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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 –
<i><u>Double Issue</u></i><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"">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting
and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. <o:p></o:p></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://planetsave.com/2015/03/07/wendell-berrys-thoughts-on-our-only-world/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTMzk4MjIzODc5ODM2OTEwNzQ0NTIaOTBmOTM2MDA5MjBlNTRhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEOgUgWT1q93zL6rSOjmYU2JwuTrw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Wendell
Berry's Thoughts On 'Our Only World'</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">PlanetSave.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">For Berry, as for emerging land managers, “the issue of land use, and of good land use, is not on the agenda of most conservation organizations, ...<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.kbzk.com/story/28241760/seattle-sets-public-transit-fares-based-on-income&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE1NzQ4NTU1ODk3MjAzNTA3NDAyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHPnyBDOs-P6CpSSfcwZOKJ_W24CA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Seattle
sets public transit fares based on income</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">KBZK Bozeman News
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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">Seattle launched a new public transit fare program on Sunday based not on distance traveled but on household income. On March 1, as
King County ...<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://thegreatermarin.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/what-do-driverless-cars-mean-for-suburban-planning/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">What
do driverless cars mean for suburban planning?</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 Greater Marin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Self-driving cars are coming, and boosters of drivable suburbia are hoping they will be a potent weapon against mass transit and cities. But what they mean for towns and suburbs
isn’t quite so clear.<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/2015/mar/09/cowlitz-tribe-feds-have-established-our-reservatio/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Cowlitz
Tribe gets reservation near La Center</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"">-Tribe says documents signed; plans for casino still face legal hurdles-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After a legal battle stretching more than a decade, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe has secured the reservation it needs to build a casino near La Center. Monday, the regional director
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Stanley Speaks, signed the final documents to immediately establish the tribes first-ever reservation.<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/2015/03/02/urban-donut-demographics-poverty/24281675/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
report shows urban 'donut' shifting</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"">The long-standing urban-suburban divide in education, income, race and other characteristics is being turned on its head as college-educated Millennials crowd into U.S. cities,
new research shows.<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/sl/252411-122019-city-county-raising-the-bar-on-climate-change-strategy?utm_source=New+Media&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PortlandTribune+%28Portland+Tribune%29"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">City,
county raising the bar on climate change 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:#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"">Portlanders, you’re driving too much and eating too much red meat. And office tower landlords, you need to take major steps to cut energy usage. Those are some of the takeaways
from a draft update of the Portland/Multnomah County Climate Action Plan that goes out for public review this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/252774-121858-senate-oks-bill-that-would-give-tax-break-to-rural-data-centers"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Senate
oks bill that would give tax break to rural data centers</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 Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Data centers in rural areas would get a tax break, and telecommunications companies would have their property taxes clarified, under a bill that has cleared the Oregon Senate.
The 27-3 vote Monday sent Senate Bill 611 to the Oregon House. The bill has several aims.
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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/2015/03/02/oregon-will-focus-current-state-parks-new-ones/24274313/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
will focus on current state parks, not new ones</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"">After more than a decade of expansion, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is planning to scale back its creation of new state parks and instead focus on improving the
current system.<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2915712-151/betting-on-scenic-beauty"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Crooked River road may
become scenic bikeway</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%">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Designation could make Highway 27 a regional draw-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the prettiest stretches of highway in the state may be soon getting a little more attention. Leaders in Prineville have submitted applications for portions of state
Highway 27, which runs through the Crooked River Canyon, to be listed as an Oregon scenic bikeway and scenic driving route.<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.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/article_5f626812-bee2-11e4-bd3c-7f94d8170b78.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bill
to spur economic development in Oregon’s historic downtowns moves forward to committee hearing</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%">Tillamook Headlight Herald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Public invited to testify on SB 565: the Revitalize Main Street Act-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Key legislation designed to spur much-needed economic development in Oregons historic downtowns and restore their iconic storefronts, hotels, theaters, apartments, and warehouses
