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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.thestreet.com/story/13185540/1/5-big-changes-in-the-past-10-years-in-us-real-estate.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxMjY0MTAxNjkzNzIxOTU5MDEyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHDbatlMTRnwPCf8TD0v16h9hTHjw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">5
Big Changes in the Past 10 Years in U.S. Real Estate</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">TheStreet.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">"Walkable" communities are in demand. "There has been a rise of planned mixed-use walkable communities, appealing to both Millennials
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://wvpublic.org/post/150-people-offer-ideas-develop-appalachian-regional-commissions-strategic-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM1NDA2Mho4MTlmNmUyODViM2Y2ZWQwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEV3TnCiu5d7F9MnTytt7X5p35OgA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">150
People Offer Ideas To Develop Appalachian Regional Commission's Strategic Plan</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">This is a guide to help the agency invest its funds over the next five or so years,” said Kostas Skordas, the ARC's director of regional
planning and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://ecowatch.com/2015/06/16/reasons-urban-farming-rocks/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM0NjUzMhpiN2ExNWJhZmNiZmU4OTQzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGIZqUmBjXTFFx7qkZEtfKJHVms6g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">5
Reasons Why Urban Farming Rocks: Apply Today to Win the $15k Gardens for Good Grant</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">EcoWatch
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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">From a few containers full of soil and seeds to acres of rooftop overflowing with greens, urban farming has taken the nation by storm—and
we couldn't ...<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://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/263964-136208-11-point-plan-strives-to-slow-gentrification&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTIwMjIzMjc3Njc4MjY3NTkzMho1NWIyNzIyOTg4MTdiNjU2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHwk3ItlIPSz7hv-J_0DWvrPFj85g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">11-point
plan strives to slow gentrification</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
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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 February report in Governing magazine found Portland has experienced gentrification in more neighborhoods than any other of the nation's
50 ...<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.bustle.com/articles/90128-jesses-deli-responded-to-a-rent-increase-with-artisanal-prices-and-dont-we-all-wish-we&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYxMjY0MTAxNjkzNzIxOTMxMTEyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGE1Hiu4Rtp6PfXE1CjHvcrWFyAtQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Jesse's
Deli Responded To A Rent Increase With "Artisanal Prices," And Don't We All Wish We ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bustle
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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">Gentrification</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> isn't exactly news, though… unless
you're Jesse's Deli, the bodega that responded to a rent increase with “artisanal prices,” because ...<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://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/06/15/in-turkey-in-search-of-a-more-people-sensitive-gentrification/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxMjY0MTAxNjkzNzIxOTMxMTEyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFiYPS2X30XFGXnwrDPB-GjDZqc-Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
Turkey, in Search of a More People-Sensitive Gentrification</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Global Voices Online
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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 themes of redevelopment and gentrification have been especially politicised in Turkey since the Gezi protests of 2013, which began
with a conflict ...<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.eastoregonian.com/eo/editorials/20150617/our-view-demolition-offers-opportunity"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Our
View: Demolition Offers Opportunity – 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"">In January, Pendleton should be the new owners of 20 acres of prime development land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The property, which was home to the Blue Mountain Recovery Center and a nearby training center, had long been off the tax rolls and owned by the state of Oregon.<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.guardian-series.co.uk/news/13331536.Campaign_opposing_high_rise_housing_in_suburb_triggers_council_debate/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxMjY0MTAxNjkzNzIxOTQwMDQyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGmojS3fwo56qwNBMIsdevrqqo7Gg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Campaign
opposing high-rise housing in suburb triggers council debate</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">East London and West Essex Guardian Series
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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 petition backed by MP Iain Duncan Smith calling for a rethink on a planning brief which would allow high-rise development in a suburban
area has ...<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.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/06/panel_tackles_merits_drawbacks_as_tidal_wave_of_re.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTA2NjkxNTIxOTc2NjU0Mzg4NDIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFAJtny65gHq8w4w3046bzvd_7g4Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pros
and cons: Is Newark's 'tidal wave' of redevelopment a renaissance or gentrification?</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">NJ.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">NEWARK — A panel that included representatives from local government, real estate and media convened Monday night to discuss the mounting ...<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.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2015/06/even_the_writings_on_the_wall.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA2NjkxNTIxOTc2NjU0Mzg4NDIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHv7L-2pujQsq-FMJGpn8MObF4ZMw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'GO
HOME YUPPIE SCUM' graffiti in Jersey City denounces gentrification</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">Paul Silverman declined to comment. Manibo has denounced the graffiti, saying her effort is to slow gentrification through social action,
not vandalism.<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://nextcity.org/daily/entry/urban-planning-affordability-inclusion-seattle-model&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTIwMjIzMjc3Njc4MjY1MzkwMho4MTlmNmUyODViM2Y2ZWQwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGQ6PdgJ8QHeppqMsP53UNv-CaR2w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Shifting
