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/229209-western-lawmakers-push-for-approval-of-oregon-natural-gas-export"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Western
lawmakers push for approval of Oregon gas export terminal</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 Hill – Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fourteen lawmakers from Western states wrote a letter Monday pushing federal regulators to approve a proposed liquefied natural gas LNG export terminal in Oregon. The lawmakers,
led by Sen. John Barrasso R-Wyo., said the Jordan Cove Project in Coos Bay, Ore., is a key to realizing new economic benefits for the natural gas industry in their states.<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/business/index.ssf/2015/01/scientists_say_public_safety_h.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Scientists
say public safety hazards at Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay are underestimated</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 pair of scientists told federal regulators this week that safety measures incorporated in a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay actually increase the chance
of a catastrophic failure and present far more serious public safety hazards than those regulators have analyzed and deemed acceptable.<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://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/science/earth/study-raises-alarm-for-health-of-ocean-life.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2&referrer"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Ocean
Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says</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%">New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans
and the animals living in them.<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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150114/sage-grouse-protection-nets-federal-funding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU2NDUxNjQ4NzQzOTY3MDY5MDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHmlPm9JwbxpHPNjRFisIS4-0vt3A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Sage</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">-grouse
protection nets federal 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">East 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 Regional Conservation Partnership Program has awarded $22 million for Oregon conservation projects, including sage-grouse and habitat ...<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.capitalpress.com/20150109/proposed-bill-would-boost-oregon-juniper-harvests"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Proposed
bill would boost Oregon juniper harvests</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%">Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Removing western juniper improves rangeland conditions, including habitat for greater sage grouse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon’s work to improve rangeland habitat and jumpstart rural economies by removing western juniper could get a boost when the Legislature opens its 2015 session in February.<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://union-bulletin.com/news/2015/jan/15/oregon-lawmakers-call-pentagon-hand-over-depot-lan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODIxMTM0OTU5MTM0OTE2NjQ0NjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGju3lPC74UdcrVKHpGK9eLaPyagw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
lawmakers call on Pentagon to hand over depot land</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">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
<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 delegation sent a letter
to U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Wednesday expressing “strong concerns” over reports that ...<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/news/2015/01/16/timber-county-payments-fall-expiration-subsidy/21849229/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzg4MTMxNzUxNjUzODY1NDM4NjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGc9-7tKmoMDljLVeA8Znt9jrZhUg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Timber
county payments fall after expiration of subsidy</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">They include payments to counties in western Oregon with U.S. Bureau of Land Management timberlands, which are at a higher rate, and
used largely ...<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/news/local/business/curry-county-approves-golf-course/article_dab84e39-a110-5d4f-9ab1-1c41096ff5a6.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMTAzODgwNjAyNDIwNDg2NDYwNDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHWU1o9BdTCrqVmAaZwVBpT989JzQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Curry
County approves golf course</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
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... Pacific Gales Golf Course again has gained approval in Curry County, setting up a likely legal battle before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals</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://ijpr.org/post/cow-creek-umpquas-prosper-despite-broken-treaties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYByoTMTAzODgwNjAyNDIwNDg2NDYwNDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE9d4XIqAkRHTGmsmUjH90TKlBTHg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Cow
Creek Umpquas Prosper Despite Broken Treaties</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">Land</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> conservation and wetland restoration is also
a priority of the Cow Creek Band, and the tribe hopes to protect land in Southern Oregon for ...<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.gazettetimes.com/news/state-and-regional/osu-plans-ambitious-forestry-complex/article_2446ee8a-1412-5213-bbf2-e26dbefe4c67.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">OSU
plans ambitious forestry complex</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%">Corvallis Gazette-Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon State University College of Forestry is moving ahead with plans for a new $60 million forest science complex to expand classroom, office and lab space and position
the college as a leader in advanced wood products engineering.<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/246797-114956-county-committee-helps-guide-land-use-plan-update&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzA1Mzg0NDg1MTEyNTk5MTcwMzIaOTBmOTM2MDA5MjBlNTRhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHbTd7p_vRNgxddj3qZtDOAQugNxA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">County
committee helps guide land-use plan update</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
<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">Multnomah County commissioners have named 16 people to a community advisory committee that will work on policy development for the
county's ...<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.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2015/01/post_50.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTUzMzg2ODc2MTAyMTM0MzY2MjUyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFAHChdthCnOpCvA9trBjOJxDEtBQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Washington
County seeks volunteers to 'think big' for long-term transportation options</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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The county is using a grant from the 2013 Legislature to mull transportation ... Washington County, aided by a grant from the Oregon
Legislature, ...<o:p></o:p></span></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">... committed to working together to make much-needed transportation improvements in the ... 8) What is Nike's full-time employment
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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 recommendation from the lengthy Envision Eugene growth study would bring a combined 1,250 acres into the city's urban growth boundary,
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fight further tangles land deal</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">In the lawsuit filed in Lane County Circuit Court, Eugene land use attorney Bill Kloos seeks $47,000 for his work representing the
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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/2015/01/increased_sustainable_forestry.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Increased
sustainable forestry initiative standards ban chemicals, require native plant, wildlife protections</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A environmentally-minded timber certification body raised its standards Wednesday for what can be labeled "sustainable" lumber.<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>
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