is now scheduled for a public hearing before the Senate Finance Committee next Wednesday, March 4th at the State Capitol.<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.pamplinmedia.com/nbg/142-news/252469-122082-city-staff-objectors-cite-progress-on-ugb&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc1OTM0ODIyNjQxNjQ5OTIwMTkyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFqoclKATXT-NcXJZU7er-CG_bHaQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">City
staff, objectors cite progress on UGB</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">Hillsboro 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">Once approved by both the city and county the amendment went to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD).<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.wweek.com/portland/article-24173-another_kind_of_green.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDc4MzExMTQ4ODA4Nzg0MDE5OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHIFyXAMlfoEiw0AqccFy8BlnV6Cw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Another
Kind Of Green</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">Willamette Week
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">When the 2011 Oregon Legislature opened, Campbell sought a controversial bill that benefited just one party: his Silvies Valley Ranch. In most cases, ranch land
is zoned so it’s limited largely to agricultural use. But state Rep. Brian Clem (D-Salem) pushed House Bill 3465 to allow Campbell to develop his massive resort despite land-use rules that would have stopped him. Opponents saw the bill as an end-run around
Oregon’s land-use laws. “This was a one-off deal that benefits one party,” says Stephen Kafoury, a lobbyist for the American Planning Association.<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/2015/03/lloyd_district_tower_might_be.html#incart_2box_news_index.ssf"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Lloyd
District tower might be first to use 'peer reviewed' design for earthquake resilience</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"">State building codes outline exactly how skyscraper should be built to ensure it will keep standing in an earthquake. A 32-story tower proposed in Portland's Lloyd District
won't be be built according to the method outlined in the building code. And that's OK, the City of Portland says -- provided the design goes through a rigorous peer-review process.<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2938982-151/truth-in-site-makes-its-case"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Truth in site appeals
OSU Bend siting</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%">Bend Bulletin</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"">-OSU-Cascades opponents file brief with state board-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Opponents of OSU-Cascades proposed west-side campus have filed their argument before the Land Use Board of Appeals, a state tribunal that hears challenges to local land use
decisions. <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://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/northwest-lawmakers-mull-higher-speed-limits"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Northwest lawmakers mull
higher speed limits</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%">NW News Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Some Northwest lawmakers want you to be able to drive faster. Bills in both Oregon and Washington would increase the speed limit on some sections of highway. Oregon Republican
Representative Greg Barreto is a habitual speeder who isn't afraid to admit it.<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.kmtr.com/news/local/State-senator-Main-Street-doesnt-function-as-a-highway-anymore-295034631.html?mobile=y&clmob=y&c=n"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">State
senator: 'Main Street doesn't function as a highway anymore'</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%">KMTR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"Actually Main Street doesn't function as a highway anymore," Beyer said. "It should be, I believe, a city street." The lawmakers said they hope a bill called Oregon Highways
will help appropriate state funds to assist with highways that run through urban areas, such as Main Street.<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32842100-75/council-discussing-main-st.-safety-improvement-suggestions-monday.csp"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Kids
deaths spur safety proposals</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%">Eugene Register-Guard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Springfield city leaders and residents will offer ideas to better safeguard pedestrians where 3 children died-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">City officials are proposing a list of projects to improve safety on Main Street in the aftermath of last months crash that killed three children and critically injured their
mother.<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.idahostatesman.com/2015/02/25/3663061_infill-in-boise-will-it-workin.html?rh=1"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">In Boise,
development turns to filling in gaps</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%">Boise Idaho Statesman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Roughly defined, infill is putting new buildings - or retrofitting old ones - on undeveloped or underdeveloped lots in an established neighborhood. Often, the new construction
allows for greater density or a mixture of commercial and residential space. Infill is popular at City Hall in large part because it fits the broader mission of reducing people's reliance on cars. Boise's comprehensive plan identifies dozens of intersections
throughout the city that planners deemed "activity center nodes," or places where a variety of housing types and commercial uses are easy to get to.<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://democratherald.com/news/local/sweet-home-volunteers-tackle-livability-assessment-goals-planning/article_50cfd4fe-8e6a-5fc1-b7fa-dbbc65982730.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioTNjk1MTg4MDQ4MzUwNDMzODM1NzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNES0ML6W3ZOLAzjSS0jVWXnkozuDw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Sweet
Home volunteers tackle livability assessment goals, planning</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">Albany Democrat Herald
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">They serve communities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and ... She pointed to the Oregon Jamboree, the All Lands Collaborative
