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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/business/index.ssf/2015/05/farmer_v_farmer_future_of_oreg.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNDEwOTIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGP9RJhRRZ4hsSXqxdjMOFAThMEvQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Farmer
v. farmer: Future of Oregon water at center of fight over new dam in Silverton</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">"We don't think it's right they steal our property so they can benefit ... The East Valley Water District is considered a special district
under Oregon law, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Contribution to the <em><span style="font-weight:normal">California</span></em> Drought</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><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%">New York Times</span></span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">California</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> farmers
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">produce more than</span></em> a third of the nation's
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">vegetables</span></em> and two-thirds of its
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">fruits</span></em> and nuts. To do that, they use nearly 80 ...<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/33134048-75/latest-oregon-pot-battle-marijuana-growers-vs.-hemp-growers.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTI2NjI5NzcwMjcxNjgxNDU1NjIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFW4whWeHXQNlJCTdYhVHCtE9bdOg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
cannabis</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> feud pits marijuana growers against hemp farmers</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">SALEM — Marijuana growers worry that Oregon's emerging hemp industry could take the buzz out of their recreational and medicinal weed.<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/Oregon/20150515/legislative-roundup-how-ag-bills-have-fared-this-session&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNjYwMzIaNDg1YWY2ZTI3YWYyNGY1Mjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHQt_tmetuFcwyLD1rN1F3sDyhYRg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Legislative
roundup: How ag bills have fared this session</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">With just over a month remaining in Oregon's legislative session, ... by the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources,
which 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.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-26/nestle-bottled-water-plan-draws-fight-in-drought-stricken-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3ODk0MjIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE3YbAb5oeXQrq3ODCgzwwMIrLlwg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Nestle
Bottled-Water Plan Draws Fight in Drought-Stricken Oregon</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bloomberg
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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">Nestle SA's plan to bottle Oregon's spring water is stoking a fight with lawmakers and environmental activists who say a corporation
shouldn't be ...<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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150527/gmo-control-area-proposal-revived&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3ODQ4NDIaODYzNTVlN2IxZjAzNTkyYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEzmmcduhzBrHynaEK0o-F041qItQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">GMO
control area proposal revived</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">House Bill 3554 would allow the Oregon Department of Agriculture to ... which died in 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://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/stranded-how-americas-failing-public-transportation-increases-inequality/393419/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY3OTI2MTY4MTI2MjkwMDc0MjkyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9vZHHUAUQ90ZlzI7UiiLiqfsMQA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Stranded:
How America's Failing Public Transportation Increases Inequality</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 Atlantic
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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 many cities, the areas with the shoddiest access to public transit are the most impoverished—and the lack of investment leaves many
Americans ...<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.sciencewa.net.au/topics/social-science/item/3554-walkable-neighbourhoods-ease-stranger-danger-fears&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMjYwODc4NzE0MTk1NTU1MzM5ODIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFMOYsl2YuCXtfhmmvWbf0yi3_Oxg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Walkable</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
neighbourhoods ease stranger danger fears</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Science Network Western Australia
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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">UWA social scientist Sarah Foster, who led the research, says the natural surveillance generated by a more walkable neighbourhood helps
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.huffingtonpost.com/redfin/most-bikeable-cities-of-2_b_7292912.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNzY4ODIaMTE2YjM5ZGQ4MzM5NDE2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG6eo9s33SOB2gbaGAOpL2xdC9vkQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Most
Bikeable Cities of 2015</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Huffington Post
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Minneapolis wins the award for most bikeable city in the U.S., according to the ranking, with a Bike Score of 81.3. Minneapolis has a strong lead 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/portland/index.ssf/2015/05/bike-car_crashes_portland.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTY3OTI2MTY4MTI2MjkwMDQyOTUyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG6TKcfYoKNxEMccbRHtV4QWShx9w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland's
worst street for bike-car crashes? SE Division, data show (interactive map)</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">Data provided to The Oregonian/OregonLive by the Oregon Department of Transportation's Crash Analysis and Reporting Unit show that six
of 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.cbs58.com/story/29079532/wisconsin-is-losing-its-bike-able-rating-due-to-funding-cuts&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNzY4ODIaMTE2YjM5ZGQ4MzM5NDE2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEYJV5XQ85UCYzXQcwstgQnaXFcBQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wisconsin
is losing its bike-able rating due to funding cuts</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">WDJT
<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">It's 'Bike to Work Day' and Wisconsin may be losing its name as a top bike-able city. Once ranked in the top three, it's now slipped
to number nine ...<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://theweek.com/articles/556234/why-does-have-bad-public-transit-blame-class-warfare&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzU4NTU1MjcwODIxMjg5OTI1ODIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG9abhysTEPyW2yKUpkJlVHMaA6GQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
