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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.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/269932-145010-vision-zero-traffic-safety-task-force-announced&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MTQxMjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEBBiubmTAjtjgvAOuwDzcqqJsB0w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Vision
Zero traffic safety task force announced </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">Mayor Charlie Hales and Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick ... Oregon Department of Transportation Region 1 Policy and 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.capitalpress.com/Water/20150818/more-oregon-watersheds-receive-added-regulatory-oversight&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM1NzA4NjQ4NzY5Mjg1NzYwOTIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG-asFB5jPhiFtVpU2Fi7vTyU8Y3Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">More
Oregon watersheds receive added regulatory oversight </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">Traditionally, the Oregon Department of Agriculture's water quality investigations were driven by complaints, but the agency worried
that this approach ...<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/33412542-75/lane-county-developers-planning-veneta-subdivision.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM1NzA4NjQ4NzY5Mjg2MDg5MDIaYTYwZWJhODRjZGI0NjM1Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFDZWWvLDJrRb2nniaEHPTW2zi7Jg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lane
County developers planning Veneta subdivision </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">VENETA — Two Creswell brothers with major timber holdings across Lane County want to turn 17 acres of wooded land near Fern Ridge Lake
into a ...<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/2015/08/heres_how_to_check_wildfire_co.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjI0MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE76lJXD_IEB7ocCBKfM6iYnKqn9w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Here's
how to check wildfire conditions before going camping, hiking </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">The "large fire map" on the website brings up a map of Oregon and ... Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management or Oregon State
Parks to see if ...<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.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/scores-giant-fires-threaten-overwhelm-western-crews-n412731&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDQ0MzIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_6mWsGJ8c15lEjbYTE76-v61SwA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Three
Firefighters Killed in Washington as Wildfires Spread Across West </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">NBCNews.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">... of the more than 100 wildfires burning across at least 1.1 million acres in the West, ... "The fire was racing and the winds were
blowing in every direction. .... Oregon's biggest problem was the 48,201-acre Canyon Creek Complex of ...<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/local/oregon/2015/08/19/oregon-soldiers-activated-help-fight-wildfires/32031739/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDQ0MzIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF-HfCZYH53qjn3unzurds_20Z_og"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
soldiers activated to help fight wildfires </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">About 125 soldiers from the Oregon National Guard are training this week to join the fight against wildfires. Gov. Kate Brown, while
visiting the Eastern ...<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/gov_kate_brown_set_to_visit_st.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MTA3MTIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEcTeym9o3Ned0WnU-jjwTY-cLzfw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gov.
Kate Brown to tour fire zone near John Day as wildfires continue wreaking havoc in Northwest
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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">At least 80 homes and 100 other structures have been leveled by wildfires in Oregon and Washington this summer. Drought, high temperatures
and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.livescience.com/51903-burning-marijuana-fields-effects.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjU3NDIaMDVmYmFlYmFmOWRmZDgyODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHIwE3B9_Cv7ix49-ovXUHecyphtg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">California
Wildfires: Can Burning Marijuana Fields Get You High? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Live Science
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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">Recent wildfires in Northern California have consumed tens of thousands of acres in the past several weeks. In a paradoxical twist,
some of the farms ...<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.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/19/17868/growers-look-sustainability-resource-heavy-weed-industry&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM1NzA4NjQ4NzY5Mjg1Nzg2NzIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFVTB0wxNbD17Fv10QnPHxKWjnp3w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Growers
look for sustainability in resource heavy weed industry </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Center for Public Integrity
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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">Jesse Peters, owner of Eco Firma Farms near West Linn, Oregon, said the fears concerning the impact of the marijuana industry as it
expands are ...<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://theworldlink.com/news/local/blm-announces-appointments-to-coastal-oregon-advisory-council/article_4be6c7b1-14ba-59ed-9ced-d8d8c784859c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjI0MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFJ8MDejlgC9D9n6vx5UHlMy8M5Zw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">BLM
announces appointments to Coastal Oregon Advisory Council </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management welcomes 15 newly appointed members to its citizen-based Coastal Oregon Resource ...<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/tech/science/environment/2015/08/16/toxic-legacy-abandoned-mines-cover-oregon-west/31807127/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0ODMyMjIwOTk4NjEwNjg3NTAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHxTQNegQm0WpS3eQbr8q7mhvsHNQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Toxic
legacy: Abandoned mines cover Oregon, the West </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">BLM manages 15.7 million acres of public land in Oregon. Agency officials suspect there are thousands of abandoned mines on those lands,
Barber ...<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/environment/index.ssf/2015/08/hood_river_county_joins_suit_a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjI0MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG_NqELkI_6vIm7MURf5dz3JR3OvQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hood
River County joins suit against Forest Service over Mt. Hood land deal </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">Hood River County joins suit against Forest Service over Mt. Hood land ... A group of Hood River Valley residents and Oregon environmentalist
