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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 – early release!
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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://portland.suntimes.com/por-news/7/89/110109/oregon-4th-least-energy-expensive-state/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzYzNjgwMjU1NDc1NTI1MTA5ODIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFZED5BlFd-_LCMXSViir_OzvEgNg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
is the 4th least energy-expensive state in the U.S. | Portland Sun Times </span>
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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">Congrats to Oregon on passing two years of free community college! ... The drought has been giving Oregon fish a lot of trouble, keeping
water levels ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://oregoncatalyst.com/31303-continued-opposition-wyden-oc-land-grant-act.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MjA4MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGkH0NPsBb49oIQK_0in3V0zLXbFg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Continued
opposition to Wyden O&C Land Grant Act </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Catalyst
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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 Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee yesterday held a hearing on the Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2015 (S. 132), ...<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.kval.com/news/local/Oregon-senators-propose-doubling-harvest-on-OC-timberlands-316407551.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MjI1MTIaYzFmMTA3ZDFkODljN2MxYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGrnXRX8ivXgiNunAH4FcdJZhw2sg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
senators propose doubling harvest on O&C timberlands | Local & Regional News | Eugene ...
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Oregon's Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have introduced legislation to double the timber harvest on Oregon's O&C lands
while ...<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/2015/07/forest_bill_will_mean_more_cle.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Forest
Bill Will Allow More Clear Cuts Without Benefits – 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"">The Oregonian/OregonLive editorial board on July 5 gave a full-throated endorsement of proposed federal forest legislation that would shred the Northwest Forest Plan the
two-decades-old plan, promulgated in 1994, that remains the foremost national perhaps international example of an ecosystem management plan.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/07/private_land_logging_buffers_c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDI1MzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGyVJn5kWCLH5-OkZ2xhznHJi0LeA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Private
land logging buffers considered by Oregon forestry board </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 Oregon Board of Forestry is considering options for requiring more stream buffers on private timberland to help keep streams cool
for salmon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2015/07/work_begins_on_south_cooper_mo.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Work
begins on South Cooper Mountain high school, but wetland still a problem</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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beaverton School District moves forward with work on the South Cooper Mountain high school building, but can't build sports fields until wetlands permits are approved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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.pamplinmedia.com/bvt/15-news/267024-141169-riverkeepers-land-owner-appeal-high-school-approval"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Riverkeepers,
land owner appeal high school approval</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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%">Beaverton Valley Times</span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">City Council will decide whether to uphold plan to fill wetlands to build athletic fields in South Cooper Mountain.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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.westernslopenow.com/story/d/story/blm-airport-runway/24574/Z3F3cw2nXEaYTkb2cn1-Zw&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyMDY5MTU3MDIyNTM3MDE5ODYyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH64K2z1VxedAM25rwgbLLD4uSMZQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">GJ
Airport Seeks Community Input for Proposed BLM Land Transfer - WesternSlopeNow - 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 Bureau of Land Management along with the FAA and Grand Junction Regional Airport are now asking for public comment, about a proposed ...<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""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/BLM-and--318077811.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyMDY5MTU3MDIyNTM3MDE5ODYyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFJC0K-E5fR8KUSoKKzH7wbENlu9g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">BLM
and GJT consider transfer of BLM land for new airport runway - KKCO 11 News</span></a>
<span style="color:#737373">- KKCO-TV</span> <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/columnists/20150717/planning-continues-at-the-wallowa-whitman-national-forest"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Planning
Continues At The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest – 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 look at how the planning process works for the national forest that covers much of northeastern Oregon. The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is well into summer mode. And
that means the usual increase in forest activities, forest visitation and the opportunity to enjoy the seasonal splendor of the Blue Mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/07/keen_footwear_launches_nationa.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDMxOTIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHSoo2ncv8eUllCVIVPQzpTppau6Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Keen
Footwear launches tour to save 3 million acres, including Oregon's Owyhee | 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">Driving toward Leslie Gulch, June 2008. Scenes from Oregon's Owyhee country, in Malheur County in the southeast corner of the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33305276-75/ranchers-sue-over-federal-w-ater-protections.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI2OTczODIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGrXZ2ZeQ3K2PYtcFGzKQHXxZzdsw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ranchers
sue over federal water protections </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 rule came in response to calls from the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress for the Environmental Protection Agency to clarify which
smaller ...<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.opb.org/news/article/oregon-fruit-growers-show-concern-about-early-bloom/?t=185826"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Fruit Growers Show Concern About Early Bloom</span></a></span><span 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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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This weekend, Hood River County will host its annual Cherry Celebration Weekend. That’s great news for cherry lovers, but if you were hoping to hit the U-Pick, don’t get
