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<p class="MsoNormal"><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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/04/portland-based_mercy_corps_is.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0ODU1MDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE6DeSELXLdfhlzqAZe1sONVehNuQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland-based
Mercy Corps is organizing to help Nepal earthquake survivors</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">That was shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday in Oregon. More than 1,100 have been confirmed dead -- with the death toll expected to rise.
The quake and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://marketbusinessnews.com/bees-crave-neonicotinoid-pesticides-like-humans-with-nicotine/58089&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDY5MDkyNDM2NDQwNTYzOTQyNTIaMzA3NDZjODlkMWRkZDU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH2FsmCWj_WfUi97cc60EO9fE6deg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bees</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
crave neonicotinoid pesticides like humans with nicotine</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Market Business News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Neonicotinoid pesticides work on Bees' brains in the same way nicotine from ... Farmers globally are highly depended on pollinating
insects, including ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://nwpr.org/post/oregon-renews-wildfire-insurance-policy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNTE4ODIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE8sIWNTJLhmiv7uRYrKngq2UAUyA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Renews Wildfire Insurance Policy</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Northwest Public Radio
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">As Northwest states brace for what's expected to be a challenging summer for fighting wildfires, Oregon has decided to renew its wildfire
insurance ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://azdailysun.com/news/local/county-comprehensive-plan-stresses-sustainability/article_52a3e234-112b-559d-bf53-029739d3f6e3.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDM5ODIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHP2UqQGxcNumojH57cM1P-U5Q3uA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
comprehensive plan stresses sustainability</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Arizona Daily Sun
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Economic development</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> was added because supervisors
recognized that it ties in closely with land use policies, said Jeanne Trupiano, planning and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://currycountyreporter.com/index.php%3Fsid%3D2%26cid%3D1%26story%3D10970&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMjQyMzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE1wox2azHLbjj2_K7cHjekEwT4AQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wild
Rivers Land Trust hires executive director 040815</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Curry County Reporter
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">PORT ORFORD – The board of directors and the staff of Wild Rivers Land Trust ... a visionary conservationist and the founder of Wild
Rivers Land Trust. ... 1981, is a graduate of the University of Oregon and holds a B.A. in Biology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/04/anti-nestle_protestors_decry_s.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNTMzNDIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHsf1D6fJCsl5GbckG_sGzRe8KG0A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Anti-Nestle
protestors decry state's role in proposed bottled water plant</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, which owns water rights at Oxbox Springs, has agreed to a plan to trade those rights with
the city of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://democratherald.com/news/state-and-regional/oregon-city-declares-water-emergency-limits-water-use/article_57fa7be6-1094-5d45-a91c-887a84f573e6.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNTMzNDIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFV83wbCxe-aHahwdLTlIbzeGo6hQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
city declares water emergency, limits water use</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Albany Democrat Herald
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">All water in Oregon is publicly owned, and the state grants landowners, ... Under state water law, the holders of older water rights
supersede more ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/harriet-tregoning-hud-dc-homelessness-20150417&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDE0OTIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGz5bFWNfIiaVl87w--c88ir1SapQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Harriet
Tregoning: The Futurist</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">National Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">This week, D.C.'s doyenne of the urban-planning philosophy known as "smart growth" will train her sights on a new target within the
agency: ending ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/article_56972230-e553-11e4-968d-7f92b475a40f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMjk2NDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEZccHf9FoLKers6wtBKi1BZX11mA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gov't
study: climate change could reduce sage grouse habitat</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Black Hills Pioneer
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">That suggests other areas occupied by sage grouse could see even greater ... Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, ... Population estimates for greater sage grouse range from 100,000 to ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bhpioneer.com/news/national_world_news/article_b6f54ec0-e53c-11e4-8dc3-bb2b4f1fc2ea.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMjk2NDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGBktCxR61E3I_lTqzGckrDy-V1xA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Nevada
lawmakers seek OK to kill ravens, aid sage grouse</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Black Hills Pioneer
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Sage grouse</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> occupy 290,000 square miles of sage
brush habitat in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/04/in-gentrifying-neighborhoods-diversity-can-be-decorative/390390/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDI5NTIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFkSfhS7_m1dLQId4lHiitICloLkQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
Gentrifying Neighborhoods, 'Diversity' Can Be Decorative</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">That description fits a lot of gentrifying city neighborhoods around the country. Héctor Tobar identifies L.A.'s Highland Park as one
such example in his ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/as-gentrification-alters-dc-shop-sign-captures-tension/article_c1d19831-a9b9-59ca-807c-26c831d9424b.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDI5NTIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE4fDYVNpVG6SZB7antirxteadg5w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">As
gentrification alters DC, shop sign captures tension</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Sioux City Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">That controversial buzzword, gentrification, speaks to a tension pervading the city: How do longtime businesses survive when the neighborhoods
they ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bhpioneer.com/news/national_world_news/article_a237f56e-e53c-11e4-bf74-d3b0f75a0bbf.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMzkwMDIaNjEyZDcxMmVkYTU5NjMyYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG4LR8gIUb3WDwx-NM1w9NtQ6nDqA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Biologists
say there's enough data to decide wolf protection</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Black Hills Pioneer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">(AP) — State biologists are telling the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission there is enough information to consider ... A hearing on the bill is scheduled for
Thursday in the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/04/transportation_officials_issue.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMjMyMDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGeMuqj9E_LLzC3eza9jOtET2KPGA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Transportation</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
officials issue oil train safety measures</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In this July 6, 2013 file photo, smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150416/bill-would-require-reduced-farmland-impact-from-transmission-lines&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDgzNjIaODYzNTVlN2IxZjAzNTkyYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEcjnDoHF3-JD-E8f6MsiOeLuV2mQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bill
would require reduced farmland impact from transmission lines</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">SALEM — Construction of transmission lines across Oregon farmland ... before the House Committee on Rural Communities, Land Use and Water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/04/17/all-meters-now-sfpark-ready-more-demand-based-parking-pricing-to-come/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMzY1MTIaOTZjODAxN2RmYzRkOTQ5Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHg-Z8HstiySWSPXRrpIB6MfP2F5g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">All
Meters Now SFpark-Ready — More Demand-Based Parking Pricing to Come</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Streetsblog San Francisco (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“SFpark showed that demand-based pricing can improve parking ... fought new meters initially said they didn't trust SFpark's dynamic
pricing, fearing it ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/04/17/public-transportation-key-sharing-economic-growth/25925599/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMzI1NjIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGt3GIfZJH1ydt37k_kZOIXBxbfzA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Public
transportation</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> a key to sharing economic growth</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Courier-Journal
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“If transportation systems in American cities could be laid out so as to ... So what happens when a public transit-dependent citizen
of our city tries to get ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://koin.com/2015/04/16/willamette-river-tops-list-of-toxic-waterways/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyMjA3MTIaYTU3YzViY2I2NmNmYTVlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF2OZCMnxuFRhp5t3TtI8pvHYkcPw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Willamette
River tops list of toxic waterways</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KOIN.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">But the latest study of toxic chemicals in Oregon's waterways show the largest variety is within the Willamette River Basin. “It's not
a surprise that it ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/04/17/3745838/plan-would-help-protect-countys.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDU4NzIaYjY0OTNmMDBlOGFlZWE2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE6blgCd-dEzPykjMSDVmPbRs2OHA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Plan</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
would help protect county's working farms</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">TheNewsTribune.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">For 20 years our Comprehensive Plan has curbed suburban sprawl and lowered the cost of extending public facilities and services while
providing for ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://oregoncatalyst.com/30626-addressing-real-threats-northern-spotted-owl.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUzODU3OTAwMjMyMDEyNDMzODIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF5LpjKkMn7EF5nDUlr1HkJYyOGkw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Addressing
the real threats to Northern Spotted Owl</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Catalyst
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Claims that a lack of habitat is harming the NSO lack any basis in fact. ... Oregon and California, but thus far limited removals have
only taken place on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://nwpr.org/post/oregon-governor-urges-action-transportation-funding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM0OTAyMjk4NTk2MTgwNDUxOTkyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHzkfh67XMcMEb6BnA219d6imHYuA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Governor Urges Action On Transportation Funding</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Northwest Public Radio
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Governor Kate Brown wants to drive the issue
of how to unclog ... to put their differences aside and send her a transportation funding measure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/04/klamath_tribes_seek_parts_of_w.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0ODA3NTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFjKzthgq7RsH7ocABDcwN68mhMbA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Klamath
Tribes seek parts of Fremont-Winema National Forest after failed land deal</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A failed land deal that would have returned part of the former Klamath ... Staff for Oregon senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley confirmed
this week ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/bees-may-develop-addiction-to-certain-pesticides/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0NTQ3MTIaMzA3NDZjODlkMWRkZDU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNENlqfA7gj1UI5lO0p1wPNeh1_0QA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bees</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
may develop addiction to certain pesticides</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Agriland
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Bees</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> may develop an addiction to chemicals used
in pesticides, a new study published in the journal Nature has shown. Newcastle University ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.argusobserver.com/news/bill-would-tax-cattle-for-bird-conservation/article_e78377a6-ebc7-11e4-9724-d792f913ed70.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0ODM2MDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEHTyO2Jbeokuf8P3FzVsZCkH95qw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bill
would tax cattle for bird conservation</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Ontario Argus Observer
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Bentz's other sage grouse bill, House Bill 3334-A, would require the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to fund sage grouse habitat