filed ...<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/environment/index.ssf/2015/08/womans_five-day_fast_outside_c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MTQyMTIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEdZUuLmXGcaxx4NXHYNQDsyAXKMQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Woman's
five-day fast outside Cascade Locks City Hall targets Nestle deal </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 fish Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife owns water rights at Oxbow Springs. In April, the department's leaders agreed to swap
a portion of ...<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://tdn.com/news/state-and-regional/oregon/coos-bay-s-water-supply-investment-paying-off-during-drought/article_ac8edd83-a844-58bf-84d4-2e38eca81c0f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MTA3MTIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGqWyj1dA0j2dkIveeK_clZwHWimA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Coos
Bay's water supply investment paying off during drought </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Longview Daily News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Earlier this summer, Coos County became one of 23 of Oregon's 36 counties to be declared in a state of drought
emergency ...<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.willamettelive.com/2015/opinion/salem-turn-off-the-sprinklers/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjM5MDIaYTU3YzViY2I2NmNmYTVlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFHKZpmw6V6h1iVVLxbR6S3CfDpwA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Salem
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">WilliametteLive.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 Santiam River Basin is where Salem's water comes from, so you would ... A dozen or more Oregon cities, including Keizer and Silverton,
have ...<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=https://www.takepart.com/article/2015/08/19/america-rivers-are-flowing-bee-killing-pesticides&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjczMTIaMzA3NDZjODlkMWRkZDU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEwdJD8nIK2ruL7nXKspNTlK0zsRg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">America's
Rivers Are Flowing—With Bee-Killing 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">TakePart
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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">Scientists linked the pollution to agricultural chemicals called neonicotinoids, which farmers use to coat agricultural crops to protect
them from insect ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</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://america.aljazeera.com/multimedia/2015/4/canada-syrup-cartel.html"><em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Canada's
maple syrup</span></em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none"> cartel puts squeeze on small
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">producers</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%">Al Jazeera America</span></span><span class="v5"><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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">Maple syrup production</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"> has
a narrow window toward the end of winter, with ... they've spent $15,000 <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Canadian</span></em> ($12,000) on
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">legal</span></em> fees to date.<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.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/08/19/2-million-pentagon-grant-to-benefit-sage-grouse/32003083/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MTkxMDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEkz_P2TiEXDZQQd43JI7H15L9beA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">$2
million Pentagon grant to benefit sage grouse </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Military 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">State and federal land managers working to keep the greater sage grouse off the list of endangered species ... Some of its most critical
remaining habitat is in the Great Basin spread across parts of Nevada, Utah, Idaho and 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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150819/conservationists-fight-worrisome-invasive-weed&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDQzNDIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNETLX3foe-RV1wCm6lqM1BpqESI4w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Conservationists
fight worrisome invasive weed </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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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">... contamination of hay and pastures, according to an Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University Extension Service
article.<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/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/18/more-male-sage-grouse-are-dancing-the-funky-chicken-out-west-a-positive-sign/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0ODMyMjIwOTk4NjEwNjk3MTQyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFQRZpLmvPZZOb6J4hlevIGZ5Hjrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
sage grouse could become the next spotted owl </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">States fear that sage grouse will become the new northern spotted owl. That animal's 1990 listing as threatened in the forests of Washington,
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.startribune.com/a-little-gentrification-can-be-a-good-thing-for-north-minneapolis/322340901/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDI2ODIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEL5gLjzKVLkGQOF_CZZKpM-UmHsA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
little gentrification can be a good thing for north Minneapolis </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Minneapolis Star 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">On the upper North Side of Minneapolis, a modest dose of gentrification feels like tough medicine to swallow for some, but it's just
what the ailing ...<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/sustainable-business/video/2015/aug/19/rio-olympics-ilha-pura-luxury-development-leed&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDI2ODIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHiBF3zyEq_367KaPmgzmuilAknWw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rio's
Olympic village: a green housing dream, but a gentrification nightmare – 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">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">Construction crews are hard at work building Ilha Pura – “Pure Island” in Portuguese – an 800,000-sq-meter development in the heart
of Rio de ...<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=https://twitter.com/CityLab/status/633371513966698496&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM1NzA4NjQ4NzY5Mjg1OTU1OTIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFOco0KjgqbEVz01ThmTVArCxtsxA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">CityLab
on Twitter: "Are you a helicopter parent? Blame gentrification http://t.co/EyeRaSZquY via ...