does the US have bad public transit? Blame class warfare.</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 Week Magazine
<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">Which makes the tragedy another one of those moments when we wonder what became of U.S. infrastructure — and public transit specifically
— 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://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/05/deal_means_cleanup_of_radioact.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3NTkwNjIaYTU3YzViY2I2NmNmYTVlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFdiY2ohoCINvMy7aEHi-Z6TGIaPA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Deal
reached to clean radioactive basin at Hanford Nuclear Reservation</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">An agreement has been reached to clean up a radioactive basin on the ... nuclear sludge from the basin, which is located along the Columbia
River.<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.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/david-frum-immigrants_n_7423206.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzIwOTg2NzY4OTA5NDAyNTk4MjIaOGEyMGVhMTRkOGNkZDMzYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEq2kf_Znx8N1NKeQkxbpN2AYacjA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Atlantic
Editor Wonders If Maybe Immigration Has Something To Do With California's Water Crisis</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Huffington Post
<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 the paper has mainly attributed California's water crisis to a four-year drought that has drastically reduced the snowpack in the
Sierra Nevada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.bendsource.com/Bent/archives/2015/05/15/washington-declares-drought-emergencyis-oregon-next&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNjI2ODIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHTlTZaHPllyGUTDU-m2jCnR5q4Fw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Washington
Declares Drought Emergency—Is Oregon Next?</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 Source 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">Only one of these states has issued a drought emergency declaration. ... And a look at the Oregon Water Availability Committee's Water
Supply ...<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.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/05/18/nasa-photos-show-low-snowpack-in-northwest/27529425/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTkyNDk1MzU1MTc2ODcyNjAzMho4YTIwZWExNGQ4Y2RkMzNjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHdhrtEOjpx6CEijByA948EUWHMWg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">NASA
photos show low snowpack in Northwest</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KING5.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">Some startling new images from NASA illustrate the growing concerns about drought in Washington and Oregon. Satellite images from space
show ...<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://naturalresourcereport.com/2015/05/extraordinary-combustion-oregon-forests-in-peril/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjYwODc4NzE0MTk1NTU1MzEzNTIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEBkn_hVHao6ZVliKqNzFjga9wT_g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Extraordinary
combustion- Oregon Forests in Peril</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 Natural Resources Report
<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">Development associated with 7 billion people, climate change, an excess of intense wildfires, disease and insects; all of these factors
and 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://kuow.org/post/future-now-three-small-forests-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTI2NjI5NzcwMjcxNjgxNDEzNTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFuKPrTkmZkEv0c6bQ7zafRiX-zzw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Future is Now for Three Small Forests In Oregon</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KUOW News and Information
<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">Some of Oregon's forest owners are seeking innovative ways to make a living off their land without logging it hard. Oregon's small forest
landowners, ...<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://blogs.usda.gov/2015/05/20/sustainable-land-management-can-provide-building-materials-for-post-disaster-recovery/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjYwODc4NzE0MTk1NTU1MjExNDIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF-vfOEjkJ3qVwFU2D6vjcv7AksZg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sustainable
Land Management can Provide Building Materials for Post-Disaster Recovery</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
<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">Forest Products Laboratory contributes to developing codes and standards for mid- to high-rise wood structures. Photo credit: USDA Forest
Service.<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://union-bulletin.com/news/2015/may/26/controversial-oregon-coastal-land-deal-moves-forwa/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3Njg0MzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGfMFOKnkMwaTIhs39_TM9ZOUd4tA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Controversial
Oregon coastal land deal moves forward</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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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">John Kitzhaber, a Chicago-based developer has secured an unprecedented deal to swap land with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
on ...<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://union-bulletin.com/news/2015/may/18/senator-proposes-new-wilderness-area-central-orego/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE5MTk1ODUzMTg3MjIyMDM4NTMyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEBrFI4p6H3qoYjRz7U90NhXw8gAA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Senator
proposes new wilderness area in Central Oregon</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">One of the “Seven Wonders of Oregon” could soon be surrounded by 58,000 ... It would also transfer 2,000 acres of land to Wheeler County
from the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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.bendsource.com/bend/pity-the-poor-sage-grouse/Content%3Foid%3D2446479&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI5MTMzNTYxMDU3MTY1Mzg3NjIyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGdb0N6YvCzT3KgoumWDFrna9W1gA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pity
the Poor 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">The Source 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 some other states, sage-grouse have been wiped out by oil and gas development. That hasn't happened in Oregon yet, but sage-grouse ...<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://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/how-new-rangeland-wildfire-priorities-could-save-sage-grouse&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI5MTMzNTYxMDU3MTY1Mzg3NjIyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFPuZd2ynO7PIVwOOi3UL32IoyMQw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
New Rangeland Wildfire Priorities Could Save 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">Boise State Public Radio
<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 state created the Governor's Sage Grouse Task Force in 2012 to tackle the issue head-on, in the hopes that collaborative ... The
