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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.ktvz.com/news/filling-in-central-oregon-can-we-ease-the-squeeze/36543776&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY3ODYzMhowM2EwMGVkNDM0N2Y1Njc0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGxOmDdr21uU7zu4SsqtXdenqGyEA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Filling
in Central Oregon: Can we ease the squeeze? </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 the last year, Oregon gained its 4 millionth resident. ... land supply that we need is already in the state-mandated urban growth
boundary, or UGB.<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.thenewsguard.com/news/population-surge-oregon-lincoln-county-numbers-increasing/article_35fed812-8d58-11e5-8fef-7fccedce9c73.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwODkzMDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHrKGj2wxu9dhAVIikMm5RxS2jvfQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">POPULATION
SURGE: Oregon, Lincoln County numbers increasing </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Lincoln City News 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">According to the preliminary July 1 population estimates, Oregon's ... Statewide housing and group quarters' population data are collected
from annual ...<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/portland/index.ssf/2015/11/portlands_housing_authority_re.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY5NDk0MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHhvCREfegCwScPaUX7d4UEAP3qxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland's
housing authority received 'unprecedented' number of rent increases </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">Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Andrew ... number of rent increases for low-income tenants, according to housing authority
officials.<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/capital-bureau/20151115/housing-tax-credits-garner-far-less-than-face-value&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzMzMzIyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHdYH5YoDGtO3k52c-_i036-5qLXg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
tax credits garner far less than face value </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">East Oregonian (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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> has issued more than $38.2 million in agricultural
workforce housing tax credits over the last two decades and the program, run by 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.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/11/with_eye_on_housing_homelessne.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY4NzUwMho0MGRlOGMzMTllZmVmYmU1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFHN15VyXMDVPX99NZrnfsX6gIU2w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">With
eye on housing, homelessness crises, Charlie Hales asks bureaus to prepare 5 percent cuts
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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">Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Andrew ... "I will call on every bureau to help us find solutions to the housing crisis,"
he said. Hales said ...<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/politics/3704504-151/lawmakers-put-housing-woes-under-sights-for-2016&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY5NDk0MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNG3YbG5_l8dnc9juRMsAceOn02hQw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lawmakers
put housing woes under sights for 2016 session </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">SALEM — Oregon has nosedived into a housing crunch, with a growing number of residents from Portland to Bend unable to pay for an adequate ...<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/281782-158232-lawmakers-plan-to-respond-to-housing-crisis&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwNzQ2MTIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEGiDZYsQi0LoQV1zS2Mzj_DtT2Nw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lawmakers
plan to respond to housing crisis </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">Jon Chandler of Oregon Home Builders Association said onerous permitting rules, land use laws, and fees are obstacles to building 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.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/11/oregons_housing_crisis_crashes.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwNzgwMDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH-1Df4sS5z6QuN3N68ZnBKxOZ3KA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing
crisis lands on Oregon lawmakers' growing 2016 agenda </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">Keny-Guyer said she'll work particularly closely with the Oregon Housing Alliance, an umbrella group of nonprofits, service providers
and 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.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/11/oregon_techs_outpost_economy_f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTM0Nzk0OTUyMzI3MDQ5Njg2MhpmODY2Y2RhMjczZThkMTkzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFF_g3ZK34V5B6Xocejm0pelZnJ3A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
tech's outpost economy: Feeding or stunting the Silicon Forest? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Silicon Forest began to transform into an outpost economy in the 1970s, when Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intel established manufacturing
sites in ...<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://koin.com/2015/11/19/vision-for-portland-in-2035-coming-into-focus/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTcwMTQ4Mho3MmEwZjllYTQ3MTJjYWEwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFmXNDyVBF7tiKbOldshxcFHYPdKA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Vision
for Portland in 2035 coming into focus </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KOIN.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">Members of Anti-Displacement PDX are urging city councilors to approve policies included in the draft Comprehensive Plan that align
with their goals.<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/281599-157179-metro-no-boundary-expansion-this-time&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTEzNjEyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFoYebAQ5y-T4lR-O3meE6IBsFRmQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro:
No boundary expansion this time </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">Last week the Metro Council voted to not expand the urban growth boundary which determines where new development can occur in the region.
This ...<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/281601-157552-metro-council-debates-clackamas-development&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTEzNjEyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGJhT8_Utu_XvrIKrRxQU7wOtVT-Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
Council debates Clackamas development </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 reserve areas are outside the urban growth boundary, but can be ... Oregon lawmakers stepped in after the 2014 Oregon Court of
Appeals ...<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/forest-grove/index.ssf/2015/11/cornelius_seals_plans_for_rura.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgxMDY1MzIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG6sia7faeoh3gHvhSnilXwLiC_TA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cornelius
seals plans for rural areas outside town </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">Dillon Pilorget | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Dillon Pilorget | The ... Cornelius north urban growth boundary zoning A map shows planned
zoning ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/11/land-use_ruling_a_setback_to_r.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTA1NTQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE8HnEHfT8dqdC6yrQqQGLiU-EnlA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">-use
ruling a setback to Riverbend landfill expansion in Yamill 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">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">SALEM — Yamhill County is reconsidering a proposed landfill expansion onto farmland after a ruling from the Oregon Land Use Board of
Appeals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33705390-75/rural-eugene-couple-seeks-payment-from-lane-county.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNTM0Nzk0OTUyMzI3MDUxMzQ4MhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFs806rhv1-iDT6j-dzHtcxgJ9bNQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rural
Eugene couple seeks payment from Lane 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">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">They said they wouldn't have intervened in the land use battle and spent $150,000 of their own money to “defend and enforce the county's
land use ...<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/33743510-78/beware-of-rural-urban-disconnect.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgxMTA0OTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF2h5Jg8kTa3J0yfuZi_Y_ICHFVcg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Beware
of rural-urban disconnect </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">Beware of rural-urban disconnect ... of Salem and Eugene,” a great example of Western Oregon cities pushing rural areas' interests out
of their way.<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.prnewswire.com/news-releases/351069981.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTExNTIyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGsWEC5rM0Ynb5Qso0LLmqN0xQMRg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">National
Geographic Announces World Legacy Awards Finalists </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">PR Newswire (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">Travel Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">, United States — Travel Oregon works
to promote economic development opportunities through such programs as the Rural Tourism ...<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/travel/outdoors/2015/11/19/painted-hills-john-day-fossil-beds-hike/75959118/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwODAyNjIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHdmx9m0_uOyD_peaH1v0afRhDC0A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Overrated?