too excited; Farmers warn that the guest of honor will be notably absent from local boughs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/editorials/article28366366.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDE4NzIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFbN8owOr6HzCxkTg_QubUclFwkyA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
Council returns to those old-time land-use follies | The News Tribune </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">Industry is the Holy Grail of economic development. Unlike retail, which recirculates money inside a region, manufacturing pulls money
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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.kval.com/news/local/Eugene-City-Council-takes-next-step-toward-new-urban-growth-boundary-317871191.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDExMDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFdIbykQzuS5bwIsSSU_pRejDVC6A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eugene
City Council takes next step toward new urban growth boundary </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">Eugene City Council takes next step toward new urban growth boundary ... In Oregon, state law requires each city to establish a UGB
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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.wcax.com/story/29574817/vt-regulators-review-randolph-development-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MjM3MjIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGmV_Z7nSih9kK4Bomk01gl81Bsxg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Vt.
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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">Act 250 is Vermont's land use and development law. ... for the economy and it's not good for the economic development of Randolph,"
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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.ecori.org/smart-growth/2015/7/17/zoning-board-rejects-potter-pond-development&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MTY0NzIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEWlOffb4_wDZelfPcBCr_O6OAoyQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Zoning
Board Rejects Potter Pond Development — ecoRI News </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 proposed development would have turned 12 one-bedroom cottages into condominiums with wraparound porches and two-car garages. (Abbey ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ridge Destination Vision Plan 2030 Progresses - News Roanoke Virginia </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">“We would like to sincerely thank Salem City Councilwoman Lisa Garst who served as Chair of the Regional Planning Commission's “Livable ...<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/local-news/20150717/psu-introduces-new-population-forecast-program"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">PSU
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland State University's Population Research Center will be in Hermiston to discuss its population forecast program. Cities and counties will have better access to population
forecasts after the state implemented the Oregon Population Forecast Program.<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://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/07/17/revealed-new-marriott-at-151-maiden-lane/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MDM1NDIaZWQxZDAxZTdlMzVlYzA5Zjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF47BA3XEuze5lgofguzzR6oRQiMQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Revealed:
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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">Dutch architect Piet Boon is designing the new 33-story building, according to New York YIMBY. Fortis Property Group is developing the
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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"> @planetizen Jul 15. Urban design skills
for living on the edge: "Urban Design for Planners 5: Neighborhood Edges" http://bit.ly/1CK9Rje ...<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://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/07/20/rent-control-or-not-debate-focuses-on-whether-controls-would-help-or-make-things-worse/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAxNzAyMzYxODI2NTQ5MTI0ODUyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEY2Z1sT-XKHiFgwCIzPe6_zEaiDQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rent
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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">Council members Kshama Sawant and Nick Licata took on state Rep. Matt Manweller and Smart Growth Seattle lobbyist Roger Valdez in a
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Gentrification? </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">Recently, the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse, a stately South Bronx edifice empty for 37 years, was miraculously transformed into a pop-up
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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/2015/07/no-mass-transit-does-not-cause-gentrification/398957/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDQ4NDIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEWmHMjCySUj0a1u2Y3LabfJDpivQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Subway
and Bus Stops Are Not the Cause of Gentrification in New York - CityLab </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">Mass Transit Doesn't Cause Gentrification. A new study of New York City finds that incomes do go up with subway access, but there are
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.facebook.com/rethinkthelink/posts/861025987312027&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyMDY5MTU3MDIyNTM2OTk2ODYyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHFZMKCmw-KZsrBBBagWGygrBoutQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
six most walkable cities in the US... - Rethink The Link </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">"The six most walkable cities in the US are 38 per cent wealthier, they have a higher GDP than the rest."</span><o:p></o:p></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/2015/07/better_naito_project_returns_f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDU2MTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGDBIuS5BvISU76XasdZykQrR3XgA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Better
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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">Portland transportation officials are once again temporarily closing one ... said the closure coincides with the 28th annual Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150717/eco-resort-developer-could-run-out-of-time&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MjA4MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHvvhtKl214P2ztGZSUDH8FAVqd1w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eco-resort
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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">State lawmakers created a special exemption to Oregon land use laws in 2009, specifically for property owners with land zoned for destination
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/23/news/portland/south-portland-project-puts-bike-lanes-to-real-time-test/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDIyMDIaMTE2YjM5ZGQ4MzM5NDE2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHNzsSy83KqJHuvaPXUhcH2exJmkw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">South
Portland project puts bike lanes to real-time test — Portland — Bangor Daily News — BDN ...
