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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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting
 and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here:<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://dsnews.com/news/10-08-2015/ask-the-economist-rise-in-employment-millennial-demand-will-bring-housing-up-in-2016&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAzNjY5MhowOTBkY2QyNWMxMDA0OTcyOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHmCH9OEIAZm_7N9OVotyxfvgvq-Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ask
 the Economist: Rise in Employment, Millennial Demand Will Bring Housing Up in 2016
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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">She has also worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education ...<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/apple-data-center-land-purchase-prineville-oregon/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAzOTc1MhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFuZg61PlQCU3AUST2CxrgTll7vcw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Apple
 Doubles Land Ownership In Central 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">Both Facebook and Apple built their data centers in Prineville's business enterprise zone. That means they pay taxes on their property,
 but not 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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/10/05/oregons-outdoor-tourism-headed-record-levels/73404760/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0MjE3ODk4ODQ4ODY2MjcyOTMyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGA1oEviuYJ6IamHrRbH9eWF-ieew"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 outdoor tourism headed for record levels </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 almost every corner of Oregon, outdoor tourism is on the rise. Despite a summer marked by drought and wildfire, Oregon's state parks,
 national ...<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/Opinion/Columns/20151008/pick-for-ag-board-out-of-step-with-oregon-agriculture&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAyMzg2Mho0M2E3ZmY3YWExNmIyZTMxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFwDRHVoLBCJUGQRUApcEZ8p2B0uQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pick
 for ag board out of step with Oregon agriculture </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">Pick for ag board out of step with Oregon agriculture ... This allows the Department of Agriculture and the governor's office to work
 in secrecy to secure ...<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/20151008/collective-vision-a-different-agricultural-model&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAzOTc1MhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFGuxmWIDOGO0yADIkXW2bxvC41_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Collective
 vision a different agricultural model </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">Drawn by Oregon's land-use laws that protect farmland, he and his wife, Machelle, also a Microsoft refugee, moved from Seattle in 2010
 intending 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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3565976-151/next-phase-approaches-for-tumalo-irrigation-district-piping&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzODk3MjQ4NDcwOTE2NjEyNzcyGjBiNTJlNjJiODUyNDA4MDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFxVDuAyHP0RqETmSl1Audh1gz2jQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Next
 phase approaches for Tumalo Irrigation District piping </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 announcement of the next phase comes as the Bureau of Reclamation and Deschutes River basin irrigation districts, including TID,
 face 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.opb.org/news/article/oregon-receives-2-million-in-specialty-crop-funds/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAyMzg2Mho0M2E3ZmY3YWExNmIyZTMxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHPzvuonqM6vguVyFSJ8rLcuOFsdQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Receives $2 Million In Specialty Crop Funds </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 Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this year's Specialty Crop Block Grant Programs Funds.<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.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2015/10/08/oregons-pot-pesticide-problem/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAyMzg2Mho0M2E3ZmY3YWExNmIyZTMxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEG_gJAjgxUB2UPMyxRBxkm6jhvuQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Pot Pesticide Problem </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 Department of Agriculture warned marijuana growers to not use illegal pesticides. However, The Oregonian/Oregon Live had
 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.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/10/oregon_liquor_commission_issue.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzY0Nzc5MjAxNTQ0MDY0ODc2MTIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGuoz3uYepzpGj5HwzHp1hSszfABQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 liquor commission issues draft rules for recreational market </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">Noelle Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... and proof of water rights or a statement that water is supplied by a public system or
 irrigation district.<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.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/portland-brewery-first-ever-go-salmon-safe-180956815/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYwOTA3NzI0Nzg1NTI0OTE1NDMyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG16_1k40Frc3RiIJKBBJL7UyUXNA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">An
 Oregon Brewery Is the First Ever to Go “Salmon-Safe” </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 fact, according to the Brewer's Association, Oregon has the most ... and city land throughout Oregon, Washington, California and
 British Columbia ...<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.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/100615-noaa-awards-1.1-million-to-support-coastal-communities-facing-changing-sea-levels-and-coastal-flooding.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0MjE3ODk4ODQ4ODY2MzAzNTAyGjI1Y2IwODI3NTVjNjAzYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHjmzQUXcJyS8d7VfMIGE1dwF3R6A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">NOAA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 awards $1.1 million to support coastal communities facing changing sea levels and coastal ...