and the ...<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/front-porch/index.ssf/2015/03/thirty_years_on_activists_say.html#incart_2box_business_index.ssf"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Thirty
years on, activists say it's time to undo Oregon's prohibition of rent control</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"">Portland is a city that seems to be building apartment complexes all over town, yet the vacancy rate remains one of the lowest in the country and rents are rising faster than
most other cities.<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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150305/umatilla-river-navigability-still-undetermined?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Umatilla
River navigability still undetermined</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%">Pendleton East Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Despite booming fish returns and interest in boat ramps, the status of navigability on the Umatilla River remains undetermined.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steelhead returns on the Umatilla River are at a near-record pace this year. As of Wednesday, more than 5,000 of the fish have passed Three Mile Falls Dam near Hermiston, compared
to just 1,939 at this time a year ago.<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/oregon-city/index.ssf/2015/03/clackamas_county_commission_ap.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDUxNDU5NzczNDExODU0ODgxMDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHA9-TZEtv2Lefczz6NEQzcs1kJFQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Clackamas
County Commission approves zoning change to save Oregon Lavender Farm</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 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 90-acre farm in Oregon City is praised by neighbors and local politicians, but is caught in a land-use quandry that could compromise
Dierking'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=https://www.hcn.org/articles/states-struggle-to-keep-sage-grouse-off-the-endangered-list&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwNDAzMzk2NjAxNzM0NjUzMjMyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEmv5fq_RVRsyf3m3c6HLzzwZ31qQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
state and fed efforts to protect 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">High Country 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">The greater sage grouse has been lingering in the endangered species ... Sagebrush and rangeland habitat in Oregon, California, Idaho,
Utah 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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2015-03-12/environment/oregon-ranchers-cooperation-to-save-sage-grouse-pays-off/a44975-1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4MTYyODE2MTU5Mzg4MTUzNjAyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGN1IIi8RqWOnQ0bsslty1OAd1Y7g"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
Ranchers' Cooperation to Save Sage-Grouse Pays Off</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">Public News Service
<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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> has managed to clear an estimated 68 percent
of the invasive conifers, which crowd out native sagebrush and threaten sage-grouse 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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32839393-75/eugene-nearing-crucial-growth-decisions.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNDQ4MDAxMDY5MzE2OTMzMTE3MhowM2EwMGVkNDM0N2Y1Njc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHZYbS9Oi3m1r6uVpkGQ3sS2kUmkQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Home
builders assail compact growth 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">Eugene Register-Guard
<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 urban growth boundary is the line around Eugene within which ... Valley Advocate for the anti-sprawl watchdog group 1000 Friends
of Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/03/oregon_primed_for_a_drone_revo.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNTA5NzcxMjMwMjEyNzc4NjY2NzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGP630uddlkS9ai0y_9QaARINl5Lg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
primed for a drone revolution? Some think so</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<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">Lorton is working with farming and technology leaders to land that kind of innovation in Oregon. Precision agriculture is the movement
to take ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/post_42.html#incart_m-rpt-1"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Of Oregon's
31 water bottlers, none as controversial as Nestle</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"">Oregon is home to 31 bottled water companies, and only Nestl is controversial enough to flood state officials' inboxes with protest emails.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Curt Melcher received so many in the wake of the Cascade Locks City Council's vote to fast-track the approval process for a
proposed Nestl bottling plant in the town, he filtered them into a special folder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/feds_must_create_conservation.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Feds
must create conservation plans for lower Klamath, Tule Lake Wildlife Refuges</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"">Federal fish and wildlife managers must complete a plan to ensure commercial activities at two Northwest federal wildlife refuges do not harm wildlife, a U.S. District Court
judge has ruled.<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/tech/science/environment/2015/03/06/deadline-extended-comment-jordan-cove-lng-proposal/24513333/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Deadline
extended to comment on Jordan Cove LNG proposal</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The public has until April 3 to comment on a proposed air pollution permit for the controversial Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal.<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.wweek.com/portland/blog-32903-oregon_legislature_considering_bills_to_mandate_insurance_for_uber_and_lyft.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
legislature considering bills to mandate insurance for Uber and Lyft</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"">-Cab companies backing the legislation; Uber wants lawmakers to wait-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Portland cab industrys fight with ride app Uber is driving to Salem. An alliance of taxi companies is backing a bill in the Oregon Legislature that would require transportation