Planning From Pretty Renderings to Affordability and Inclusion</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Next City
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... the grant program is one of the largest and most influential public showings of federal support toward holistic neighborhood and regional planning.<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/f-kaid-benfield/its-a-trend-more-business_b_7608218.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTIwMjIzMjc3Njc4MjY0ODE5MhpmZDY3MjAyZGMwY2JkMzc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHfy6jl1hVXvY90uqNrdU54n33i4g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">It's
a Trend: More Businesses Are Choosing Downtowns and Walkable Locations</span></a>
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<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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">As I reported earlier this year, more and more businesses are choosing to locate in downtowns and walkable suburban locations, in part
to attract ...<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.heraldandnews.com/klamath/upstairs-living-downtown/article_14b09dc5-60aa-58a7-9996-d3672ae7c16f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM0MTg3Mho5OGNiZDM5MzVjNGYxNzdjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFel9QzUpbBsu2DBSVF4cyrE_yOfw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Upstairs
living downtown</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">Mike Jackson, of Illinois-based UpstairsDowntown, left, discusses proposals for upstairs housing downtown with building owner Rich Bogatay,
center, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/06/a-case-study-in-bike-friendly-suburban-planning/396107/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjQ4NzYyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGQ9hoB4xSzjz98Zfx99hTlbSJIxQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
Case Study in Bike-Friendly Suburban Planning </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">What the misguided war between cars and bikes often misses is that it's perfectly possible for both to coexist in peace—even in the
suburbs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/06/googles-new-bike-plan-wants-silicon-valley-to-be-more-like-copenhagen/395885/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYxMjY0MTAxNjkzNzIxOTQwMDQyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHPBQPCzmUno7KBIiRCc0HDl2Ga9g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Google's
New Bike Plan Wants Silicon Valley to Be More Like Copenhagen</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">But as the tech giants plan massive campus expansions in the area, ... North County looks more like Copenhagen than typical suburban
California.<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.mailtribune.com/article/20150619/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150619670"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">State
Parks Are Embracing Disc Golf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Medford Mail Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-The latest course, one of five in Josephine County, is near Cave Junction-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Disc golf wasnt a good fit for Medford, but it seems tailor-made for Oregons state parks. The Forks Disc Golf Course, located in Illinois River Forks State Park near Cave
Junction, opened March 1, becoming the 10th disc course in the state park system and the first south of Eugene.<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/06/19/county-parks-getting-small-boost-funds/28960973/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">County
Parks Getting Small Boost In Funds</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The money isnt huge, but managers of county parks say theyre happy for the small boost of cash allowing them to make improvements at a handful of parks and campgrounds in
the Mid-Valley.<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.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/local/article_eb95eb75-4a15-5c4c-972c-c5fb31508d24.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTIwMjIzMjc3Njc4MjY2ODI2Mho0MTg0YmUxNjdlMDZjY2MyOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFCWy4th2bOQ04bDh05wsqlVVWFHw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Partnerships
vital for county government</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portage Daily Register
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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">... its departments -- the Land and Water Conservation Department and the Columbia County Economic Development Corporation -- to offer
examples ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://ijpr.org/post/walking-about-eugene-jeff-speck&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA2NjkxNTIxOTc2NjU0NDM1MDIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGAw_z-sakXKSI8TfOCpjJ_DYV2RQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Walking
About Eugene With Jeff Speck</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">We'll get an advance chat to talk about how to make cities more compact and walkable, and how to keep suburban sprawl from running all
over 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/portland/index.ssf/2015/06/portland_adopts_goal_of_no_tra.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTIwMjIzMjc3Njc4MjY4MzYwMho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNG1NN_kYP4Wqwrn91509lykacemng"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
adopts 'Vision Zero' goal of no traffic deaths</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">On Wednesday, the City Council voted 4-0 to endorse a lofty vision of zero transportation deaths. In support of the effort, Portland
accepted $150,000 ...<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.businesswire.com/news/home/20150617006025/en/Bike-Work-Day-Pedal-Bikeable-Region&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTMzMjgyMhoxMTZiMzlkZDgzMzk0MTYzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGF3dCg9SRCsR3HJDnhI-y9nA9YFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bike
to Work Day: Pedal for a More Bikeable Region</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 Wire (press release)
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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">DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On June 24, 2015 tens of thousands of commuters from across the region will choose two wheels over four to
get 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/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/transportation_deal_revealed_l.html#incart_2box_politics_index.ssf"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Transportation
Deal Revealed: Lawmakers Agreed to Ax Clean Fuels for Road Fixes, Documents Show</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gov. Kate Brown's office and eight legislators agreed to repeal Oregon's clean fuels program as part of a deal to raise $200 million a year for transportation projects, according