wildfire strategy centers on the fire-prone rangeland in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California.<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.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-27/sage-grouse-protection-said-to-bar-drilling-on-some-federal-land&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTI2NjI5NzcwMjcxNjgxNzA3NjIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEnpXrNZt8kXwAo-TSKVTwlpu0MQA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">-Grouse
Plan Said to Bar Drilling on Some U.S. 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">Bloomberg
<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">Long a totem of the American West, the greater sage-grouse has been at ... government did in Oregon with the spotted owl,” said Kathleen
Sgamma, ...<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.sheknows.com/living/articles/1084864/join-friends-of-the-earth-great-british-bee-count&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3ODU3MzIaMzA3NDZjODlkMWRkZDU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE63LKt4XzvXyUGfV6s0ZZnmufkZQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Join
the Great British Bee Count and help save our bees</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">SheKnows.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">If we didn't have bees U.K. farmers would have to pay £1.8 billion a year ... meadows and acknowledges the need to minimise the risk
of pesticides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2015/05/blm-auctions-off-73-parcels-of-colorado-land-for.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNDE0OTIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHWfG0mK0cTzczVE5QVgAEBTW2GNQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">BLM
auctions off 73 parcels of Colorado land for oil and gas development</span></a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Denver Business Journal (blog)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A 33,000-acre Weld County grassland has been leased for oil and gas development for $30.8 million, the U.S Bureau of Land Management ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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://theworldlink.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/coos-county-commissioners-dismayed-by-blm-s-plan-for-o/article_5a173063-7c8d-5541-9df7-2dea4e6244ad.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3NzQyNDIaYzFmMTA3ZDFkODljN2MxYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGN-wTJUZrF-NXWH8AdjcGcaFcdZg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Coos
County commissioners dismayed by BLM's plan for O&C lands</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
<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">COOS COUNTY — The release of the Bureau of Land Management's draft resource management plan for Western Oregon has come as a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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://ijpr.org/post/land-management-agency-starts-conversation-about-western-oregon-forest-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI5MTMzNTYxMDU3MTY1MzcyNzAyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEg_qc-iJ-kCwN60V8JvMvsdwDCTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Management Agency Starts Conversation About Western Oregon Forest Plan</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">The Bureau of Land Management kicked off a series of public meetings ... kinds of recreational opportunities they want to pursue on
the O&C Lands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26/the-urban-housing-crunch-_n_7443484.html"><em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">The
Urban Housing Crunch Costs the U.S. Economy About $1.6</span></em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">...</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><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%">Huffington Post</span></span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The dearth of affordable
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">housing</span></em> options in superstar cities like New ... of Silicon Valley)
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">costs the U.S. economy about $1.6 trillion a year</span></em> in lost</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> ...<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.ktvz.com/news/bends-housing-crisis-pt-1-whos-to-blame/33116494&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjYwODc4NzE0MTk1NTU1Mjc1NjIaZmM2NjUwZjQ1YzRiMTlmODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHOYpRKs5SY8TZ7FRckAzYmKanDvw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend's
housing crisis, Pt. 1: Who's to blame?</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
<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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> approved the city of Bend's urban growth
boundary in 1981 and it hasn't ... Buehler noted that the UGB was designed to protect high-valuer farmland, and ... High says the stuck urban growth boundary is the biggest problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3181071-151/deschutes-county-seeing-more-land-use-applications&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzIwOTg2NzY4OTA5NDAyODE2MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF2B4dBqASfcrCQAZf5dkIYDgYOTw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
County seeing more land use applications</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
<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 significant number of land use cases from Deschutes County have landed in front of the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals this year
and more are ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.pamplinmedia.com/lor/48-news/261219-132722-metro-state-agencies-question-los-sensitive-lands-overhaul&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzU4NTU1MjcwODIxMjg5ODAzMDIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGX0GxtQDw4pcLvZnZ_lYDiApS_zg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro,
state agencies question LO's Sensitive Lands overhaul</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">The city also received letters from the state Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Land Conservation and Development
and 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.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/05/solar_contractor_solterra_kept.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc1NDYyNDA0NDExNTU5NjA1ODUyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEFMElF69M0jGz-nbocds05__RAmw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Solar</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
contractor SolTerra kept getting cut from developments for cost, so it became a developer</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">Heather is standing amid solar panels that provide power to the company's offices. ... Energy Trust is funded largely by Oregon utility
customers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walkable-urban-places-are-the-future-of-real-estate-development-300084236.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM1NTcyNjIzNzkxMzYwNjc4NTIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF3i2nzGbIWg7PS1BEL9Czpr9pcoA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Walkable</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Urban Places are the Future of Real Estate Development</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">PR Newswire (press release)
