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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-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
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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.blueoregon.com/2015/05/why-would-oregon-legislature-help-out-monsanto/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjcxOTkyGjRjNWNiNTQ5NTU1MDg1ZTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFC6i41uffGPuYB3L2kuqgHJPyFiA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
would the Oregon Legislature help out Monsanto?</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">BlueOregon
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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">HB 3212 would broadly expand the controversial landowner compensations rights first approved in Measure 37 and amended in Measure 49
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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33071255-75/legislators-struggle-to-compromise-on-oregons-medical-pot-program.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI0MzkzMzY2MzIxOTIxMTc0NDUyGjljMjhlODA0YTVmZTNjZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG74ihciduk2P3WWduhHoFVWFqgTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Legislators
grapple with medical marijuana rules</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">“What we're dealing with here is an entrenched (medical marijuana) ... Burdick and others say Oregon's medical marijuana program has
grown far ... surveys of farmers, found that licensed medical marijuana growers produce three ...<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/05/14/thousands-petition-oregon-governor-stop-nestl-deal/27317907/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQzMjQ2NDkzMTYxOTc5NDM2OTIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG-0F45Od1oWpJQ_XLHg2kUsbTm3g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Thousands
petition Oregon governor to stop Nestlé deal</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Statesman 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">Thousands of people have submitted comments opposing a controversial water-rights trade in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. The deal will
allow the ...<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/05/13/oregon-bill-roll-back-environmental-regulations/27276389/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjc3NzkyGjg2MzU1ZTdiMWYwMzU5MmE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEM7UjlcMyC5rADzS5Ci4zy0X8Z1Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
bill could roll back environmental regulations</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Statesman 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">In a March public hearing, Oregon Department of Agriculture land use ... is sponsored by the House Committee on Rural Communities, Land
Use 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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/259925-131729-oregon-mayors-plead-for-more-state-transportation-funds&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODE2MjM2NDg1MjQ4MTYxNzg5Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNH43oMhvFo-8ZArDgr2fPXPV1iTPQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
mayors plead for more state transportation funds</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Mayors from 44 Oregon cities have written to legislative leaders calling for state lawmakers to pass a comprehensive transportation
funding package.<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.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/05/oregon-transportation-package-stalls-as.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjg5NTEyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEXt-lIwOmEtkFdjYQxeNsF7xeYug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
transportation</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> package stalls as Republicans dig in over clean fuels</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Business Journal (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">Oregon's</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> clean fuels legislation, designed to reduce
the state's transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, is under fire as Oregon House ...<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/opinion/33086385-78/a-swap-on-transportation.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQzMjQ2NDkzMTYxOTc5MzE0ODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFibkTHdQbmuNSkHEsjByrhCQp4qg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
swap on <b>transportation</b></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">Under the program,
<b>Oregon</b> will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from <b>transportation</b> fuels by 10 percent by 2025. The reduction will be achieved by ...<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.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/5/14/climate/exploring-climate-and-health-benefits-public-transit&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjQzMjQ2NDkzMTYxOTc5NDk0MTIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEYjT4E1bB5jYSs3rJp-Ft8yWLN5w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Exploring
the climate and health benefits from <b>public transit</b></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Business Spectator
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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 high-density urban environments,
<b>public transit</b> investments, less reliance on private automobiles, and vehicle emission controls equivalent to Euro ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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://chpcny.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ABC.pdf"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">ABC
of City Planning: Not Just For Children</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">CHPC Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In 1937, Mayor La Guardia’s Committee on City Planning produced a small book for children, titled The ABC of City Planning, intended to instill understanding
and enthusiasm in children for the city’s built environment…<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.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/05/with-clean-fuels-as-law-oregon-biofuel-maker.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSODE2MjM2NDg1MjQ4MTYxNzg5Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGqw4OiLtXuh9SZ94sGZApGFQc6KA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">With
Clean Fuels as law, Oregon biofuel maker prepares for major expansion</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Business Journal (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">Clean Fuels requires lower carbon transportation fuels in Oregon and is designed to cut the state's transportation-related green house
gas emissions ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" 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.portlandmonthlymag.com/style-and-shopping/lookbook/articles/why-portland-desperately-needs-more-urban-density-april-2015"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Why
Portland Desperately Needs More Urban Density</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Portland Monthly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">But here's the surprising truth: Portland ranks near the bottom of West Coast cities for the very qualities it champions: dense, mixed-use urban ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><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.planetizen.com/node/76449"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">European
Cities Try to Make Cars Unwelcome</span></a><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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Planetizen</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Many cities in Europe are rediscovering their pre-automobile roots, using new technologies like ride-sharing
