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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.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/09/in_oregon_sage_grouse_listing.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzNzgxMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGF5WoAF9krHk4FToRpti7MF4F5Pg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
Oregon, sage grouse listing decision met with cheers, caution </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">Tom Sharp, a Harney County rancher who recruited his neighbors to adopt grouse-friendly land management practices aimed at convincing
regulators ...<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/opinion/33534928-78/owl-replay-avoided.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDMwMTcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFQXMaWEgmXD_Mot-vhvic3YUT5hw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Owl
replay avoided </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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> was a leader in these cooperative efforts,
with many ranchers ... tanks to clearing land of juniper trees that encroach on sagebrush habitat.<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/2015/09/sage_grouse_listing_decision_w.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU1Mzc2MhozOGU4N2YwNTVlMDVjODhlOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFf3UGo7uIGYygJFc7WEbfXH1oX9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage
grouse listing decision: What Oregon, national leaders are saying </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">A sage grouse listing could have been devastating for many Oregon ... hard decisions like limiting energy development, prohibiting transmission
lines, ...<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/the-latest-conservationists-split-over-sage-grouse-decision/article_e5f578ba-3278-5424-ad4c-fa36345f78ce.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU1NjY2MhozZjZjYWMyOGIwNGYwZWM2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFL17v_jzV0or9Szjkc6C-5vKRACA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Latest: Conservationists split over sage grouse decision </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">The head of the House Committee on Natural Resources calls the decision not to seek federal protections for the greater sage grouse
a cynical ploy.<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.scientificamerican.com/article/update-1-imperiled-sage-grouse-denied-u-s-endangered-species-act-protection/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyNzMwMho0ZGQ5MzU3ZjJlMTVjNDI3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEp3hZGm45Hl2QWkdfO0LoZK1UKtw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Imperiled
Sage Grouse Denied Protection under Endangered Species 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">Scientific American
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">DENVER, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A long-simmering debate in the American West over an imperiled ground-dwelling bird reached a climax on
Tuesday as ...<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/20150922/lng-opponents-ask-brown-to-intervene&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzOTI2MhoyMTdmYTY0NTk2MjhjMzJjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHpnKKANcr9n7GNCwI75i4RDgj8Zw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">LNG
opponents ask Brown to intervene </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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Stand up for Oregon — Say no to LNG! ... legal footing to deny the Oregon LNG project because Clatsop County — which denied the company's permit <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/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/congress_should_preserve_cruci.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzNzgxMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNH43FWB7L4zsseQaPaHHMStdNg_Ww"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Congress
should preserve crucial fund for public lands (OPINION) </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">Apparently the history of America's public lands is one of those topics. ... parks, and more than $300 million to Oregon's parks and
public lands overall.<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/politics/Critics-of-bottled-water-plant-aim-for-Oregon-ballot-328579891.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU0NTA2MhoyZDBhYjNkOWM5OTVlZmExOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF40ALHikkVAcBVnGo3d72AOL2IpA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Critics
of bottled water plant aim for Oregon ballot </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">Nestle Waters, a division of the Swiss food company, hopes to swap water rights with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, giving
Nestle access to ...<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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150922/umatilla-county-rejects-wind-farm-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzODkwMho3NTJhYzM3ZmUxMzkzYmRlOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEW_OnNd92Rp7DiHiRme3gnkvzQwA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Umatilla
County rejects wind farm plan </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">... 292-turbine wind farm in Morrow County and on a section of Umatilla County. But the company's preliminary application to the Oregon Department ...<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.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/09/power-up-panasonic-building-65mw-solar-farm-in.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyNDA0MhphNjBlYmE4NGNkYjQ2MzVjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHgxhB0QFhbTEsttV0w_WSgOg4qzw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Power
up: Panasonic building 65MW solar farm in remote southeast Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Business Journal (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">Alvin Scott, planning director for Malheur County, said at least 13 commercial solar projects have received conditional approval in
the county, though ...<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://burnstimesherald.info/2015/09/23/court-opposes-canyonlands-conservation-proposal/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyNDA0MhphNjBlYmE4NGNkYjQ2MzVjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNETLTALO-3Ud1XYTr14q4b550ZP1w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Court
