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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
 and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. <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 links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the
 site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe, or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site:<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.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/02/a-map-of-what-every-state-would-be-if-it-were-a-country/?tid=sm_fb"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">A
 Map of What Every State Would Be If It Were a Country</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington Post
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The American economy is really big. Thats the takeaway of this fascinating map of the United States from Mark Perry, an economist who runs the Carpe Diem blog at the American
 Enterprise Institute.<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.citylab.com/housing/2015/06/where-should-poor-people-live/394667/?utm_source=SFTwitter"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Where
 Should Poor People Live?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CityLab
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Studies say that lower-income people do better when they live in affluent neighborhoods, but rich people dont want them there. A few states are seeking ways around that resistance.-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">When Peter Gagliardi first heard about an owner looking to sell an old farmhouse in this college town, he thought it seemed like an ideal place for an affordable housing
 complex. <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/business/index.ssf/2015/06/new_houses_are_getting_bigger.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">New
 Houses Are Getting Bigger</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The square footage of new U.S. houses continues to march higher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The median-sized single-family house built in 2014 was 2,453 square feet, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, setting a new record.
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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.bendbulletin.com/nation/3209340-151/internet-speeds-and-economic-opportunity"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Internet
 Speeds and Economic Opportunity</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Several events last week pointed out how much business success, economic development and even international competition is starting to depend on once unimaginably fast Internet
 speeds. <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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Dsports-complex-still-a-possibility--1433379691--18164--1home-news&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTkxNjI5OTg4MzYwNDE4NzA1NTIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHYNTLRSxksZVnqAK_az-uORhceqg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Sports
 complex still a possibility</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">McMinnville News-Register
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">While John Abrams' last-minute withdrawal has thrown into question a proposed expansion of McMinnville's urban growth boundary to accommodate ...<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/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2015/05/post_170.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Low
 Water Statewide Will Restrict Boating, Fishing, Recreation</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Oregonian
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It's only May and already the Clackamas River is too low for jet sleds. Power boaters move rocks in diminished rapids to allow passage into the few holes open to them. Salmon
 and summer steelhead get a free pass upriver as driftboats stay home.<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/opinion/index.ssf/2015/05/its_time_for_brown_to_declare.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">It’s
 Time for Brown to Declare Support for Jordan Cove</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OPINION Portland Oregonian
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at Coos Bay has several tests to pass if it is to become a reality.
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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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150602/NEWS/150609882&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjQyMjI0Mzg5NzEzOTk5MjIzMjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGGcMH6kJCwtcd6yWbrliOiXgfcuQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Arguments
 continue over Talent asphalt 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">Mail Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Since 2012, there have been multiple rulings from the county, its hearings officer and Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals. “They are essentially ...<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2015/06/moratorium-restaurants-retail-mergers-mission-sf.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzU2MjQxMTUwMTg1ODM2MDQ3MDIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEZ6Rz535os7Bz051oqZqZupCK2fA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">New
 San Francisco moratorium proposal targets large restaurants</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">San Francisco Business Times
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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">City leaders in San Francisco and Oakland are under pressure from residents, who are alarmed about gentrification that is rapidly changing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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"">   
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 the Hourly Wage <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Needed</span></em> to <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Rent</span></em> a 2-Bedroom Apartment
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">CityLab</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><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">Many</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> higher and middle income
 renters occupy units that are ... Currently, an average <em><span style="font-weight:normal">American needs to earn</span></em> $19.35 to
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">afford rent</span></em> on a ... person would
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">have</span></em> <em><span style="font-weight:normal">to earn</span></em> well above $20
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">per hour to afford</span></em> a two-bedroom place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Counties with the Most Poverty</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">Malheur County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> is more poverty-stricken than any