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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">“By making it easier for the public and municipalities to imagine their communities more walkable and bikeable, (the hope is that) they'll
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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://portland.suntimes.com/por-news/7/89/110014/oregon-communities-saying-no-marijuana/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzYzNjgwMjU1NDc1NTI1MTczMzIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHUrlKMlp8IWjqMTU-sMUG2t8ZYPw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Some
Oregon communities are already saying no to marijuana </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">Recreational marijuana became legal in Oregon on July 1. ... Last election, nearly 70 percent of the people living in Malheur County
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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.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/17/southwest-oregon-county-puts-pot-sales-on-fall-bal/%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MTUxNDIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF11gCL-_3MgMGzxzyOFwgIvE2WoQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Southwest
Oregon county puts pot sales on fall ballot </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">(AP) - Voters will decide in 2016 whether to bar marijuana sales in the ... a tremendous economic benefit to rural people, rural landowners,
farmers, ...<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.bendbulletin.com/opinion/3343181-151/editorial-legal-crops-shouldnt-be-discriminated-against"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Legal Crops Shouldn’t Be Discriminated Against – 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"">Oregonians hoping to build homes on a marijuana farm are in for a big disappointment. The 2015 Legislature decided that income from a legal marijuana crop cannot be used
to meet the test for new dwellings on high-value farmland in this state.<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/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/07/marijuana_industry_wrestles_wi.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyMDY5MTU3MDIyNTM3MDE3MDIyGjljMjhlODA0YTVmZTNjZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHSgEin4lrJes2nfRLF_3wuYZGXsQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Marijuana</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
industry wrestles with pesticide use </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In states that regulate marijuana, officials are just starting to draft rules ... almost all marijuana as an illicit crop, so there's
no roadmap to help pot farmers. ... In Oregon, unregulated marijuana labs are charged with carrying out ...<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://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/buzz-kill-why-no-one-is-happy-with-ontarios-plan-to-protect-bees&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI2OTAxMzIaMzA3NDZjODlkMWRkZDU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHAdXqUlGwn8FFEd7XNqK5hR0dhyA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Buzz
kill: Why no one is happy with Ontario's plan to protect bees </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Ottawa Citizen
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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">'Neonic' pesticides help farmers battle bugs, but are toxic to already-beleaguered bees. Ontario tried to fix the problem, Tom Spears
explains, but now ...<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.foe.co.uk/news/government-allows-farmers-use-banned-bee-harming-pesticide&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDMzMDIaMzA3NDZjODlkMWRkZDU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGy2Y1QnKjWl-NxQxi8n1TINNEO3w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Government
allows farmers to use 'banned' bee-harming pesticide </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">Our Government has just agreed to let bee-harming pesticides back into fields this autumn. It's ignored the overwhelming science showing
that ...<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.ewg.org/agmag/2015/07/monsanto-s-gmo-weedkiller-threatens-endangered-species&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDQ2MjIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHiMpkk-6I3APqSTGnOcj18GEemew"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Monsanto's
GMO Weedkiller Threatens Endangered Species | EWG </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Environmental Working 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">Earlier this year environmental organizations pressured the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to add the monarch butterfly to the endangered
species list, ...<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.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/18/rockers-old-house-vaults-s-oregon-town-into-the-sp/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzYzNjgwMjU1NDc1NTI1MTg2NzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHl3BI7EdizPxGRwD4C0vXkjUv9BQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rocker's
old house vaults S. Oregon town into the spotlight - Washington Times </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 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">(AP) - Tiny Williams, Oregon, has long been a place to get lost. ... They started cattle ranches and dairy farms on this speck of land
pressed up against ...<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/2015/07/portland_polite_at_ambiguous_i.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
Polite at ‘Ambiguous Intersections’ Puts the Bite On Bikes: Edictorial Agenda 2015 – 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%">Portland Oregonian
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland motorists who've encountered warning signs like those pictured above may have scratched their heads in confusion. Yes, it's easy to recognize what's depicted: a
pedestrian and a cyclist. … But even seemingly simple signs can create confusion in real-world traffic as road users make snap decisions based upon their understanding of the law …<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.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2950307/protecting_endangered_species_congress_says_no_america_says_yes.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI2ODQzMzIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGrUM0KlcSZZUDnAEmtTUQceMTxfQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Protecting