opposes Canyonlands Conservation Proposal </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 agreed to direct Harney County Planning Director Brandon ... Originally adopted in 1974, Goal 5 and related Oregon Administrative
Rules ...<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.thedailycourier.com/articles/2015/09/23/breaking_news_free/news2.txt&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyNTQ5MhphODU4MDNiOGY2ZTkzMDZhOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEXIYqAHx_gx-O8WMy1SWzs1LxOFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Klamath
County</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> bans marijuana, recall effort underway
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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">KLAMATH FALLS
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#252525">��</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">” Klamath County commissioners continued their fight against marijuana Tuesday, when all
three voted in favor of a ban 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.mycolumbiabasin.com/2015/09/22/organic-ag-great-in-oregon/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU2MjQ2Mho0M2E3ZmY3YWExNmIyZTMxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFUKpIOOeJmXN5zip14iswWQQCsqg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Organic
ag great in Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">My Columbia Basin
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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 state of Oregon is fourth in the nation in sales of organic agricultural products. Lindsay Eng of the Oregon Department of Agriculture
says 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://www.aginfo.net/AginfoReportView.cfm%3Freportid%3D32130&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk2OTk5MTYyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGUEytC_7ycIz_o6-VxEs0vrGZ90w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hemp
Pilot Project & Oregon Disaster Counties </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">Now a group of Oregon politicians have asked the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University to implement an industrial
hemp ...<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.1190kex.com/articles/portland-local-news-123543/gypsy-moths-found-in-oregon-13975107&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk2OTk5MTYyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEzx_naK-GW-Aocs4Frh34z8E9Ttg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gypsy
Moths Found In Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">After six straight years of single digit detections, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has trapped 14 gypsy moths this summer including
two Asian ...<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/education/index.ssf/2015/09/send_questions_for_geologist_e.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyODc1Mho1MzQ5ZGFkNGNhNWNiZTg1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNECp1GqHSoP3mQUslAJdKSvv1kmHg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Send
questions for geologist, emergency manager on Oregon's predicted earthquake, tsunami
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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">Experts expect an earthquake and tsunami on the scale of those in Japan in 2011 to hit oregon, but they can't say how soon. Carmen Merlo,
Portland's ...<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">Klamath County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Commissioner Tom Mallams is challenging
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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.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/09/22/summer-ends-season-record-heat-wildfires/72631236/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyNDc2MhowOWRkYzMyMzEyY2MxYWM5OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNH9MCY8ozGIpqjnspPy6fXKqgCErg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Summer
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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 fall season officially begins on Wednesday, after a summer of extended heat and record wildfires in Oregon. The summer of 2015 began
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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.mycentraloregon.com/2015/09/24/online-interactive-bend-growth-survey-now-available/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDI3MzgyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEgU__UBUcC5tL2-2m7su7svL1wZQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Online
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Online Interactive Bend Growth Survey Now Available ... what they think about different Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansion scenarios
currently ... information about them in the reports posted at <a href="http://www.bendoregon.gov/bendugb">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/editorials/3531129-151/editorial-collaborate-dont-litigate-the-problems-on-the&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUyNzY2MhowYjUyZTYyYjg1MjQwODAwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFK6g--N2M7CJHt5sz9H4TSDUF_iw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Collaborate, don’t litigate, the problems on the Deschutes </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 courts may become a venue for a war over water in the Deschutes River Basin. Two environmental groups — WaterWatch of Oregon and
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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/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/larger_stream_buffers_will_mak.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDAzOTUyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEsmj0GxpCLf4JTVQw6uOInNZCwsQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Larger
stream buffers will make for healthier salmon (OPINION) </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">Salmon stimulate more than a billion dollars annually in Oregon's rural and urban economies — money flowing to small businesses, like
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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/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/peter_courtneys_vanishing_tran.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU0MzI1Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGQS0Jlph0V8chFg-uyoQokXnXLsA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Peter