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">twitter.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">Are you a helicopter parent? Blame gentrification http://trib.al/v35qf4v via @NextCityOrg pic.twitter.com/KfmsMXv5GV · Embedded image
permalink.<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://inhabitat.com/this-california-city-is-building-a-water-park-during-the-states-worst-drought/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDEwMjIaNzkzM2ExNTI2OTU2ZjZhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGjhM9S5LKTiucRJtZMLH4-_lnC0w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">This
California city is building a water park during the state's worst drought </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Inhabitat (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">As California endures the worst drought in its history, children are taught ... been in the works for 10 years, conceived of prior to
the drought when snow packs ... facility that is a massive waste of water during a state-wide water crisis.<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.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/FRAs-regional-plan-to-include-OhiotoChicago-passengerrail-corridor--45486&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjcyMjIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEO-Q3eOJ9-_xEWwVXMOW_QzaiwcA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">FRA's
regional plan to include Ohio-to-Chicago passenger-rail corridor </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Progressive Rail Roading
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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 Ohio-to-Chicago passenger-rail corridor will be part of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) regional rail plan for the Midwest,
two ...<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.turnto23.com/news/report-groundwater-pumping-in-california-has-land-sinking&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDU5MTIaOGEyMGVhMTRkOGNkZDMzYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEkIsSqrgBiHHpgAHBgjAsk2g7DbA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Report:
Groundwater pumping in California has land sinking </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KERO 23ABC News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A record low mountain snowpack has increased pumping of groundwater by farmers and other water users. Scientists used satellite images
of the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/us-seed-plan-aims-protect-land-natural-disasters-33134823&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTM1NzA4NjQ4NzY5Mjg1ODc3NTIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHnlPK0pNJwBltFdD5zsmuaW4wcKQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">US
Seed Plan Aims to Protect Land After Natural Disasters </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">ABC News
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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">US Seed Plan Aims to Protect Land After Natural Disasters ... deputy director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as he announced
the plan at ...<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.sacbee.com/news/local/article31525607.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MjIyNDIaYjY0OTNmMDBlOGFlZWE2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEza0aqYUzFZB2Sa-z0BNWRETwn2A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study:
Sacramento region continues outward growth despite 'Blueprint' goals </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Sacramento Bee
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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">Sacramento's landmark 2004 “Blueprint” plan to restrain suburban development has had some positive effects, but overall “did little
to check raging ...<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.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2015/08/19/safe-routes-school-founder-deb-hubsmith-loses-battle-cancer&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTA1MDQzNjU0MzkzMzA2MDU4MjIaZTA1ZTVmNzc1ZGE1NDFjYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGZW7VVUGxPOok32BkeialQ7wjioA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Safe
Routes to School</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> founder Deb Hubsmith loses battle with cancer
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bicycle Retailer
<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">FAIRFAX, Calif. (BRAIN) — Deb Hubsmith, the longtime leader of the Safe Routes to School movement in the U.S., passed away Tuesday after
a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a> |
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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