endangered species - Congress says NO, America says YES - The Ecologist </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Ecologist
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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">Most Americans rate endangered species above mines, tar sands and fracking wells. But Congress thinks otherwise. Sage-grouse in Eastern
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.argusobserver.com/news/sage-grouse-rules-get-public-hearing/article_e31cd278-2dcd-11e5-8e16-7b4f2b3ec773.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzYzNjgwMjU1NDc1NTI1MDE4OTIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF1W--Nfak3LJYI5nkq6jqbYEnfzg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage
grouse rules get public hearing - Argus Observer | Ontario, OR: News </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Ontario Argus Observer
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The draft rules can be found online at the Department of Land Conservation and Development website at
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/lcd">www.oregon.gov/lcd</a>, under current rule ...<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.seattletimes.com/business/drought-shrivels-quality-of-northwests-winter-wheat/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAxNzAyMzYxODI2NTQ5MTM0MzcyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGaTZFCnDnMiZkIDwMFXnrPrXQnlw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Drought</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
shrivels quality of Northwest's winter wheat </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Seattle Times
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Intense drought has shrunk the kernels and disrupted the proteins of winter wheat crops in Montana, Washington, Oregon and Idaho — the region that ...<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.eagletribune.com/news/new_hampshire/threatened-bats-halt-some-timber-projects/article_528ec487-8e7e-5ef3-b439-b3b664fc5bb5.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTczNTAyNzExNDAxMTIxNDU3OTMyGjRkZDkzNTdmMmUxNWM0Mjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHZrQYbgoo83Nv3ImR7troFjiarFA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Threatened
bats halt some timber projects - Eagle-Tribune: New Hampshire </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Eagle-Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Under the Endangered Species Act, violating these protections could result in federal punishment in the form of hefty fines (up to $50,000
for some ...<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/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/jul/22/global-warming-deniers-are-an-endangered-species&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEyMDY5MTU3MDIyNTM3MDE0ODkyGjRkZDkzNTdmMmUxNWM0Mjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGPgvXYydfv4Vs7e1cpGBjpoVjI3w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Global
warming deniers are an endangered species | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian
</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
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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">Global warming deniers are an endangered species. There's a groundswell of support for climate action leading up to the 2015 Paris talks.
A museum ...<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/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/07/quake_tsunami_experts_advise_n.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzYzNjgwMjU1NDc1NTI1MDA1NTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFmnELAQAA0mIkPk7zJ5CQikqlPpg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Quake,
tsunami experts advise nervous Northwesterners on preparing for The ... - OregonLive.com
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The next big Cascadia earthquake will probably hit Southern Oregon. ... These are some of the comments made by quake and tsunami expert
Chris ...<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.adn.com/article/20150716/cascadia-fault-line-how-fema-planning-big-quake-us-northwest&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI2OTc1MDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHixPkjBg_oPEhVlcIBjudlH3PY7g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cascadia
fault line: How FEMA is planning for a big quake in US northwest </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Alaska Dispatch 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">... twenty-seven thousand will be injured in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. ... In Oregon, the state's emergency management office
has kicked off ... “It will take 50 years for us to prepare for this impending earthquake,” Scott ...<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/earthquakes/index.ssf/2015/07/tsunamis_racing_for_high_groun.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAxNzAyMzYxODI2NTQ5MTMxODQyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQW0PVAqqV_CGikomHk7igMSs-7g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tsunami</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">:
Racing to high ground in Reedsport after an Oregon coast earthquake (animated map)
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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">Escaping a tsunami in Reedsport (animated map) The Oregonian/OregonLive mapped the high water marks for a variety of tsunami scenarios.<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/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/07/disaster_preparedness_kit_how.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAxNzAyMzYxODI2NTQ5MTMxODQyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGFbtljX92JamNPaOg0rNOEjYOzYg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Disaster
preparedness kit: How to pack easily for earthquake, tsunami and more (VIDEO) </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Unboxing an emergency preparedness kit Earth Science Information Officer at the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,
Ali Ryan, ...<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/history/2015/07/past_tense_oregon_worried_abou.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxNTkxNjAwNTU3NTA3NDQ3MzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHsNX8MM1nKVbxS3Om0iydV1gVPLg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Past
Tense Oregon: Worried about tsunami hitting Oregon coast? It happened in 1964 ...