restoration ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33017372-75/story.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0ODc0MDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEE_GJHEu2SDlVTxNsBfhs1ohvm-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Work
crew to clean homeless camp</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... Beltline onramp in Eugene will be cleaned up this weekend by the Lane County sheriff's work crew and the Oregon Department of Transportation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/04/historic_columbia_river_highwa_8.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0ODc0MDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF6HpkIhc5DNiQydVmUAYd-PDhOmw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Historic
Columbia River Highway State Trail gets Starvation Creek improvements</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Also in the project is a "picture-worthy" bridge over Warren Creek, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation, and a universally
accessible ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://thetandd.com/lifestyles/national-bike-to-school-day-may/article_2e4c3daf-4e4c-52db-bb4f-512da067dd14.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0OTUwMDIaZTA1ZTVmNzc1ZGE1NDFjYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG2hr2szCcc86u72GrgJfaTdhLXog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">National
Bike to School Day May 6</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Tand D.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The fourth annual National Bike to School Day will be Wednesday, May 6. Sponsored by the National Center for Safe Routes to School,
this event ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/25/new-rebels-seek-control-federal-land/26382191/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0NTU5NDIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNErwBrwB7ql790hqVmxKyd1aqTWxg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'New
rebels' seek control of federal land</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">USA TODAY
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A growing movement to transfer federal land to state control in Western ... by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
in the West.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://fortune.com/video/2015/04/24/redfin-ceo-on-the-importance-of-walkable-neighborhoods/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDQ2NzE5MDI4MjQyNTc0NTY4OTIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFA0spHSEe-Xq5GH_mKs9na-KVcXA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Redfin
CEO on the importance of 'walkable' neighborhoods</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Fortune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Glenn Kelman discusses the company's acquisition of Walk Score and why it will help his business attract younger homebuyers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.beachconnection.net/news/fierygeo042315_525.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDY5MDkyNDM2NDQwNTYzOTk4MTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHUY6cbEdYvNUPqVAsHTUVsuLDg5A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Coast's Deadly and Ancient Beauty: Monuments of Fiery Destruction</span></a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Coast Beach Connection
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Back then, much of Oregon's land mass didn't technically exist, so all that lava wandered off the edge of the continent (which ended
about where Silver ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2015/04/24/three-planning-symposia-scheduled-panhandle/26285113/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDY5MDkyNDM2NDQwNTYzNzgwODIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFh8RmC8wR_YbWzaRu2dMl4H6ablA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Three
planning symposia scheduled in Panhandle</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Pensacola News Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The West Florida Regional Planning Council, the Bay Area Resource Council and the University of West Florida's Environmental Studies
Department ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Opinion/Columns/20150424/common-sense-emerges-on-gmos&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDY5MDkyNDM2NDQwNTYzOTU3ODIaODYzNTVlN2IxZjAzNTkyYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHXTmyg-KJQkFqVc2PrOJ98egDfwg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Common
sense emerges on GMOs</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Capital press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... practices that favor one type of crop over another,” Oregon Farm Bureau President Barry Bushue told the House Committee on Rural
Communities, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150424/downtown-district-is-now-in-national-main-street-program&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDY5MDkyNDM2NDQwNTYzNzg1OTIaOThjYmQzOTM1YzRmMTc3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFOS3Frv1xzynz5wmnTVu4vCZbkLQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Downtown
district is now in National Main Street Program</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“It has been critically important for ADHDA to be part of the Oregon Main Street program; utilizing their structure and resources to
aid Astoria in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kcby.com/news/local/OC-Counties-disappointed-with-BLM-plans-for-handling-OC-Lands-301282201.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDY5MDkyNDM2NDQwNTYzODUxNzIaYzFmMTA3ZDFkODljN2MxYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH3opZk3q3mPwqJmeoQ0vvg2E_TLQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">O&C
Counties disappointed with BLM plans for handling O&C lands</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">ROSEBURG, Ore. -- The Association of O&C Counties says it's disappointed with the Bureau of Land Management's recent draft of plans
for managing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/04/cannon_beach_to_dedicate_sign.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Cannon
Beach to Dedicate Sign Noting 1967 Oregon Beach Bill</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon will get its first sign commemorating the 1967 Oregon Beach Bill, a decorative design placed on a city rail on a beach overlook at the west end of Second Street in
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What would you guess a southern Oregon business called Dropzone Specialties does? What about Ezee Duz It in Aloha?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Over Northwest Forests Unraveling</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Northwest Forest Plan, the icy truce that ended the 1990s timber wars, continues to unravel as two federal agencies look for new ways to manage forests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Streamline the UGB Process – Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A few years ago, Bend planner Brian Rankin sent the state Department of Land Conservation and Development a letter. He wanted permission for Bend to do things differently
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One of the most intriguing and exciting stories was born in the forest just off Portland's front step the Tillamook State Forest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">That's where four successive and devastating fires collectively called the Tillamook Burn destroyed over 400,000 acres of ancient forest in the last century.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In 2013, the agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting sector employed more than 49,000 in Oregon, an all-time high. The sector showed rapid job growth in 2012 and 2013,
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