to details leaked Thursday night to The Oregonian/OregonLive.<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.dailypress.com/news/politics/dp-nws-transportation-project-scoring-20150616-story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM0MDA4MhowYzRmNWRiNTdjYmU1MjQzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHYqJDSwycew8I395C8rfiiLJnM_g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Transportation
overhaul: New scoring system for project funding nearly set</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 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">There are six scoring categories: Congestion mitigation, economic development, accessibility, safety, environmental quality and land
use. VDOT was ...<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://theworldlink.com/news/opinion/editorial/your-view-revitalize-main-street-deserves-legislative-nod/article_c4a584b7-a0c4-50ce-bdd3-9418f1a033d2.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Your
View: Revitalize Main Street Deserves Legislative Nod – Guest Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The World<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As the legislative session in Salem enters its final weeks, we urge our senators and representatives to make a modest investment in the long-term economic health and physical
safety of communities both urban and rural by passing the Revitalize Main Street Act SB 565.<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.idsnews.com/article/2015/06/op-column-moving-toward-public-transit&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjU3MzQyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHeaLkb07eNdX0gJKqumMqjYNphYw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">COLUMN:
Moving toward public transit </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Indiana Daily Student
<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">Let's face it — the public transit system in America cowers in the corner compared to that of Europe, particularly France and Germany.
And as my ...<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3246171-151/study-shows-central-oregon-has-deficient-bridges&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxMjY0MTAxNjkzNzIxOTQ5MjgyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHdNr7vqSQHZbFeC6x9nWRotSdUgQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study
shows Central Oregon has deficient bridges</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">Transportation</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> for America, a nationwide advocacy
group for transportation funding, released the study of Oregon bridges last week. The data were ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/06/lawmakers_discover_the_value_o.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjM2ODkyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHeB_0MSCLd9CGaeND0Txef3cm88g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lawmakers
discover the value of cheap natural gas: Editorial Agenda 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">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">To that end, the city expanded its urban growth boundary and, with the help of Business Oregon, classified more than 100 acres of industrial
land for ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://ecowatch.com/2015/06/19/fracking-public-lands-colorado/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjU4NzUyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHaqzl0XhEcR7uzk4VNYAYCu_fVaA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">This
Land Was Made for You and Me … And Fracking? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">EcoWatch
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">But a new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) could open nearly 7 million acres of BLM-managed federal ...<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.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/16/oil-companies-are-drilling-on-public-land-for-the-price-of-a-cup-of-coffee-heres-why-that-should-change/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTMyOTQxMhpmMDE0MWQ0MzhiNmVhZTU0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF448OroqOzxVfWLyTHp6L_6k6H6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oil
companies are drilling on public land for the price of a cup of coffee. Here's why that should ...</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Washington Post
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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 fact, for decades, the minimum bid to lease public land for fossil fuel ... But the department's Bureau of Land Management, which
oversees onshore ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Fuel Debate: Why Are Oregonians Driving <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Less</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%">Newsweek</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">On its face, Vehicle Miles
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Traveled</span></em>, or VMT, is a very simple metric: one car (or bus, or motorcycle)
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">traveling</span></em> one mile on a public <em>
<span style="font-weight:normal">road</span></em>. ... <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em> wasn't the only state that saw a drop—Michigan, Pennsylvania and Rhode ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><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://ecowatch.com/2015/06/17/nasa-largest-aquifers-being-depleted/"><em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">NASA
Study</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">More Than One-Third of Earth's Largest Aquifers Are</span></em>
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">...</span></em></span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="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%">EcoWatch</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">Freshwater is
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">depleting</span></em> at alarming and unsustainable rates in
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">major</span></em> ... that <em><span style="font-weight:normal">one</span></em>
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">third of</span></em> the <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Earth's largest</span></em> groundwater basins are
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">rapidly depleting</span></em> due to ... In the U.S., California's Central Valley
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Aquifer</span></em>—which is <em><span style="font-weight:normal">being</span></em> sucked ... The water-pinched Golden State is wringing its groundwater
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">more than</span></em> ever ...<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.citywatchla.com/8box-left/9165-california-s-greatest-water-challenge-isn-t-conservation-it-s-rhna&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTA2NjkxNTIxOTc2NjU0NDEzMzIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGAvFSaLuJbczy2f5zJ8sW7v-Vj0w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">California's
Greatest Water Challenge Isn't Conservation, It's RHNA</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">City Watch