companies like Uber and Lyft to carry commercial insurance at all times of operation.<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2942472-151/lakeview-biofuels-plant-could-be-running-by-end#.VPn7RirqHTc.twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Lakeview
biofuels plant could be running by end of 2016</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%">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Red Rock Biofuels hopes to start construction this summer or fall-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A long-discussed biofuels plant where woodland scraps would be turned into jet fuel is closer to being built in Lakeview.<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.bendbulletin.com/business/2945677-151/josephs-juniper-creates-wood-products-from-unpopular-trees?referrer=carousel2"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Hines
company finds market for juniper</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%">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Josephs Juniper mills the High Desert trees into fence posts-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On a 12-acre parcel just west of Burns, Gerard LaBrecque mills wood from perhaps the least popular tree in Oregon. Everybody hated the junipers; everybody thought they were
worthless, LaBrecque said. But one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/252980-122306-lack-of-snowpack-creates-concerns-for-streams-fish?utm_source=New+Media&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Lack
of snowpack creates concerns for streams, fish</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"">So far, authorities say it is too early in the year for the low amount of snow to be a concern to most people skiers excluded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But the low snowpack hasn’t just had an impact on businesses and snow sports enthusiasts who haven’t gotten much use out of their equipment. The lack of snow on the mountain
also has affected the flow of local rivers, which in turn affects their residents: the fish.<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.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/03/03/dire-situation-growers-eastern-oregon/24342947/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Dire
situation for growers in E. 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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">KTVB Boise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As we told you last week, the snow survey shows that most of the Treasure Valley should have an acceptable water year. But, in Eastern Oregon and Owyhee County, where agriculture
is such an important part of their economy, it's a much different and a more dire situation.<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.dailyastorian.com/da/capital-bureau/20150308/republicans-suspend-participation-in-transportation-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAwMTgzMjUxNjAwNTI1NjA0NDEyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEESjM-uPSE3J7h_cL4FA1m2-Kl-A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Republicans
suspend participation in transportation 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">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">Republicans have pulled out of talks in the Oregon Legislature to craft a transportation funding package. But Democrats will need at
least one ...<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/tech/science/environment/2015/03/09/wyoming-legislature-approves-bill-to-support-coal-port-bonds/24661951/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Wyoming
legislature approves bill to support coal port bonds</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"">Wyoming is prepared to up the stakes in its high-dollar push to override local opposition in the Northwest and get access to ocean ports to allow coal exports to Asia.<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/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/are-financial-burdens-hindering-future-farmers/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Are
financial burdens hindering future farmers?</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"">Recently on the show we discussed efforts to engage young people in farming as the average age of farmers approaches 60.<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/money/business/2015/03/10/neighbors-worry-proposed-strip-club-river-road/24737201/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Neighbors
worry about proposed strip club on River Road N</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"">It's an ordinary piece of paperwork, filed with a state agency, but it has residents of a North Salem neighborhood anxious.<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/tech/science/environment/2015/03/09/deq-seeks-comment-silverton-foundry-permit/24664951/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">DEQ
seeks comment on Silverton foundry permit</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The public can comment on Silverton Foundry’s air pollution permit renewal. The foundry, at 600 Pine St. in Silverton, produces gray iron parts for machinery, models and public
works. It has been in operation since 1978.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/sl/253114-122841-a-primer-on-native-plants-?utm_source=webmaster&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">A
primer on native plants</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</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"">As open space and wildlife habitat resources diminish in urbanized environments across the country, bee and pollinator populations are down as well.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What can we do to raise the carrying capacity of our parks, neighborhoods and backyards so they can be healthier, better functioning ecosystems?<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.wweek.com/portland/article-24213-you_call_this_a_farm.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">You call this a farm?</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"">-Urban farmers and foresters are benefiting from a gaping property tax loophole.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Joe Angel is a real-estate developer and investor best known for once owning 28 Portland-area Burger Kings. Angel also helped develop three downtown hotels: the Westin, the
deLuxe and the Lucia. <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/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2015150319980&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Small