and congestion pricing and old-fashioned ones like demolishing parking lots and dense development. Car ownership is dropping precipitously.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"><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/opinion/index.ssf/2015/05/outrageous_land-use_legislatio.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE1MDkyODA3MTQ1MTYwNjI2NzYyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHTqTA1V14sdRO-mom6_EKBn6oyJA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Outrageous
land-use legislation (OPINION)</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">Oregon's land</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> use laws are designed to preserve
what's valuable and unique. Compare the drive from Seattle to Olympia to the drive from Portland 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.kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/142801&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODE2MjM2NDg1MjQ4MTYwNDc3MhowM2EwMGVkNDM0N2Y1Njc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE0jLL8bdxGpTXxkysPxld8cB1z8w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon LandWatch Discusses UGB</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KBND
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">BEND, OR -- Central Oregon LandWatch is raising concerns with Bend's Urban Growth Boundary expansion process. The UGB expansion is ...<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.pamplinmedia.com/nbg/142-news/260151-132000-city-withdraws-plan-for-ugb-expansion&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjc3NjcyGmVmNzU1ZjkyN2I3NGI2NTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFdnbHvqfo052J9_D7djO6zQ4jLow"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
withdraws plan for UGB expansion</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Pamplin Media Group
<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">DLCD referred review of the amendment to the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), which began a series of hearings on
the ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/opinion/33057549-78/sustained-yield-timber-needed-to-benefit-oregon-counties.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEwNzUyNjA3NjUxODk5NDIwOTIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHLSVL0Az6FIfb8d-SvtbqTMbZgmQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sustained
yield timber needed to benefit Oregon counties</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
<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">The Oregon & California Railroad forest lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management have a unique mandate that they be managed
under ...<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://ijpr.org/post/what-does-future-hold-oregon-s-family-owned-forests&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjg1MjIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGRIqHXv1-fORztcQ1tMiysSgAOzg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">What
Does the Future Hold for Oregon's Family-Owned Forests?</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Jefferson 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">Together they own almost half of Oregon's private forests, a protective ... And now more lots are being subdivided nearby on land owned
by a timber ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/this-is-how-a-forest-fixes-itself/32909962&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE1MDkyODA3MTQ1MTYwNjI2NzYyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNERaQgYcVw2kzcaUAdusaijHdjd2Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">This
is how a forest fixes itself</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KRCRTV.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">Both have examined the landscapes of the two fires and determined why the Oregon Fire land remains desolate while the Eagle Fire land
hosts life.<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/05/13/51605/graywater-snowpack-a-glossary-of-drought-jargon/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjg1MTAyGjhhMjBlYTE0ZDhjZGQzM2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGtOOF0DPxVyHeb3EeRqg2M6T6rZw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Graywater?
Snowpack? A glossary of drought jargon</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">89.3 KPCC
<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">But a complex issue like drought comes wrapped in its own jargon. If you've caught yourself wondering what terms like "graywater," "snowpack"
or ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/may/14/inland-northwest-weather-likely-to-remain-drier/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjYzMDUyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGsDyHJ-J4LJsYbp3mcAXi0DYpyjg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Inland
Northwest weather likely to remain drier than normal</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 Spokesman Review
<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">In southeastern Oregon, there is now extreme drought with severe drought over central Oregon and south-central Washington. The Columbia
Basin ...<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.opb.org/news/article/a-potential-first-lane-county-asks-for-drought-declaration/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjYzMDUyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFBh-VXkak7e8fWkO4qWcaKHFvZrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
Potential First: Lane County Asks For Drought Declaration</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OPB News
<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">Lane County is joining the list of those asking the state for an emergency drought declaration. It's the first Western Oregon county
to make the request ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/05/08/starbucks-moves-ethos-water-sourcing-out-of-california-due-to-drought/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE1MDkyODA3MTQ1MTYwNjM0NTcyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEdMf95a6fVgdtRyJQedLmlmO2-Zw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Starbucks
Moves Ethos Water Sourcing Out of California Due to Drought</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">myCentralOregon.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">“Due to the serious drought conditions and necessary water conservation efforts in California, Starbucks is moving the sourcing and
manufacturing 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://insideenergy.org/2015/05/12/after-the-boom-bringing-back-the-forests/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjU3MzcyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFFGdbusQ7wbDXs1f9f5bc3kFksQg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">After
The Boom, Bringing Back The Forests</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Inside Energy
<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">As a botanist with the state Department of Conservation and Natural ... of state forest land is already available for oil and gas development–
either ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20150512/san-francisco-commuters-snub-public-transit-for-6-bus-ride&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjczMzgyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFZWUqiSg_08cAnQcoQxGd3rqvTVQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">San
Francisco commuters snub public transit for $6 bus ride</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Marin Independent 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">Leap commuters use their smartphones during a bus ride in San Francisco. The company launched the service last month. AP Photo — Jeff