<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 allocations, spread out evenly between Northern and Southern California, are distributed among 38 regional planning agencies through
a RHNA ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/farmers-make-more-land-fallow-as-oregon-drought-spreads/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM0MjQxMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHtY9rb5kjcbKx_cwkSIeEfhxcN5Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Farmers
Make More Land Fallow As Oregon Drought Spreads</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OPB News
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">He said quite a bit of land is being put into fallow status, particularly in southeastern Oregon and Klamath County. Johnson added that
some short-term ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/06/officials_tighten_forest_fire.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjUwNzAyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHM9n17vyZJRhr0nBQ2qmgzjLVYaA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Officials
to tighten forest fire prevention restrictions in 12 Central Oregon counties </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">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">"We are at a point where new wildfires are growing quickly and becoming more difficult and expensive to control," district forester
George Ponte said.<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.npr.org/2015/06/15/414616299/endangered-species-protections-at-center-of-drought-debate&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA2NjkxNTIxOTc2NjU0NDM5ODIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFXKZeHzHrcFgJpvhic5lZUiGPIwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Endangered
Species</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Protections At Center Of Drought Debate</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">NPR
<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 lot of the laws and regulations that keep water in rivers during severe droughts fall under the Endangered Species Act. Signed by
President Nixon in ...<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://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/244875-ranchers-fighting-for-greater-sage-grouse-whats-good&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA2NjkxNTIxOTc2NjU0NTM3ODIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFAZVfh7GucMktWOD3uQsrfQOMLzA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ranchers
fighting for greater sage-grouse: 'What's good for the bird is good for the herd'</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 Hill (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">The cattle industry continues to make strides in innovation and management, resulting in improved genetics, feed efficiency and land
management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/environment/index.ssf/2015/06/more_fish_likely_to_die_as_hig.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Warm
Water Expected to Keep Killing Willamette River Salmon</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Portland Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon's worsening drought has taken its first official victims.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/toxic-algal-bloom-hits-west-coast/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Toxic
Algal Bloom Hits West Coast</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A huge toxic algal bloom is forcing many shellfish fisheries to shut down along the West Coast. The health effects from eating shellfish contaminated by the toxin associated
with the blooms can result in memory loss, seizures and even death. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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.opb.org/news/article/2-west-coast-fish-species-recover-decades-ahead-of-schedule/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">West
Coast Fish Species Recovers Decades Ahead of Schedule</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fishery managers say two valuable West Coast groundfish have recovered ahead of schedule: canary rockfish and petrale sole.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thats good news for the fishing industry. The fleet has been restricted from catching healthy stocks of fish that swim alongside these protected species at the bottom of
the ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/drought_reduces_trout-release.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Drought
Reduces Trout-Release Sites in Rogue River Basin</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">When technician Bryan DeBerry steers the Cole Rivers Hatchery trout-stocking truck into Mill Creek Campground, he feels like he should be jingling some bells or playing some
annoying children's song on a loudspeaker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php%3Fheading%3D0%26story_id%3D48573%26page%3D86&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjQyMTIyGjI1Y2IwODI3NTVjNjAzYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVW2ylQSLrHc9CeZgesscDmys2lw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Red
tide threatening Oregon fisheries </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Newport News Times
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In Oregon, according to NOAA Fisheries spokesman Michael Milstein, all recreational shellfish harvesting from the Columbia River south
to Tillamook ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/June-Issue-3-2015/Team-to-study-extensive-toxic-algae-bloom-along-West-Coast/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjQyMTIyGjI1Y2IwODI3NTVjNjAzYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG3Xyneqajf-m5V8BY2vKHKe7a5uQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Team
to study extensive toxic algae bloom along West Coast </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Alaskajournal.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">On June 15, a team of scientists set out from Oregon aboard the NOAA research vessel Bell M. Shimada to survey the algae bloom along the West ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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://ijpr.org/post/industry-gets-behind-oregon-aerial-pesticide-spraying-bill-advocates-disappointed"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Industry
Gets Behind Oregon Aerial Pesticide Spraying Bill; Advocated Disappointed</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Jefferson Public Radio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Repeated high-profile incidents of people being sickened by pesticides sprayed from aircraft in Oregon have increased calls for new regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/sl/264148-137281-oregon-celebrates-pollinator-week-with-beer-other-ways-to-take-action-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjMxMTMyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHRRwDFyoa69S4QWIW93lfCTVmOEg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
celebrates Pollinator week with beer, other ways to take action </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">Due to habitat loss, the threatened species is now found only in a handful of protected areas, including the Oregon coast areas of Mt.