snowpack in Oregon means big water worries</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"">-Only an "immense" spring snowstorm would make a difference in what is shaping up to be a dry year for streamflows and irrigators who rely on them.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">How scant is the snow in Oregon’s mountain ranges? Forty-five percent of the states long-term monitoring sites, including automated stations and places hydrologists visit on
foot, are at or near the lowest snowpack level on record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150310/doubts-linger-over-750000-water-grant-proposal&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODY2MTY4ODM2OTkwMzMzODI0MhoxMzM4ZDhmMmY2NWIxZjRhOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFSzM18GdAeDs1zexb6nkzoWSDm9A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Doubts
linger over $750000 water grant proposal</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Capital press
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A proposal to spend $750,000 to help Oregon communities plan for water projects met with ... We're not requiring anybody to use this,”
he said. ... needs, the reality of Oregon's land use system does not conform to that vision, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.hermistonherald.com/hh/local-news/20150310/port-signs-significant-h2o-agreement"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Port
signs significant water agreement</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%">Hermiston Herald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-The Port of Umatilla took a significant step toward providing more water for the area with an agreement to lease unused water rights to the Umatilla Basin water users group.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A significant agreement was reached Tuesday that could provide more water to the area and millions of dollars to the local economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/declining_oxygen_in_ocean_coul.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Declining
oxygen in ocean could drive fish away: Oregon environment news</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 new report from scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University sheds new light on how ocean "dead zones" impact Northwest fisheries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/253282-122458-bills-aim-to-regulate-gmo-crop-growing"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bills
aim to regulate GMO crop growing</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"">Critics claim proposed restrictions on growing biotech crops in Oregon would undermine voluntary coexistence efforts and spark new conflicts between farmers. Legislation that
would give state regulators more authority over the production of genetically modified organisms is touted by supporters as protecting organic and non-GMO growers.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/253287-122576-oregon-proposes-a-roundabout-way-to-increase-traffic-safety"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
proposes a roundabout way to increase traffic 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%">Portland Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The tragic deaths of Pacific University freshmen Kiden Dilla and Ayan Osman helped prompt a strange parade of giant trucks for a truck rodeo at Portland Meadows racehorse track
last Thursday. The Portland teenagers and best friends were killed last April when their car was struck by a truck while they were turning left onto Highway 47 from Southwest Verboort Road near Forest Grove.
<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.oregonbusiness.com/linda/14470-leed-for-weed"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">LEED for Weed</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 Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What is the impact of the legal pot industry on carbon emissions? . . . Moving indoor grow operations outdoors would eliminate much of the burden on the electrical grid — and
the atmosphere. But as Morris pointed out, there's a certain snob factor associated with indoor operations, considered by purveyors to produce a higher quality and more "boutique" product than outdoor facilities.<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.mailtribune.com/article/20150302/NEWS/150309914"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Medford councilors worry stance on marijuana
could encourage black market</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%">Medford Mail Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Some councilors worry taxes, moratorium could encourage black market-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Medford’s tough stance on marijuana appears to be withering as city officials worry their actions could lead to a proliferation of legal pot gardens this summer and unwittingly
help create a black market for weed.<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/mapes/index.ssf/2015/03/oregon_marijuana_law_could_fac.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
marijuana law could face legal challenge, city and county associations say</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"">Oregon's new marijuana legalization law is on shaky legal ground when it tries to limit the ability of local governments to tax and regulate retail sales of the drug, lawyers
for cities and counties argued Wednesday.<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/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2015150309877&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">County
mulls marijuana farm zone exclusion</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%">Capital Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Legalized marijuana in Oregon has raised questions about how the psychoactive crop will fit into the state's land use system.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An Oregon county is thinking about excluding marijuana from farm zones, raising questions about how the psychoactive crop will be regulated under the state’s land use 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.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/09/in-a-first-senators-plan-to-introduce-federal-medical-marijuana-bill/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">In
a first, senators plan to introduce federal medical marijuana bill</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%">Washington Post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In what advocates describe as an historic first, a trio of senators plan to unveil a federal medical marijuana bill Tuesday.<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 Department of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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