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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"> State University / NOAA Cooperative Institute
 for Marine Resources Studies ($444,743) to look how natural infrastructure can protect coastal ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/new-growth-new-timber-harvests/article_4c81413a-7f59-58c0-9b12-db1b735eb9fb.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU5NjM4NDc4ODcwMzA5MTkzMzUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHT9qUZhYwuowcbx97eeo46wEn4NA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
 growth, new timber harvests </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">Andy Elsbree, vice president and general manager of Oregon Operations, said when Green Diamond purchased its Oregon land, the company ...<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.mycentraloregon.com/2015/10/02/forest-service-doubles-fleet-of-large-firefighting-planes/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYwOTA3NzI0Nzg1NTI0OTI3MjgyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFvmIlN_KjeZo-miPF8gheKx7lkgw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Forest</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Service Doubles Fleet of Large Firefighting Planes </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 addition of the “next generation” aerial firefighting planes — older passenger jets refurbished to drop 3,000 to 11,000 gallons
 of fire retardant, ...<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/friday-extra/20151002/as-oregons-wildfires-spread-so-did-the-compassion&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwOTA3NzI0Nzg1NTI0OTI3MjgyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFcD-c-uZhi4Pe-eCp0Enn95__8cg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">As
 Oregon's wildfires spread, so did the compassion </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">I have always enjoyed Cannon Beach's combination of green forest and expansive ocean, but never more so than upon my recent return from
 John ...<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.blueoregon.com/2015/10/oregon-needs-its-own-bernie-sanders/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0MjE3ODk4ODQ4ODY2MjgxNjIyGjYxOGZlZTA4OTZhNWU5OGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHATEeLAAcvWZBWyJbDA4U1SAmHRw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Needs Its Own Bernie Sanders </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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> needs its own Bernie Sanders-type candidates
 to run in the ... trampling landowners' property rights, and polluting hundreds of waterways.<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.oglecountynews.com/2015/10/07/community-invited-to-help-plan-oregons-future/arp6laq/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0MjE3ODk4ODQ4ODY2Mjg2MzkyGjcyYTBmOWVhNDcxMmNhYTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGuWMqRrbf5GYQaNPazOY4Gmc4UtA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Community
 invited to help plan Oregon's future </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">He said the city's comprehensive plan will be used for long term development. The mapping program will offer specifics with what to
 do in the short ...<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/stayton/2015/10/05/aumsville-host-civic-planning-workshop/73412174/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTE5NjEyNDE2ODY1OTc3Mzg3MjIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGH2E0yaJEuGyVczdp93Lqe5E-bSg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Aumsville
 to host civic planning workshop </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">“Building Successful Communities Regional Planning Workshop and Small Cities Networking” will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
 Oct. 17, ...<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/2015/10/ballot-measures-to-eliminate-coal-power-raise.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTE5NjEyNDE2ODY1OTc3Mjk5NjIaNzUyYWMzN2ZlMTM5M2JkZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFKX8BOth0FOWBDrLxo-MERCzn22Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ballot
 measures to eliminate coal power, raise renewables to 50% filed in Oregon </span>
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<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">Renewable energy</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> advocacy group Renew Oregon filed
 a pair of ballot measures yesterday with the secretary of state's office that, if passed, would ...<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.rechargenews.com/wind/1413245/oregon-panel-holds-first-meeting-on-windfloat-pacific-project&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0MjE3ODk4ODQ4ODY2Mjk2NDkyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH4bGc4IBMMdIpsp_Lzhk-l4R_79A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 panel holds first meeting on Windfloat Pacific project </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">Portland General Electric (PGE) and Pacific Power, the state's dominant ... They claimed it would cost three to four times more than
 onshore wind.<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/20151009/lewis-and-clark-national-historical-park-concerned-about-oregon-lng&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAxNjQyMhplOThjOTI1MmNlZjg4YWEzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHNR_Qan3SjZukw77raG_bJTKlfbA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lewis
 and Clark National Historical Park concerned about Oregon LNG </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">Lewis and Clark National Historical Park concerned about Oregon LNG .... This habitat, the Interior Department noted, was restored as
 part 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://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/state-wildlife-officials-ask-hunters-public-for-help-spotting-elk-with-hoof-disease/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzODk3MjQ4NDcwOTE2NTk0MDIyGmYyM2VhOGI3ZDQ0MDkzZDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNECxvsh4jTQkXF_8ymnuE2lGm2UFA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
 Wildlife officials ask hunters, public for help spotting elk with hoof disease </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">TILLAMOOK</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish
 and Wildlife is asking hunters and others in northwest Oregon to be on the lookout for limping elk ...<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/20151008/downtown-association-honored-for-efforts&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMjUzMjkyMjM0OTQ2MTAzNjgzMho5OGNiZDM5MzVjNGYxNzdjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF29YQRLiIEw-oMKmEXMKVz4GXUSg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Downtown