Courtney's vanishing transportation credibility: Editorial </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">House Minority Leader Mike McLane, R-Powell Butte, took pains at a House session March 4, 2015, to show the links between Oregon's clean
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DOT study estimates under-maintained bridges could cost state $94 billion over 20 years
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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 Transportation (ODOT) is painting a grim picture of the economic impact on the state with current bridge funding
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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.oregonmetro.gov/news/metro-council-set-begin-urban-reserves-hearings-oct-8&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDAyMzcyGmVmNzU1ZjkyN2I3NGI2NTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGhodIsEhohvzSYMrPBhJBcR4dlEQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
Council set to begin urban reserves hearings on Oct. 8 </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 Clackamas County Commission declined these invitations. ... responding to (the Land Conservation and Development Commission's) remand ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/274030-149359-trimet-chief-reconsider-i-5-bridge&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDA1NTMyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFtK__VLqYXRsUHDNBtrh8dS9zMuA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">TriMet
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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 Oregon Department of Transportation, congestion was up 6.3 percent in the Portland region during the first five months
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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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150924/la-grande-man-pushing-for-secession-to-idaho&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDAzOTUyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFs3XAUcUvVwFp32iBCuhuG9kDVYA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">La
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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 Parsons sees it, rural Oregon and Washington residents who are tired of being outvoted by the population centers in Portland and
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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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150921/updated-pendleton-transportation-plan-will-consider-walking-biking-riding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU0MzI1Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEibSKdYF9OFJriLQpv9JNQJwSneQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Updated
Pendleton transportation plan will consider walking, biking, riding </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 city received a grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation to fund the planning process, which the city used to hire four
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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/education/index.ssf/2015/09/rural_and_minority_oregonians.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzNDE5MhpiM2UzMWEwNDM4OWFmOGU2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGFUuAG3UyjHFI0OLuvsNIXc-oyhA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Children
of rural and minority Oregonians suffer, study says </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">Rural Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> children face challenges at school
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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/money/index.ssf/2015/09/portland-area_unemployment_falls_as_employers_add_thousands_more_jobs.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzNDE5MhpiM2UzMWEwNDM4OWFmOGU2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEz2wmuHMQ554viYa6bQvJaoO49ew"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland-area
unemployment falls as employers add thousands more jobs </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 measure is often much higher in rural Oregon. In fact, two-thirds of the state's 36 counties registered higher unemployment rates
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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/data/2015/09/oregon_wage_calculator.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDMwMTcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGtHOw893-PVyDh74CbqBXEK7-Xdg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
much should you earn in Oregon? Try our wage calculator </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">... and are concentrated in the Portland area more than the rest of Oregon. ... location say a lot about the type of job you can expect to land in 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.tillamookcountypioneer.net/county-commissioners-approve-recommendations-for-tourism-facilities-grants-despite-divided-opinion-on-cape-kiwanda-beach-access-project-funding/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDA1OTUyGmYyM2VhOGI3ZDQ0MDkzZDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG3NUWv1o-vwJgi8iwIcp5BPpZ3MA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
commissioners approve recommendations for tourism facilities grants despite divided ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Tillamook County's</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> tourism program is the only one in Oregon to designate funding
for physical tourism facilities, such as restrooms, boat…<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.wvtm13.com/entertainment/americas-most-walkable-cities-of-2015/35288382&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzMzgzMhpmZDY3MjAyZGMwY2JkMzc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEU7FFt_rOl7NI2MPrKzsjDB5Oggw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">America's
most walkable cities of 2015 </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">Tuesday marks World Car Free Day. To mark the event, which promotes the improvement of mass transit, cycling and walking options, take
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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://smartgrowth.org/main-street-now-conference-may-23-25/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDI1ODAyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEeED8weaxJ_8C-WPbTROak2NewoQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Street
