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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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20151015/southeast-hills-site-remains-leading-candidate-for-seaside-expansion&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NjMwNTIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHyqdYOtid4FSTju8kDWtbd2Wje7A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Southeast
Hills site remains leading candidate for Seaside expansion </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">The city is mandated to use land in the urban growth boundary efficiently, ... Patrick Wingard, the North Coast regional representative
for the 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.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2015/oct/13/port-moves-wetland-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3NDQ0NjIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF1s7OcI7f335ptRafuHA1ig-mt_g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Port
moves on wetland plan </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Dalles Chronicle
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... the Department of State Lands and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect ... up with mitigation measures has been sanctioned by Oregon's governor and ...
#State officials allow communities to create the plans to expedite 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.bendsource.com/bend/captain-planet/Content%3Foid%3D2553284&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NjMwNTIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFli2sli9RJ-BMf1REiFFKZlrifqA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Captain
Planet </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Source Weekly
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Central Oregon LandWatch fights to protect the environment and natural ... The proposed Urban Growth Boundary plan would redevelop the
area ...<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.oregonmetro.gov/news/metro-council-opens-debate-stafford-urban-reserves-french-prairie-takes-center-stage&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA4Mzg3NzczMjI4MjA3MjYwNDgyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHaNUzs0xf4Xek81VcjI3IP6ZJA1Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
Council opens debate on Stafford urban reserves, but French Prairie takes center stage
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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">... can look at first for potential urban growth boundary expansions before 2060. ... Metro says growth in the Stafford Basin can be
planned in a way that ... former Clackamas County Chair Charlotte Lehan, former Oregon Supreme ...<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.ktvz.com/news/busy-nw-fire-season-ending-but-danger-lingers/35868124&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NDQ0NjIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFP64Rz_RFhADjLkQagnknFp0v_XA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Busy
NW fire season ending, but danger lingers </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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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">While large wildfires raged across the state, Central Oregon was mostly fortunate this year, though fires did destroy homes near Culver
and Warm ...<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.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/10/14/wildfire-rehab-idaho-oregon/73925936/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3MjkzNzIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE1k6glTA0DXFJtMnsM8OjIqLFoTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Massive
wildfire rehab under way in Idaho, 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">KTVB
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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 high-visibility effort follows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision last month that sage grouse don't need protection under
the Endangered ...<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.ktvz.com/news/life-or-death-struggle-on-the-deschutes-another-fish-rescue/35847310&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NDU3MjIaMGI1MmU2MmI4NTI0MDgwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHnm9ql-xcQn4W56L6R12VNnO67GA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Life
or death struggle on the Deschutes: Another fish rescue </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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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">Deschutes Basin</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Watermaster Jeremy Giffin said significantly
less water is flowing through the channel. "That generally means taking the flows from ...<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/news/why-oppose-the-transit-tax-on-november-3/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NDY5ODIaMGQ5ZGJkNDg0YTg0MDM3MTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFiElCSaP0be6othnBeDUmPiseFRw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
oppose the transit tax on November 3? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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">... a small tax on the payroll of businesses in the Salem-Keizer Transit District boundary ... SW: Proponents say this tax will bring
in about $5 million a year. ... these lottery funds for Cherriots and other small transit districts 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.wsj.com/articles/oregon-vineyards-draw-out-of-state-buyers-1444917070&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NDk1MDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEBk-ivM8to8WXDkst3mYYxVq7X6A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Vineyards Draw Out-of-State Buyers </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Wall Street 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">The drought in California and rising prices for Pinot Noir grapes are attracting out-of-state buyers to Oregon, where the land is seen
as more affordable ...<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/20151016/marijuana-growers-face-irrigation-complexities&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4MzIxNzIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHW9ObtdS7nQkiIum7Jdkgb2IKgfg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Marijuana
growers face irrigation complexities </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Capital press
<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">Drilling a well also requires a water rights permit for agriculture in Oregon, though exemptions apply for domestic, industrial and
commercial uses.<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/2015/10/14/entrepreneurs-learn-rules-pot-business/73926612/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4Mzg0NzIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGSwPHbehGPYAk5JHkZat4bj7ibTg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Entrepreneurs
learn the rules of pot business </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">We're excited to work with growers and processors here in Oregon," Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba said Wednesday. "We
have a lot 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.kast1370.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D3917:tsunami-zone-rule-on-the-back-burner%26catid%3D17%26Itemid%3D677&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NjIxMDIaNGM1Y2I1NDk1NTUwODVlNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7QPDG0WVH3ZwUQw7g00W-MA-fVQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tsunami
Overlay tabled </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">That decision was in turn appealed to circuit court by the Oregon Shores ... Measure 49, a follow-up to Measure 37, allowed some 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.kgw.com/story/news/2015/10/15/participation-jumps-oregon-earthquake-drill/74002070/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NDIyNTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGtBNZ0h09pn7OavRRB4gP5_JaOIQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Participation
