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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://naturalresourcereport.com/2015/08/sage-grouse-rules-adopted/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzc1MTkyGmVmNzU1ZjkyN2I3NGI2NTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFGJwa3jeh0OnkqUGvFHufcZZc2TQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage-grouse
rules adopted </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Natural Resources Report
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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">On July 24th, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) adopted new rules that would allow limited development
in core ...<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.naturalgasintel.com/articles/103233-sage-grouse-census-could-change-debate-on-listing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTY5NzUyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFBUKUyqNk5ckIXV7nmXNiCrjCLug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage
Grouse</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Census Could Change Debate on Listing
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Natural Gas Intelligence
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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 greater sage grouse became a candidate for protection under the ... across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
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.opb.org/news/article/portland-transfer-policy-gentrification-affects-schools/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MTEwMjIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEuo0nM_o2bs41szXFxqHpozy7A6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">When
Gentrification Meets School Choice, Portland-Style </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
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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">Rising home prices have brought a profound demographic change to the Boise neighborhood in North Portland: the white population has
almost ...<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.courthousenews.com/2015/08/03/builders-challenge-portland-ore-parks-fees.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjAzMDg0NTAzMjk5MDczMzkwODIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHspE2iiXYcvzwWAwlZwiJIA7a--g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Builders
Challenge Portland, Ore. Parks Fees </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Courthouse News Service
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... including the Oregon Association of Realtors, claim the city did not identify how it will spend its "windfall," as required by Oregon
law. ... Dave Nelson, CEO of the co-plaintiff Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland, 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.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/268467-142592-no-expansion-likely-for-metro-urban-growth-boundary&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM3MTIyNjA2NjczNzAxNzU5NjQyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVU3TU3RtUD5A_DnD7QEadYKecQg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">No
expansion likely for Metro urban growth boundary </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">Not expanding the Urban Growth Boundary this year would maintain a ... Land Use Board of Appeals and, from there, the Oregon Court of
Appeals.<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.bendsource.com/bend/building-bends-future/Content%3Foid%3D2524006&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MjU0NDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHnImXF3YhPRk9bsWjAJt4PZ98P2g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Building
Bend's Future </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Source Weekly
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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">And some city leaders believe that loosening up the Urban Growth Boundary could provide some relief from that chokehold. It is a basic
theory 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.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2015/08/05/main_line_suburban_life/news/doc55c0f1645137f861955356.txt&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM3MTIyNjA2NjczNzAxNzQ1NTMyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHX_Xk5frl_wZIc10-O3ykhyNBVww"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Radnor
Planning Commission mulls Mixed Use PLO zoning overlay </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Main Line
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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">RADNOR >> The Radnor Planning Commission discussed a proposed zoning overlay for the Planned Laboratory Office district that encompasses ...<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.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/05/3925964/oregon-warning-marijuana-growers.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MTAxOTIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHzt-4WhDp3uV84oAFnUqva0_bZsw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
warning marijuana growers against illegal 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">The Idaho Statesman
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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 Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it has drawn up a ... the Oregon Health Authority is sending to registered medical
marijuana ...<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.hannibal.net/article/20150806/NEWS/150809604&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MTkyNTIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFMq19KUlzWoCrIASRcvU87GAygMA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Harvard
review of housing programs to be presented to funding sources </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Hannibal Courier
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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">... Programs Carla Potts in partnership with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission and the Illinois Two Rivers Regional Council
of Public ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Miami</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">Welcoming the Flood With Open Arms</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">By far, the biggest challenge that will face
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Miami</span></em> over the next century is the changing sea levels. A reputation for eye-grabbing curves aside, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to a flat in a city without a mayor. ... population will be 1 billion; three times that of the United
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">States</span></em>. ... That would require the construction of