 other party of Oregon, with 25% of the population living below the poverty line (as of 2010). Malheur ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Lottery Machines Easier to Find In Poor Neighborhoods, Analysis Finds</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lawmakers working to reform the Oregon Lottery  long worried that video machines are concentrated in poor neighborhoods  watched helplessly Monday as a new data-collection
 bill died in a Senate committee.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/06/01/urban-sprawl-costs-the-american-economy-more-than-1-trillion-annually-smart-growth-policies-may-be-the-answer/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTY2NTE4MjUyMzAzODcxNTk0MjgyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE2KkKoJiU6WLAQbtvtLMDFnnY4lQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Urban
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">USAPP American Politics and Policy (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">Smart growth</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> communities tend to have far lower
 traffic fatality rates than sprawled communities, providing huge savings and benefits. By increasing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Often when we think of wildlife habitat, we think of animals that make their homes in large forest ecosystems. However, what we dont often stop to appreciate are the small,
 privately owned forests close to urban areas that comprise another source of essential habitat for Oregons wildlife.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://cjme.com/story/city-saskatoon-asking-more-control-over-infill-development/558584&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY2NTE4MjUyMzAzODcxNjAxNzAyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHbAm9szrUnqFZruxctt_VppXTHkQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">City
 of Saskatoon asking for more control over infill development</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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 City of Saskatoon wants more power to control what developers can do with infill buildings. The subject of infill development came
 up at a meeting ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 edge, arts-oriented infill developments coming to downtown Phoenix</span></a> <o: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">The new development will be called The Oscar and will include nine apartments, two live/work spaces and commercial space for two art
 galleries and ...<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sddt.com/news/article.cfm%3FSourceCode%3D20150601czd%26_t%3DReport%2Bdetails%2Bwatersaving%2Bbenefits%2Bof%2Binfill%2Bdevelopment&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTY2NTE4MjUyMzAzODcxNjAxNzAyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGw4wXcM6V0QXJ3im5qmXXnI7vWPQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Report
 details water-saving benefits of infill development</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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%">San Diego Source (subscription)
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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 regional nonprofit organization released its water-infill report advocating for infill development it says uses less water for landscaping,
 while ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 All Housing Development Is Bad In A Drought</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">The report advocates for infill development — building where existing homes are or in places that are surrounded by other homes. The
 idea is to fill in ...<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.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-our-water-guzzling-food-factory.html?_r=0"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Our
 Water Guzzling Food Factory – 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"">LETS start with a quiz.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Which consumes the most water?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A a 10-minute shower.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">B a handful of 10 almonds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">C a quarter pound hamburger patty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">D a washing machine load.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Basin farmers brace for water shortages worsening</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">In 2011, the 26-year-old veteran, born and raised in Malin, purchased the home he grew up in and a 40-acre parcel of land. For as long
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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">planetizen</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> þ@planetizen May 29. Texas Flooding a
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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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/farm-land-inside-winnipeg-dwindling-committee-votes-for-review-1.3097056&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzU2MjQxMTUwMTg1ODM1NzQ4MTIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHSldROvuktNpRxyF9pUSAzSiKPrg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Farm
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CBC.ca
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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">Winnipeg's property and planning committee approved two motions that may eventually have far-reaching implications for land use in the
 city. ... Community Economic Development support the report and the creation of a Winnipeg ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 of Conservation Groups Seek to Defend Bureau of Land Management's New Fracking ...</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Denver, CO —(ENEWSPF)--June 2, 2015. A coalition of six conservation groups yesterday moved to defend the Bureau of Land Management's new ...<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/opinion/index.ssf/2015/06/portland_leaders_selective_int.html#incart_2box_opinion_index.ssf"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Portland
 Leaders’ Selective Interest in Blue-Collar Port Jobs – 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"">Portland Mayor Charlie Hales turned his back last month on Pembina Pipeline Corporation, whose proposal to build a $500 million propane export facility in the Port of Portland's
 Terminal 6 he'd previously championed.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150603/canola-extension-bill-headed-for-senate-vote&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQyMjI0Mzg5NzEzOTk5MDcwNjIaNDg1YWY2ZTI3YWYyNGY1Mjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFdNtmOG0AdTdR_ihXxDDVVs6YVTg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Canola
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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 bill to extend limited canola production in Oregon's Willamette Valley will be voted on by the full Senate after previously pasing
