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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!</span><o:p></o:p></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.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/how_green_are_oregons_forest_management_practices/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY3MDkwMjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEFP0egWMK2s-LZKpya63BA9K4H-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
Green are Oregon's Forest Management Practices? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Earth Island 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">Since the 1990s, when the Northwest Forest Plan – that governs timber harvest on federal land in Oregon – went into effect, private
forestland has ...<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.gazettetimes.com/news/local/changing-face-of-oregon-ag-presents-challenges-opportunities/article_690f5509-ad3d-55e4-9911-fef8fcc5efb6.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY3MDkwMjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEnyhgyzlkooZyoYgMTRAX5fVEyqg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Changing
face of Oregon ag presents challenges, opportunities </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“Oregon farm land is still 97 percent family-owned,” she said. “We saw institutional investors moving into timber land ownership about
10 years ago ...<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/business/index.ssf/2015/10/port_of_newport_receives_2_mil.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTUxODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEQRv-kS_L42d4pVygPYHuuKTDvRA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Port
of Newport receives $2 million for facility to serve Oregon agricultural producers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The $2 million grant from the federal Department of Transportation will be used to leverage more money from state sources to finish
a shipping facility, ...<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://pamplinmedia.com/lor/48-news/278922-155083-planning-commission-approves-new-sensitive-lands-program-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2NzA4MDIaMTMzOGQ4ZjJmNjViMWY0YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHSLHX1r-YMQCShh9AxGA-zNeil4g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Planning
Commission approves new Sensitive Lands program </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">Planning Commission approves new Sensitive Lands program ... might make the program non-compliant with Metro and state land-use 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.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/10/can_employers_help_with_afford.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTUzMjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFDY5xq2SdYfV0Ofjps-zwYkQsquQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Can
employers help with affordable housing?: Editorial </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">Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is among elected leaders who have suggested that employer-assisted housing be considered as one way to address
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.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/279052-155306-city-council-takes-two-big-strides-to-boost-affordable-housing-funding-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTUzMjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEpGpyNtPVcjvuZr5wdU_9e4JL_6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
Council takes two big strides to boost affordable housing funding </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">Three weeks after declaring an “affordable housing crisis” in Portland, the City Council unanimously approved two new policies Wednesday
that will ...<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://oregoncatalyst.com/32075-portland-worries-homelessness-metro-housing-affordable.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2ODQzNjIaNDBkZThjMzE5ZWZlZmJlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEnCPJqlmLuWOz9BFdKF5yMQvcfow"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
Worries About Homelessness, While Metro Makes Housing Less Affordable </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Catalyst
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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 Portland City Council has decided to allocate $20 million to solve a perceived crisis with “homelessness” and another $67 million
to subsidize ...<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/news/oregon/bend-area-housing-shortage-extra-tough-on-mentally-ill/article_e4e23748-e1f5-5c60-9127-45e0753f6cae.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTU5ODM1NDAxODQxNDk4MzA5ODIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFgFH8LgADA72wjMn29fEghE-wmZw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend-area
housing shortage extra tough on mentally ill </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Herald and 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">BEND (AP) — The lack of housing might be dire in Central Oregon, but the situation is even more so for those who experience mental illness.
Housing ...<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/fgnt/36-news/278865-154408-the-great-butterfly-massacre&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2Nzg4MTIaNzJiZjhhMmJlOTk5Mjc2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFbOuWYwTlDm27FOCtPbazI07sFlw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
great butterfly massacre </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 Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Endangered Species Act protects both the butterflies and the lupines (a native wildflower), making the incident a double-endangered
disaster ...<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.foxnews.com/science/2015/10/28/gold-vs-salmon-oregon-miners-blast-ban-on-suction-dredging.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODMxMzY3OTA3ODA0NjMyNTIxNTIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHkVupXbb4eQMAk5pwxjaaOef8laA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gold
vs. salmon: Oregon miners blast ban on suction dredging </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Fox 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 state is imposing a ban on the practice in the interest of protecting ... and former Director of the Oregon Department of State
Lands Mary Abrams, ...<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://epnewswire.com/stories/510645593-epa-announces-2-million-in-dera-funding-for-pacific-northwest&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTgxMzIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF6_VTAFij8IY7JJWbbhHRn-rns4A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
announces $2 million in DERA funding for Pacific Northwest </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">EP News Wire
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">State and local organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington will receive nearly $2 million in funding from the Environmental
Protection ...<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/sl/278197-154404-oregons-coastal-counties-oppose-offshore-renewable-energy-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTU5ODM1NDAxODQxNDk4Mzc2NDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFaKLhvns_u0jRBXwM_xrerlrO94w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