jumps in Oregon earthquake drill </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">kgw.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">PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - More than 530,000 Oregonians have signed up to participate in Thursday's annual earthquake drill. That's a big
jump from last ...<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/rockaway-beach-accepts-tillamook-county-tourism-grant-to-upgrade-cedar-wetlands-preserve/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NDYwMzIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_KnGu93AngIzbMaT1J3T1j9EnKA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rockaway
Beach accepts Tillamook County tourism grant to upgrade Cedar Wetlands Preserve </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Tillamook County Pioneer
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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">... involved delineating and mapping the preserve's wetlands, then successfully getting the Oregon Department of State Lands' approval
of that work.<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.kcby.com/news/business/Bandon-downtown-efforts-receive-praise-at-Main-Street-Conference-333124441.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4MzYyNjIaOThjYmQzOTM1YzRmMTc3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEkINtLjF9OTNeWFPFXUOxRZQTLnA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bandon
downtown efforts earn praise at Main Street Conference </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">At the annual Oregon Main Street Conference in The Dalles last week, Bandon was given a special honor-- the Outstanding Partnership
Award, given ...<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/2015/10/15/pot-businesses-banned-unincorporated-marion-county/74004826/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NjI0MTIaYjFlMWE0MGU4ZWM0YjBiYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHtglV6mnWyZO0K_4wxMYaM5js5mg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pot
businesses banned in unincorporated Marion County </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">The Marion County Board of Commissioners has banned commercial ... The Oregon Legislature this year passed House Bill 3400, which allows
cities ...<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/2015/10/portland_proposal_could_allow.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3NDk0OTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHB9DYYEctjekeST7ye7DqUW9PNSQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Proposal
could allow Portland NIMBYs to kill urban trails (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">Portland's Bureau of Transportation has released a highly anticipated and fairly controversial neighborhood trails process to serve
as the new guiding ...<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/sl/277228-153313-researchers-study-how-cross-laminated-timber-can-stimulate-rural-communities-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2Njg1MTY4NDkyNjU4NjM2NzIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGosT70xmTT-GR-oQt-XoSJ2HbT_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Researchers
study how cross-laminated timber can stimulate rural communities </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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> BEST will conduct a study of how cross-laminated
timber can help stimulate the rural economies of Oregon and southwest Washington.<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/2015/10/sen_wyden_issues_ideas_for_imp.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcxOTI2OTk0NTQyMzI2MDA1MDEyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG9NwHQqK51DI15hTkVM0v-nnHZFg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sen.
Wyden issues ideas to improve outdoor recreation; Sec. Jewell listens </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">Earl Blumenauer host Sally Jewell, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, at a meeting of Oregon recreation and land preservation
groups 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.wallowa.com/local_news/20151014/lawmakers-to-meet-in-joseph&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3NDA1ODIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEyHkVH3KW7nHbkExcJlFBVIaeRUw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lawmakers
to meet in Joseph </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Wallowa County Cheiftain
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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">Kate Brown, will attend, as will representatives from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Forestry and Department
of Agriculture ...<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/2015/10/12/homelessness-reaches-rural-areas/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzA0NTcwMTcxODcyNjcwMDAxMDIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNESbHYX3fO0nL5EcVkrGGe7xpuIOg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Homelessness
reaches rural areas </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">Clatskanie_Oregon SALEM, Ore. – Every year, Oregon chooses a day and experts do a count of people who are homeless. The 2015 point-in-time ...<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/2015/10/portland_proposal_could_allow.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3NDk0OTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHB9DYYEctjekeST7ye7DqUW9PNSQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Proposal
could allow Portland NIMBYs to kill urban trails (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">Portland's Bureau of Transportation has released a highly anticipated and fairly controversial neighborhood trails process to serve
as the new guiding ...<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://lakecountyexam.com/park-and-rec-master-plan-approved-by-county/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3NDEwMTIaYTYwZWJhODRjZGI0NjM1Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEbTRgWfAaHrWAi8tI3Rii_0WdUHA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Park
and Rec master plan approved by County </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Lake County Examiner
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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 public hearings were held at the Lake County Commissioners work ... county applied for the Oregon Park and Recreation department
planning ...<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/2015/10/14/oregon-gov-browns-ag-board-pick-draws-more-complaints/73949552/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3Mzk4NjIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFvq3vE4wSk8XyrhnRf7WyTiypJTw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Gov. Brown's ag board pick draws more complaints </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">Kate Brown's appointment of Marty Myers to the Oregon Board of ... water, drought and economic development issues, particularly in rural
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.dailyjournal.net/view/story/912d8843e4cb4ee99fd8c5f7adf59411/OR--Klamath-Water-Commissioner&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTA4Mzg3NzczMjI4MjA3MjM3MjgyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEqXWke_4C3DdKzgTZtTlTugYW5zQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
disputes claims in Klamath County commissioner's petition in water rights case </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily 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">The Herald and News reports (<a href="http://is.gd/bAdUhd">http://is.gd/bAdUhd</a> ) the Oregon Water Resources Department filed its
response Friday, claiming that Mallams doesn't ...<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.presspublications.com/16737-oregon-eyes-7-3-million-bid-for-wastewater-treatment-upgrade&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzA0NTcwMTcxODcyNjY5NzA3NjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGOcsPMY7b3JS2ieiMXZwjJQr_xEQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
eyes $7.3 million bid for wastewater treatment upgrade </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Press Publications Inc.