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">50</span></em> Bostons, or six Shanghais, by 2020. ... Tattoed
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">hipster</span></em> and Silk Road traveling journalist Wade Shepard calls ...<span style="color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></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">According to the United Cerebral Palsy's most recent ranking of the best states for people with disabilities, there are five distinct
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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.globest.com/news/12_1170/orangecounty/development/Slow-Traffic-a-Plus-for-Walkable-Developments-360537-1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTc5MzEyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEPqOxGsAQEx2PkXq9kukW5B725UQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Slow
Traffic a Plus for Walkable Developments </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">GlobeSt.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">Olsen: “People spaces, eyes on the street, slow-moving traffic and a few strategically located parking spaces are essential in a walkable
development.<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.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/2015-08-05/article-4236736/The-political-power-of-walking/1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM3MTIyNjA2NjczNzAxNzQwNjUyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGMaJARhdme0h-zgEJ6eEan7yQZ3A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
political power of walking </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Cape Breton 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 the walkable neighbourhoods, elderly or frail residents living alone had some acquaintance with the local barber or letter carrier
or fruit-market ...<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/2015/08/uber-and-public-transit-are-trying-to-get-along/400283/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzY4MzIyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFxHCipwhcv0PAQDjYjrfj1DcB4iw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Uber
and Public Transit Are Trying to Get Along </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 the e-hail cab company seems to be making an effort with public transportation agencies in the U.S., at least if a few early partnerships
are any ...<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/2015/08/firefighters_work_to_put_out_f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTgwNzQyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFYQPoyHgSrcXiYsehzBYK_1rz-5w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
wildfires</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> at a glance: Crews continue to do battle
</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 fire area and forest roads remain closed to the public, and Oregon 138 remains open with the aid of a pilot car. The cause of the
fire remains ...<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.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/arizona_news/wet-el-nino-winter-expected-to-raise-state-reservoir-water/article_e3d147c0-3a03-11e5-8b78-07d60d1db89f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzc1NjEyGjhhMjBlYTE0ZDhjZGQzM2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG2xLoNtFHdxPt44IamLV6t8617RA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wet
El Nino winter </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">TriValley Central
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“What we would ideally like is a good soaking rain before we get our first snowfall,” Selover said. “So the soil gets wet, then we have
our snow pack on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/08/01/dallas-conserve-water-help-parched-users-downstream/31009783/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU3NzMzNzE0NTY3NDcwOTg1MTIyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHwoUijM8DbwbGYt6vHIbPoIL46Kw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Dallas:
Conserve water to help parched users downstream </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In Oregon, water is publicly owned. However, cities, farmers, businesses, factory owners and some others must obtain water-rights permits
from 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/Water/20150806/usda-extends-drought-disaster-to-more-pnw-counties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTY5MzIyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFrkvpsbnDCWbXJ5T07ltTp3hAedg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">USDA
extends drought disaster to more PNW counties </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">USDA extends drought disaster to more PNW counties ... ranchers eligible for federal drought relief in 18 Washington counties, seven Oregon counties ...<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/In-drought-Pacific-Northwest-cities-farms-face-water-cuts--320443302.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzUzNTMyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGpYUEwdsWz1kJpfOdynlYEGAQ6mQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
drought, Pacific Northwest cities, farms face water cuts </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KVAL
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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) — A deepening drought in the Pacific Northwest is forcing some cities, ... Brown has also declared drought emergencies in 23 of
Oregon's 36 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><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/two-of-oregons-worst-dams-for-fish-are-coming-down/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MDA5NDIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHuQ-0MOunYAGMIeJCMBmEwWUxzug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Two
Of Oregon's Worst Dams For Fish Are Coming Down </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">A dry summer in Southern Oregon means the important salmon and ... By the 1980s, water rights associated with the dams had been abandoned, ...<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://madisoncountycourier.com/%3Fp%3D63193&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MjcyOTIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHHhndlByTTkOFI6m45iFkMBZZGLg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Newly
Formed Local Agriculture, Land Use Leadership Institute to Host Trainings </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Madison County Courier
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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">Newly Formed Local Agriculture, Land Use Leadership Institute to Host ... of land use planning, farmland protection, and agricultural
economic development. ... For more information and to apply for the Local Agricultural & Land Use ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a> |
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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