Hebo and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://kmuw.org/post/effort-protect-bees-epa-could-restrict-hundreds-pesticides&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM2MTU5MhozMDc0NmM4OWQxZGRkNTg1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEteaSayYmmEN7v2BSxLmjbTPopSQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
Effort To Protect Bees, EPA Could Restrict Hundreds Of Pesticides</span></a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KMUW
<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">Farmers</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> could be temporarily prohibited from applying
pesticides if new proposed environmental regulations are adopted. Harvest Public Media's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/17/bees-are-worth-billions-to-farmers-across-the-globe-study-suggests&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM2MTU5MhozMDc0NmM4OWQxZGRkNTg1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFNmLzfn-y2CyyALB5iXW3bZKFIgg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bees</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
are worth billions to farmers across the globe, study suggests</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 Guardian
<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">Bees</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> are worth billions to farmers across the globe,
study suggests ... world are suffering a catastrophic decline, variously blamed on pesticides, mites, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/bee-policy-sting-how-farmers-will-suffer-under-ontarios-new-regulations&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNjI4OTg1MTQ1NjMxOTM2MTU5MhozMDc0NmM4OWQxZGRkNTg1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHMgWA7VGb1aF5apD_wCQBap6tu3A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bee</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
policy sting: How farmers will suffer under Ontario's new regulations</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Financial 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">Ontario's proposed neonicotinoid regulations, designed to protect bees, ... The irony is European farmers had to increase pesticide
use to control ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/wlt/95-news/264101-136849-county-to-revisit-s-and-h-logging-permit&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjI4MzEyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHUtOq5cTpw1lZxHsVA2zplmZ7hwg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
to revisit S&H Logging permit </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">After a hearings officer once again approved the modifications in June 2014, petitioners filed a case with the Oregon Land Use Board
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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/court_reverses_ruling_ordering.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Court
Reverses Ruling Ordering BLM to Log More in Oregon</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"">A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a 2013 ruling that ordered the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to sell more timber in southern Oregon.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/state-and-regional/central-oregon-county-agrees-to-swap-land-with-state/article_c8624263-fab5-5139-8317-d5ac1ec412ee.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTIwMjIzMjc3Njc4MjY1NjUxMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHfAVUASIwpO7UgLSRRMkblGbEgVw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon county agrees to swap land with state</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 Bend Bulletin reports (<a href="http://bit.ly/1GfN4HW">http://bit.ly/1GfN4HW</a>) the Oregon Department of State Lands is relinquishing
the acreage and getting a Deschutes ...<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/klamath_basin_needs_help_from.html"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Klamath
Basin Needs Help from Congress – Guest Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A century ago, the Klamath River basin was the focal point of the greatest wildlife controversy of the day.
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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://flaglerlive.com/80102/nature-conservancy-florida/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjU4NzUyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH2_7iBf-9DsIGUuycWPhI5r2pZDw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Florida's
Nature Conservancy Gets It: It's About Land Management </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">Adding that new money to an estimated base of $60 million means a record for Florida land management allocation. That's going to help
address 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.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/18/northern-australia-plan-aims-to-make-region-an-economic-powerhouse&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc4OTM1OTI3Mzk4OTkzMjMyNjAyGjBjNGY1ZGI1N2NiZTUyNDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGO2q3_m88x6apzQB9FIzBAplqpzg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Northern
Australia plan aims to make region an 'economic powerhouse' </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">“Some of the rules governing land use in the north adversely affect economic development and discourage investment,” the paper says.
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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>
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