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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"> City Council on Monday will consider accepting
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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.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1866954/rusted-out-shenzhen-factory-reborn-thriving-urban-farm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzA0NTcwMTcxODcyNjY5OTE2MTIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNELZeZiHNgcFVaNMYg8ImTMP35Cmg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rusted-out
Shenzhen factory reborn as a thriving urban farm </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">South China Morning Post (subscription)
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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">"When [curator] Ole Bouman invited me to do something to showcase Hong Kong, we thought urban farming might be a little unexpected.
Compared 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.finchannel.com/index.php/business/item/50525-turkey-and-world-bank-continue-partnering-for-modernization-of-land-management-systems&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTg0MjEzNTE4Mjc3NzgyMDUxNjIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFXMsoG7E-yey9cIho_VZ3FeISWDQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Turkey
and World Bank Continue Partnering for Modernization of Land Management Systems </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The FINANCIAL
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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 project constitutes a next generation of World Bank operations in the area of land management and cadastre, where the country already
has 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://la.streetsblog.org/2015/10/12/this-week-in-livable-streets-23/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzA0NTcwMTcxODcyNjcwMDk5MzIaZTA1ZTVmNzc1ZGE1NDFjYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEynNDgCEmTVpd5iAVAkS0aBLSQxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">This
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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">sblog_calendar CicLAvia returns to its awesome central L.A. route. Metro is hosting Safe Routes to School summits starting tomorrow.
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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://mynewsla.com/government/2015/10/14/backyard-urban-beekeeping-becomes-legal-in-l-a/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODQ3NTcwMDc1ODcyMDg3NTEwNzIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFXAeAgX9e_-4H5ccYSfJgyIUMKQg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Backyard
beekeeping in L.A.? You better bee-lieve it! </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">MyNewsLA.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">City leaders and members of HoneyLove, a nonprofit that promotes beekeeping, said the activity aids urban farming efforts such as community ...<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.rpa.org/article/de-blasio-goes-regional-with-new-planning-office&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA4Mzg3NzczMjI4MjA3MjQxMzEyGjgxOWY2ZTI4NWIzZjZlZDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF0W3LRX1-3DczFQfr3yeXcdl8e7Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">De
Blasio Goes Regional With New Planning Office </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Regional Plan Association
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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 1971, after the federal government threated to cut off transportation aid, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey created something
called 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.globest.com/news/12_1216/sandiego/development/Transit-Friendly-Matters-Even-in-the-Suburbs-362486-1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzA0NTcwMTcxODcyNjY5OTQ0NDIaYjY0OTNmMDBlOGFlZWE2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHaO7pYtM9qvDiz9r9f6H4_FMpJPQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Transit
Friendly Matters Even in the Suburbs </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">GlobeSt.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">It's a regional planning effort that will reap benefits over time. Creating the connectivity between housing, jobs and transit is the
essential groundwork ...<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.natlawreview.com/article/us-district-court-blocks-bureau-land-management-rule-hydraulic-fracking-federal-and&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzA0NTcwMTcxODcyNjY5Nzg4MDIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG3y4mWq5jgGgjOjvjITOga4Yrnyg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">US
District Court Blocks Bureau of Land Management Rule For Hydraulic Fracking On Federal And ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The National Law Review
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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 September 30, 2015, the US District Court for the District of Wyoming preliminarily enjoined the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
from ...<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>
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<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>
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