 association honored for efforts </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">Dulcye Taylor, a volunteer board president with the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association, won Volunteer of the Year at Oregon
 Main Street's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/3562525-151/editorial-regulations-could-be-tough-on-eastern-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU5NjM4NDc4ODcwMzA5MTkzMzUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGeVc9IYtxL8bffYAVPGPTgwypXtA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
 Regulations could be tough on Eastern 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">Bend Bulletin
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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 half of the sage grouse's habitat is on federal land. There is a substantial portion in Oregon that is also on private land. We
 don't want the bird 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.heraldnet.com/article/20151007/NEWS03/151009316&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzY0Nzc5MjAxNTQ0MDY0OTI0ODIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEAfcABLIMh7R_R-krEuoz6N6oaPA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 trust in Oregon holding out hope for Skyline Forest </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">BEND, Ore. — An Oregon land trust says it might be able to follow through on its proposed Skyline Forest project despite an investment
 company's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3563004-151/land-could-be-sold-for-national-guard-facility&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwOTA3NzI0Nzg1NTI0OTE1NDMyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFtwgbPCLE7bMslKuMdBD0sXM__fQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 could be sold for national guard facility near Redmond </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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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 plan to purchase land for a new Oregon Military Department facility south of Redmond is moving forward and could be finalized by
 the end 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://ijpr.org/post/bully-creek-malheur-county-survives-name-change&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTE5NjEyNDE2ODY1OTc3MTgzNjIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFfYkm7LXnAWIW630K04g4fGrH9Qw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bully
 Creek in Malheur County Survives Name Change </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Jefferson Public Radio
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... Bully Creek in Southeastern Malheur County still goes by Bully Creek. The authoritative book titled “Oregon Geographic Names” tells
 how the creek ...<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.goskagit.com/news/skagit-streams-included-in-six-state-drought-study/article_2fbf487c-91e2-5d05-8efc-993592fd6c13.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzODk3MjQ4NDcwOTE2NjA0NTQyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE3jorRw_WPo1TBC2Td3AkTtymLTg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Skagit
 streams included in six-state drought study </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">goskagit.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">It is joined by drought-stricken California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. “This was the first time we had a broad campaign within
 Washington, 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.npr.org/2015/10/06/446370883/oregon-officials-replace-human-lookouts-with-cameras-to-spot-wildfires&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0MjE3ODk4ODQ4ODY2MjY4NDMyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEnZARVOPC-FsgtltJTeKdtTaFXpg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Officials Replace Human Lookouts With Cameras To Spot Wildfires </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">Maintaining a fire tower lookout can be costly for wildfire agencies, but in the West, many towers are still staffed by seasonal employees. Now 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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/10/03/chamber-commerce-fights-cherriots-proposed-payroll-tax/73091508/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzODk3MjQ4NDcwOTE2NjA3NTEyGjBkOWRiZDQ4NGE4NDAzNzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEe2h1uWAyxo4x4kiNYJmODHzZvfg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Chamber
 of Commerce fights Cherriots' proposed payroll tax </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">According to the Oregon Employment Division, the median payroll in the ... for Lane Transit District, said employers pay a payroll tax
 of 0.7 percent, ...<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/opinion/readers/2015/10/03/support-payroll-tax-salem-needs-better-transit-service/73237244/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwOTA3NzI0Nzg1NTI0OTA4MzYyGjBkOWRiZDQ4NGE4NDAzNzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFpyGgZcJQ2ym-UcUCfRBzw6AGPDA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Support
 payroll tax; Salem needs better transit service </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">What's unfair is that Salem's largest employer, the state of Oregon, has been paying a de facto payroll tax to Cherriots for years,
 while Salem's ...<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.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx%3FStoryID%3D29905&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzY0Nzc5MjAxNTQ0MDY0OTQwODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEbBy0cPdcytESUpIjPmZ1a_tRUfw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 per-mile driving tax program lacks driver participation </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 Department of Transportation reported to a state task force this week that a goal of enrolling 5,000 drivers in a pilot program
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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.cheatsheet.com/culture/10-states-suffering-the-most-from-underwater-mortgages.html/%3Fa%3Dviewall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzODk3MjQ4NDcwOTE2NTk3MzgyGjc5MzNhMTUyNjk1NmY2YTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGixG5VjKST23Ane1s03aFy40xqHQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">10
 States</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Suffering the Most from Underwater Mortgages
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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 amount of underwater homeowners also varies significantly across the country. Let's take a look at the 10 worst states for underwater
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</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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