<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">Residential walkable communities generate four times the tax revenue compared to regional and business malls, bringing more value to
the area, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.thenewsguard.com/news/impending-cascadia-earthquake-it-will-take-years-to-prepare/article_b5d75ffc-03f9-11e5-9716-6350d6a24bee.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE1NTQ4NzU0OTQ4OTQ3Njk2NjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGIyVDJ1ALVdnsPlTBHjPL1ER17nQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">IMPENDING
CASCADIA EARTHQUAKE: It will take 50 Years to prepare</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Lincoln City News 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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> State University College of Engineering Dean
Scott Ashford ... Earthquake preparation – or lack thereof – is not an issue unique to Oregon, ... from a massive earthquake and tsunami that is anticipated on the Cascadia ...<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://businessfacilities.com/2015/05/research-finds-land-use-decision-making-remains-local/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTkyNDk1MzU1MTc2ODcyMjYyMhowYzRmNWRiNTdjYmU1MjQzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNH93Yy74a8sytt3kPf3W8T1WrWCiA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Research
Finds Land Use Decision-Making Remains Local</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 Facilities Magazine (press release) (blog)
<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">... better resilience in the face of climate change and greater equity in economic development, but most land use planning continues
to be done at the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.dailyastorian.com/SS/news/20150516/land-conservancy-receives-funds-for-land-purchase&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTkyNDk1MzU1MTc2ODczNjc5MhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHDBjdhLV2MFXW3KnDOqBOEQamcFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Conservancy receives funds for land purchase</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
<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">North Coast Land Conservancy received word that it has been selected to receive $524,000 from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
toward ...<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.golocalpdx.com/news/north-portland-gentrification-documentary-launching-kickstarter-campaign&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE5MTk1ODUzMTg3MjIyMDU2OTUyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGQHFxaBjlybrrdigk9U17Tfa0oJg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">North
Portland Gentrification Documentary Launching Kickstarter Campaign</span></a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">GoLocalPDX
<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 documentary about gentrification in North and Northeast Portland, produced by Portland journalist and filmmaker Cornelius Swart, is
launching 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:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2015/04/wizer-block-developer-we-are-doing-it-right-in.html"><em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Wizer
block developer</span></em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">: '<em><span style="font-weight:normal">We are doing it right in Oregon</span></em>' (Guest
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">...</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><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 Business Journal (blog)</span></span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">A recent decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals caused me to reflect upon where
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">development</span></em> occurs, and whether <em>
<span style="font-weight:normal">we</span></em> in <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em> are ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><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.citylab.com/housing/2015/05/walkability-and-race/393989/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzIwOTg2NzY4OTA5NDAyNjY5MDIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG9CzvxhWgzso49QBCvm-Vzmiu-pQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Link Between Walkable Neighborhoods and Race</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
<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">I've written before about the connection between walkable neighborhoods and higher housing values, reduced rates of violent crime, obesity, ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/10-opinion/260952-132829-our-opinion-action-on-transportation-funds-is-crucial&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzU4NTU1MjcwODIxMjg5ODY0NDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGOYYAsyjeyWMqWUIKqFykKFkdo-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Our
Opinion: Action on transportation funds is crucial</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
<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 no transportation bill moves this session, everyone loses — rural ... They simply send a message that Oregon is a state that cares
about climate ...<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://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oregon-test-pay-mile-idea-replacement-gas-tax-31167037&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI5MTMzNTYxMDU3MTY1MzU1MzQyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF44j9FG_DUyRWzonZt9CYmQSnpGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
to Test Pay-Per-Mile Idea as Replacement for Gas Tax</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">ABC 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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation
program that aims to ... gas tax," said Shelley Snow with the Oregon Department of Transportation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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/2015/05/20/columbia-river-basin-restoration-act-introduced-today/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI5MTMzNTYxMDU3MTY1MzU4NjQyGmE1N2M1YmNiNjZjZmE1ZTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFhrfwPLTflvMXUK9RcrrfWHmXIqA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Columbia
River Basin Restoration Act Introduced Today</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">Toxins are present throughout the Columbia Basin, and are harmful to humans, fish ... “The Columbia River is an Oregon icon that is
central to both our ...<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.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/05/major_fish_kill_likely_in_klam.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzU4NTU1MjcwODIxMjg5ODI3NDIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5dKH5qBLT0_Ceesm4-NL4bRxLkQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Major
fish kill likely in Klamath River as salmon parasite thrives in 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">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">Drought</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> has produced conditions allowing deadly
salmon parasites to ... drought, said Jerri Bartholomew, professor of microbiology at Oregon State ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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