 the House.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/145049&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTY2NTE4MjUyMzAzODcxNjA2NTIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHUZ1Iu7Kf6ZrQTAXnmc9n4UC38Ig"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Illegal
 Pot Grows Worry Local Law Enforcement</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">"Drug trafficking organizations have targeted not only Central Oregon, but also ... for grows both on public and private land throughout
 Central Oregon.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.argusobserver.com/opinion/new-epa-rule-muddies-the-water/article_1d879bd6-06f6-11e5-8987-63a12d24f0cb.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MDc0MzY4MTE2OTM2MDA4MzIyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF5_lryOIkXVPQpL0_ILz9ZQC9A1g"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">New
 EPA rule muddies the water</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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 across Oregon and the rural West, farmers, ranchers and other property owners have been wondering: What will Washington, D.C., try
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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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33145088-75/state-to-put-steelhead-in-lakes.html.csp"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">State
 to Put Steelhead in Lakes</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington is keeping hatchery fish out of rivers while their effect on wild stocks is studied-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thousands of hatchery-raised steelhead trout will be released into Washington lakes rather than Puget Sound rivers this year, after federal biologists said they want to do
 a fuller review to ensure that hatchery fish dont harm federally threatened wild steelhead.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/letters/20150604/letter-sage-grouse-conservation-good-for-the-bird-eastern-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTkxNjI5OTg4MzYwNDE4NzY0NDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGxEjwBjIRspCLBec25VmbZGpwxuQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Letter:
 Sage grouse conservation good for the bird, Eastern Oregon</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">East Oregonian (subscription)
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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 a native of Ontario, Oregon, a member of the Steens Mountain Advisory Council, an outdoor equipment company owner and avid hunter
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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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/revamped-sage-grouse-habitat-plan-provides-economic-growth79142&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODUwNTcwOTA5MDg4Nzc2OTAzMzIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGMRCwwfo2DXyNWga0h0WHBeyHaGA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Revamped
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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 revamped land use plan for the greater sage-grouse habitat and sagebrush landscape in Wyoming that supports economic development has
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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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865629936/Utah-prairie-dog-ruling-stokes-national-conversation-about-endangered-species.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU2MjQxMTUwMTg1ODM2MDAzMjIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGkG5YF-JBm0AhQw1sHxNVrh5chyg"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Utah
 prairie dog ruling stokes national conversation about endangered species</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Deseret 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">A federal court ruling on the scope of the Endangered Species Act found that protections for the Utah prairie dog cannot be extended
 to private ...<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/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/06/psu_scientist_on_recent_oregon.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">What
 Do Recent Earthquakes Mean to Oregon? PSU Scientist Says It’s Unclear: Q&A</span></a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Oregonian
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A series of seven earthquakes about 300 miles west of the Oregon coast over the past two days is nothing out of the ordinary, Northwest scientists and geologists say. So
 what's happening out there? <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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.beachconnection.net/news/tsunprep060415_506.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTkxNjI5OTg4MzYwNDE4NjY0MjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHOB-1DnYuxDhnEzuVYXHJz9aTNOA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Scientists
 Worry About Tsunami Preparedness Along Oregon, Washington Coasts</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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 Coast) – Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey, University of ... John Schelling, Earthquake & Tsunami Program Manager
 for the ...<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://smartgrowth.org/future-of-transportation-cities-with-choices-and-less-parking/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQyMjI0Mzg5NzEzOTk5MTM2MDIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGTmYHrmoEk5HtC6uQX_N9_9fFT3A"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Future
 of Transportation: Cities with Choices—and Less Parking</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Smart Growth Network
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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">Cities still have cars, but not every transportation decision is based on moving them as fast as possible. More and more, transportation
 leaders treat ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33136031-78/well-funded-amtrak-should-be-a-priority.html.csp"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Well-Funded
 Amtrak Should Be a Priority – Guest Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eugene Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Just before Congress slunk away for the three-day weekend  which it was, of course, planning to stretch into a week  senators from the Northeast held a news conference to
 denounce Republicans for underfunding Amtrak passenger rail service.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://crosscut.com/2015/06/guest-opinion-we-deserve-better-transportation-planning/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MDc0MzY4MTE2OTM2MDI4MjUyGjgxOWY2ZTI4NWIzZjZlZDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHW8KX-A1O4__JeVB2K_E6-Q77PFA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Guest
 Opinion: Where is the region's viable and sustainable transportation plan?</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Crosscut