coastal counties oppose offshore renewable energy 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">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The petition to overturn the latest sea plan rests on a procedural issue: whether the Land Conservation and Development Commission could legally ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://eaglefordtexas.com/news/id/159438/editorial-oregon-governor-should-not-try-to-tilt-lng-process/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTEwNzU4ODc0MzQyMTk4Mzk1NTIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNENtiCFsAL7ban15wa-RpYZNMJArg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Oregon governor should not try to tilt LNG process </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">EagleFordTexas.com (press release)
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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">Editorial: Oregon governor should not try to tilt LNG process ... State agencies, including the Department of Environmental Quality
and the Department of State Lands, must approve permits before the project can move forward, 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.kajo.com/news/local/stories.php%3Fsubaction%3Dshowfull%26id%3D1446097779%26ucat%3D2,4&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2NzkwMjIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHLAZCvRICsjPYxkeLFGm9NWYZPWw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">2015
Fire Season in Southwest Oregon Was Lengthy, But Not Too Destructive </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KAJO
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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 2015 fire season in Southwest Oregon will be remembered for the smoke – but little of the smoke was generated by wildfires in Josephine
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://blogs.usda.gov/2015/10/27/a-look-at-life-in-the-wildland-urban-interface/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTU5ODM1NDAxODQxNDk4NTExNjIaMDlkZGMzMjMxMmNjMWFjOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGMHLtccAvRLuuhp2cFKmwN57g8mA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
Look at Life in the Wildland Urban Interface </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">USDA.gov (press release) (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">A house threatened by a forest fire in central Oregon. ... that more than 50 percent of the Forest Service budget is spent fighting
wildfires, and that is in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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CAFOs can now operate under state water permits </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">As of Oct. 21, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has made available “water pollution control facilities” permits to livestock operations
that don'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.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2015/10/28/oregons-urban-trees-important-rural-forests/74768780/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODMxMzY3OTA3ODA0NjMyNTY5NzIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHxZmOYL3uiFKiSOugfkQIP2lhgew"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
urban trees as important as rural forests </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">The forests of Oregon are among the most productive in the world, and are among Oregon's most valuable resources. They touch the lives of rural and ...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/278488-153397-forecasters-see-another-warm-winter-ahead&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTEwNzU4ODc0MzQyMTk4MzQzNTIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFKFqLh6ehogrLJNFXAL0se5NbMfw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Forecasters
see another warm winter ahead </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">That snowpack typically provides much of the region's bank of water, and that ... Oregon continues to be classified as in severe or
extreme drought ...<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/10-opinion/278561-154405-my-view-do-superfund-cleanup-right&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTU5ODM1NDAxODQxNDk4MTM2MzIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG4lKdRXVpTyqBz1xIFrbaEv1kRtw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">My
View: Do Superfund cleanup right </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">In the coming months (early 2016), the EPA will issue a Draft Cleanup Plan that will define their proposed approach, from dredging to covering the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/10/28/9622920/housing-adult-friendship"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">How
our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Vox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">In the Atlantic, Julie Beck has a great new piece on "How Friendships Change in Adulthood." It will ring true for Vox readers of, uh, a certain age ...<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://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/29/the-farm-is-the-new-golf-course&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTc3ODIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFFOV52iMNZqHH4lXuCk2Km12Tmmg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Who
Needs a Golf Course? New Housing Developments Feature Farms </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, developments are making room for farms. Agricultural neighborhoods — or agri-hoods — are neighborhoods with urban farms. They are
being ...<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://artvoice.com/issues/v14n43/news_green_code&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTUzOTIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFQ4f3MzBYCUCrD42yxsri6t262cg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Buffalo's
Green Code Sacrifices Quality of Life for the Sake of Economic Development </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">Instead, it is but one more tool to further “economic development,” by ... The Mayor's propaganda machine promised a new land use code
that 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://smartgrowth.org/creating-a-new-green-space-model-for-tomorrows-cities/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTI1ODIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHVWOLabIIRxu1YyuLrJMPjn4T_4w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Creating
a New Green Space Model for Tomorrow's Cities </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Smart Growth 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">When you think of urban planning and design, the U.S. Forest Service likely isn't the first federal agency that comes to mind. But
with upwards of 70 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/10/so-how-exactly-do-officials-figure-out-how-many-people-will-use-mass-transit&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTk0NzEwODAzMzg5MzY2OTUzOTIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEDY-4DyPGdB6tsTGr3acVqLCNDbg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">So
how, exactly, do officials figure out how many people will use mass transit projects?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">MinnPost
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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">All of that modeling information, as well as cost estimates, local matching funds, the project's impact on land use, economic development,
and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a> |
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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