Now Conference, May 23-25 </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">This year's National Main Street Center conference will bring together doers, makers and innovators to address challenges facing 21st
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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.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3246945/Parched-America-Satellite-images-reveal-just-dry-ground-California-Oregon-Washington.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk2OTk4NzkyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG-rj5l3FCIUD5Vvd7Bgejte4mRFg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Images
reveal how dry the ground has become across California, Oregon and Washington </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">Large swathes of the US continue to suffer the impact of a deep, ongoing drought. Conditions have been particularly severe in California,
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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.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/How-researchers-measured-history-of-California-6522834.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU1MDUwMho4YTIwZWExNGQ4Y2RkMzNjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHJA7G5JteTjCY834htgSyfKKJe2A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
researchers measured history of California drought </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In normal years, the mountain range's snowpack provides 30 percent of the state's water. It is the primary source for reservoirs that
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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.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/09/24/map-are-coffee-shops-really-markers-of-gentrification&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDA5OTAyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG1R7Bj4P4D7g1cwc1lWw4iqu4AVg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Map:
Are Coffee Shops Really Markers of 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">The alleged correlation between gentrification and coffee shop density isn't just an urban myth. As the Guardian pointed out in February,
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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.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28871655/bay-area-lawmaker-introduces-legislation-end-regional-transportation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDA5MTEyGjgxOWY2ZTI4NWIzZjZlZDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGI0TUG8OcZkM585Px2YzDnQ1KzfA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bay
Area lawmaker introduces legislation to end regional transportation agencies </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">San Jose Mercury 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">"We are just doing a simple, functional consolidation of regional planning, that's all we are doing," he said. "It's a small step toward
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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.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20150922/los-angeles-county-plans-to-lower-property-taxes-on-urban-lots-used-for-farming&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTUzODU0MhpiN2ExNWJhZmNiZmU4OTQzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEwr3aqI13H1p3ohKBtwcSdzs9CLA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Los
Angeles County plans to lower property taxes on urban lots used for farming </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">LA 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">LOS ANGELES — The Board of Supervisors voted today to move forward with a plan to reduce property taxes on some vacant urban lots if
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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_1201/denver/office/Leaders-in-Urban-and-Brownfield-Redevelopment-Launch-New-Firm-361895-1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMTM3Nzg4MTA1MjQ4OTU0ODY5MhpkOGIxZWYxMTQ2MTQ3YzU5OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHm8cueep7RLJkd01ixiuIpvcQxGA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Leaders
in Urban and Brownfield Redevelopment Launch New Firm </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">Urban infill development is one of the hottest subsets of the real estate development industry at the moment due to skyrocketing demand
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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.hutchnews.com/ap/state/group-proposes-making-pittsburg-more-walkable-bikeable/article_3cd3f83a-4719-51db-8d8b-0e56595504ea.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDEzMTEyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH-8NCmzzFHeXNq6MUhs9qGDavWjQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Group
proposes making Pittsburg more walkable, bikeable </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">PITTSBURG - A group focused on making Pittsburg more walkable and bikeable is suggesting that the city focus on $2.9 million in priority
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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.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-fall-agritourism-20150924-story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDExMTEyGmI4ZGJlM2EzNzBmMDc3MzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEaoxC-8SDNRHv64L_DKK-baRt5jg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Char-Lene
Farm supplements income with agritourism </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">Connor Crispens, 8, sits in a wagon next to his mother Michelle while picking pumpkins and playing games along with his father Steve
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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://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/09/24/tulalip-swinomish-preserve-forest-and-salmon-habitat-two-significant-initiatives-161863&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwODU0NTAzNDE4ODk3MDI0MjIyGjdhZWE1Y2EwNDE5ZDI3YWY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGi8DM8rgwX_b10AlwrHQxaEXvvcQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tulalip,
Swinomish Preserve Forest and Salmon Habitat With Two Significant Initiatives </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Indian Country Today Media Network
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Two significant environmental initiatives were implemented within the last three weeks—opening prime salmon habitat on the Tulalip Reservation
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