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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">According to the long-range transportation plan for the region, in 2040 the Puget Sound area will have built light rail lines from Everett
 to Tacoma and ...<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/swati-ramanathan-interview-tender-sure-project-walkable-cities&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQyMjI0Mzg5NzEzOTk5MzQ0ODIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGFqIIPzU3bOXFib5pSp0GPS-kFzA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">'Tender
 SURE is not against motorists, it is for a walkable city'</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Citizen Matters, Bangalore
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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">Who would not want walkable footpaths, better street lights, sensible parking, road safety, aesthetics, greening, cycling, and no more
 digging of roads?<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/parking-study-calls-for-fewer-spots-in-downtown-montreal&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQyMjI0Mzg5NzEzOTk5Mjg0MDIaOTZjODAxN2RmYzRkOTQ5Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHUn1vUFmctOaoQAivpAM7s7q2h3Q"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Parking</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
 study calls for fewer spots in downtown Montreal</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Montreal Gazette
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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">Implement “dynamic pricing” at parking meters, in which users are charged more when parking areas are nearly full, and less when they
 aren't.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/06/dont_let_transportation-fundin.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjQyMjI0Mzg5NzEzOTk5MzgyMTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHUatVVZhvg0QZic8zVlQVUH9vtUw"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Don't
 let transportation-funding window close: Editorial Agenda 2015</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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">If Oregon's public pension system generated investment returns as ... up support for a transportation funding package: They need to
 do it this session.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.guampdn.com/story/opinion/2015/05/31/edit-0601-dmg/28257297/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTA1MDc0MzY4MTE2OTM2MDA5NjEyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEUkDjAAdLl_KN_Uplxr2ym7NdnJQ"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Privatization
 makes most sense for fixing mass transit system</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Pacific Daily 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">The government of Guam must commit enough funding and other resources to make the privatization of the island's mass transit services
 a reality.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/06/beavertons_intersection_from_h.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTkxNjI5OTg4MzYwNDE4NTY0MDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHOcFr4g31RhV5Rl7oKotHHmzfUXA"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Joseph
 Rose: White-knuckled adventures at Beaverton's intersection from hell</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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">Washington County and the Oregon Department of Transportation know know it's a nightmare for drivers trying to turn left. (Many of them
 are forced to ...<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/commuting/index.ssf/2015/06/bicycles_portland_not_one_of_p.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Gasp
 Portland Fails to Make Influential List of Planet’s Top 20 Bike-Friendly Cities</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Oregonian
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wired and the Copenhagen Design Company have teamed up to rank the 20 most bike-friendly cities on the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We've got this. Right, Portland? Actually, gasp Stumptown is nowhere to be found on the list. Talk about a broken chain.<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://brick.shorebeat.com/2015/06/odd-bicycle-markings-on-route-35-arent-a-mistake-after-all/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MDc0MzY4MTE2OTM2MDE2MTEyGmE4OGM5YjI2ZDc1OTZkOTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGUPkfCrnw4KCbCDt-qXuGAhXAG2Q"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Odd
 Bicycle Markings On Route 35 Aren't A Mistake After All</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Shorebeat
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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 DOT said enough sharrows have been added in Bay Head so drivers turning onto the highway from any side street will be reminded of
 the ...<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://smartgrowth.org/fhwas-separated-bike-lane-planning-and-design-guide/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODUwNTcwOTA5MDg4Nzc2ODU3ODIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGuBwko7Yivd2KrkmiK_ryJVn-MBw"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">FHWA's
 Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Smart Growth Network
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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 Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) has just released the “Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide.” This guide outlines
 planning ...<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="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://smartgrowth.org/apply-now-to-be-a-walk-friendly-community/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODUwNTcwOTA5MDg4Nzc2ODU3ODIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH1BnphoItG-bqaDE62JrxKt7o3Yw"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Apply
 Now to Be a Walk Friendly Community</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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">Walk Friendly Communities is a national recognition program developed to encourage towns and cities to establish or recommit to a high
 priority for ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 planner, former mayor dies at 78</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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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">David Godschalk, a professor in UNC's department of city and regional planning, served with Mr. Howes on the council. Later, they'd
 go on to lead the ...<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:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","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:"Arial","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;text-decoration:none">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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