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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">But there are people along the Oregon coast who recall the tsunami that hit ... who experienced the tsunami caused by the Good Friday
Earthquake.<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.columbian.com/news/2015/jul/17/state-drought-bad-getting-worse/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MDQ4NzIaOGEyMGVhMTRkOGNkZDMzYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7dhz4jl2UnzWXvBz10emtbmu5Nw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State's
drought bad, getting worse </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 Columbian
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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 dismal mountain snowpack has given way to unusually hot, dry conditions across Washington so far this summer. Officials watching the
situation ...<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.heraldnet.com/article/20150719/NEWS01/150719153&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzYzNjgwMjU1NDc1NTI0OTA4MjIaOGEyMGVhMTRkOGNkZDMzYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHCuQOdIvXeKo2baIlcyWzsv4eW-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">It's
a good time to change bad water habits | HeraldNet.com - Local News </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">HeraldNet
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The meager snow pack and summer's hot start delivered “a one-two punch,” said Bond, the state climatologist. After this toasty weekend, he sees ...<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%"><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/2015/07/biologists_haul_sockeye_on_tru.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Biologists
Haul Sockeye On Trucks to Avoid Unusually Warm Northwest Rivers</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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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"">Five sockeye salmon swam in tanks at the Eagle Hatchery this week wearing the scars of their shortened trip to Idaho.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://koin.com/2015/07/17/wildfire-terrible-trifecta-drought-temps-fuel/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MTY3MTIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHMQvqZfvWs9n08vm0UL4ZhuF-Big"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wildfire
'terrible trifecta': Drought, temps, fuel </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KOIN.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“Oregon is less than a month into summer and we are already facing the potential for a terrible trifecta of drought, high temps and
fuel build up on 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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150717/due-to-drought-oregon-curtails-fishing-for-some-species&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM4Mjc5NTcxOTQ3MDI3MTY3MTIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH0pliWcRFMXqF6VxWypn2s1O1uuA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Due
to drought, Oregon curtails fishing for some species - - Capital Press </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Capital Press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Due to drought, Oregon curtails fishing for some species. By GOSIA WOZNIACKA. Associated Press. Published: July 17, 2015 9:08AM. Officials
said ...<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.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm%3Fnppage%3D56045&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczNTAyNzExNDAxMTIxNDUzMTIyGjgxOWY2ZTI4NWIzZjZlZDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFpZy5RDytwUErUk_qncswGGus4pw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County,
Magnolia form regional planning commission to oppose high speed rail The Woodlands ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Woodlands Online, LLC
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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">MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- A newly formed regional planning commission will enable Montgomery County and the city of Magnolia to monitor ...<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.therecorder.com/id%3D1202732617632/Pit-River-Tribe-v-Bureau-of-Land-Management&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAxNzAyMzYxODI2NTQ5MTQwMDAyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG8ndRdCFwGaqKLnt1GuiZB9es3vw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pit
River Tribe v. Bureau of 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">The court held that the district court erred in treating environmental organizations' claims as pertaining only to the Bureau of Land
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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.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/07/20/ubers-fight-for-unlimited-for-hire-cabs-in-new-york-city/better-mass-transit-is-the-real-solution-to-congestion&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAxNzAyMzYxODI2NTQ5MTI0NjYyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEhupP34BDNdPf21LocgwBw-Q5T9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Better
Mass Transit Is the Real Solution to Congestion </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">With all the attention to Uber, it's important to remember that three-quarters of commuters take mass transit, not a car, into Manhattan
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