Chiu.<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/958413-129/do-light-rail-and-gentrification-go&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODA3MjY0NDI1NjQyMjY5NzEwNjIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGHt-j15JHj8954fhhprm6-fsbblw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Do
Light Rail and Gentrification Go Hand in Hand?</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Seattle Weekly
<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">In a sign of just how much gentrification is on everyone's mind in Seattle, even at a press conference called to promote Murray's package,
support for ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/lifestyle-trumps-affordability-in-central-seattle-even-for-some-budget-stretchers/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODA3MjY0NDI1NjQyMjY5ODQ4NDIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE_Z3EasO4AH4np2cm4BOCgYV07qQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lifestyle
trumps affordability in central Seattle, even for some budget-stretchers</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 Seattle Times
<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">1 concern in our region as a whole — but not so in Seattle's center, south of the Ship Canal and north of I-90, where most say “having
a walkable ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/14/honeybee-population-plummets/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjg4MTIyGjMwNzQ2Yzg5ZDFkZGQ1ODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEzRiphWZLKtU4dvk1NqftSyE4scQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">US
Honeybee Population Plummets by More Than 40%, USDA Finds</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">EcoWatch
<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">“Bayer, Syngenta and Monsanto make billions from bee-killing pesticide products ... Are they more important than the livelihoods of
America's farmers?<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2861549/if_modern_farming_cant_sustain_bees_how_much_longer_can_it_sustain_us.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE1MDkyODA3MTQ1MTYwNjIzNzgyGjMwNzQ2Yzg5ZDFkZGQ1ODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEW2ZvVqqNgTtyWV3Yb14Rn233H4g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">If
modern farming can't sustain bees, how much longer can it sustain us?</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 Ecologist
<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">Our bees and wider farmland ecosystems have been seriously harmed by ... The regulatory system for pesticides - which does not take
into account ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2015/05/14/dc-belongs-to-top-bikeable-cities/27291249/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjYzMjkyGjExNmIzOWRkODMzOTQxNjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG7jQoo79FBjCTlNEyRXUx3og7_7g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">LIST:
DC belongs to top bikeable cities</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">W*USA 9
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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">WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- D.C. belongs to the top ten most bikeable cities in the nation, according to a new ranking by Walk Score released
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://newsone.com/3114333/gentrification-is-racist-brooklyn-landlord/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxMDMwOTk2MjA3NzkwNjkzOTIyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGnNZM1Tw1L0MW4y8pvY-O0dKweOA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Here's
Definitive Proof Gentrification Is Racist, As Told By A Participating Brooklyn Landlord</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">News One
<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">And we've long known that gentrification, the process of “renewing” urban areas which subsequently moves out its original residents,
can be a racist ...<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/05/09/restaurants-gentrification-community-outreach&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTkyNjAwMjQ3MTcxOTc2ODUwMzIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGxhSlKtbEZUzYnR8jnGiEJO--KRA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hip
Restaurants, Harbingers of Gentrification, Try to Be Better Neighbors</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">TakePart
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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 one of the first signs of gentrification in changing neighborhoods, some restaurants that might otherwise alienate longtime residents
are trying to ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://gulfnews.com/business/property/the-two-track-dynamic-in-global-realty-markets-1.1510058&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODE2MjM2NDg1MjQ4MTYyMTA2Mho0MDI3M2NlZTBkMTYzYTAxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGr27KhbGThMG2BnzeV5yoZprak9w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
two-track dynamic in global realty markets</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">gulfnews.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">This “millennial” generation of people in their 20s look for urban lifestyles where they can work-shop-live and play all within a vibrant
walkable ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>walkable</b> locations show significantly greater appreciation than car-dependent locations. These findings are seen in both urban ...<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">Renewable energy</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> advocates in the state believe
the changes would add crippling costs to small projects. The Oregon Public Utility Commission is ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To Sea Trail History and nature on Oregon coast</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">... scenes from the Fort to Sea Trail at Fort Clatsop in the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, near Astoria in Clatsop County
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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 Columbia River estuary, near Astoria in Clatsop County, Oregon. ... Then 10 more each for Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos and Curry counties,
then 10 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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| Clatsop County, OR Bans Smoking In Parks</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">Clatsop County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">, Oregon is located in the Northwest
corner of the state just below the Washington State line and is home to 37,000 residents over ...<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/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2015/05/razor_clam_harvest_ban_extends.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjQzMjQ2NDkzMTYxOTc5MjQwNjIaMjE3ZmE2NDU5NjI4YzMyYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEIKRMDTgP61X8TP2DIg-opPqUwFA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Razor
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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">Razor clams at Fort Stevens State Park, in Clatsop County on the Oregon coast, near Warrenton, Oregon. April 19, 2015. Terry Richard/Staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hopes for Portland Housing Fall Short</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"">Portland leaders pledged bold action and clear results in 2011 after undercover testing suggested that African American and Latino renters face frequent discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mountain Wilderness Legislations Introduced by Sen. Merkley</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"">Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to protect Sutton Mountain as a wilderness area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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