Not Eastern Oregon's Painted Hills </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">Visitors to the Painted Hills have skyrocketed ever since the state's tourism bureau, Travel Oregon, named the location one of the “Seven
Wonders of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/bpa-starts-up-new-northwest-transmission-line/36510258&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwOTQ5NTIaMzhlODdmMDU1ZTA1Yzg4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHdTnQ-Zi9gkF0dTfv17YgNKxdeOQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">BPA
starts up new Northwest transmission line </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
<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">... Administration has energized and brought into service a new 500-kilovolt transmission line, this time connecting central Washington
and Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/11/clean-energy-advocates-file-new-versions-of-ballot.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwODMwOTIaY2UwZjQ5YTg1MDM1NmRhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNElyIHSVBqXtBKiXKsr3Xqah-GZ4w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Clean
energy advocates file new versions of ballot measures to wean Oregon off coal </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)
<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">Renewable energy</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> advocates have filed their third
and fourth versions of ballot measures to push Oregon closer to running on cleaner power.<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/politics/index.ssf/2015/11/group_files_new_oregon_ballot.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzI0MjMyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFiMY9mknPekchIl6vxPNU6Zep5Dw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Measures
would make buildings more energy efficient, reward personal solar use </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">GRESHAM, OREGON - Alan Johnston, senior engineer at Gresham wastewater treatment plant looks at the solar panels that help power the
plant.<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/2015/11/new_questions_about_fated_tran.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY3NzI4Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEF4s2zpafaWVXrAVb-IZGHNfa4KA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
questions about fated transportation hearing should surprise no one: 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
<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">Oregonians discovered this week that officials within the governor's office and Oregon's transportation department suspected for weeks
prior to 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.planetizen.com/node/82280/autonomous-vehicles-and-vmt-problem&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgwOTkxOTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGXZnuMolCdcWG6vXMmi4oBAyL2jA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Autonomous
Vehicles and the VMT Problem </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Planetizen
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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 flurry of speculation about the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is mostly ignoring a significant downside: the impact on vehicle
miles travelled ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/reedsport/opinion/editorial/efforts-underway-to-prepare-for-disaster/article_fbeb2e97-c444-5f55-b08d-0dc7e45d1a49.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgxMDk2NDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEYZ5v6PS1EosPu1onvQ9AZvMDmRA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Efforts
underway to prepare for disaster </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">To that end, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been assessing the road and rail system in the state for earthquake
and tsunami ...<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://marijuanapolitics.com/cannabis-community-rallies-in-medford-oregon/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTcwODQ3Mho4OTk3ZDI3YjZhNDkxMzBhOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEdLdw0mgL1G9AtQTTYn3DXqubufA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cannabis</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Community Rallies in Medford, 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">Marijuana Politics (blog)
<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">It is great to see firsthand how the cannabis community has rallied to fight a ban on personal marijuana cultivation in Medford, Oregon.
Contrary 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/18/pot-business-of-interest-to-warm-springs-tribes/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgxMDYyNTIaNGJmZDk0Nzc5ZTAyOGQyMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF4FpI7qp6qhR41arjTBF6byeisxQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pot
business of interest to Warm Springs Tribes </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Washington 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">(AP) - Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will vote Dec. 17 whether to operate a marijuana-growing facility on the reservation.<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.franchiseherald.com/articles/44417/20151116/marijuana-retail-shops.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzE4NzkyGjg5OTdkMjdiNmE0OTEzMGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFbQ4xJtA4Q1_l50vJ_n4HwqkzNug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">More
Marijuana Retail Shops Exist In Oregon, Outnumbering Starbucks or McDonald's </span>
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Franchise Herald
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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 the state of Oregon legalized recreational marijuana last month, the Oregon's Health Authority (via Zero Hedge) reports that there
are now more ...<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/local_news/candidate-proposes-hemp-as-economic-solution/article_c383107f-2b7c-5597-8fa7-8a3c3741e0ad.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgxMDI1ODIaYTg1ODAzYjhmNmU5MzA2YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHk0S-d1-OO49nlc4xeAmM4xLlyjA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Candidate
proposes hemp as economic solution </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">The latest candidate to file in the Klamath County commissioner race is kicking off her campaign with a “controversial” and “outside-the-box”
economic ...<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/20151116/business-oregon-grant-aims-to-grow-rural-entrepreneurs&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzIyMTkyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGFe85kyrk15Zn9geqYPZ80CJHJeQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Business
Oregon grant aims to grow rural entrepreneurs </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">East Oregonian (subscription)
<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">Business Oregon will use the Rural Entrepreneurship Development Grant to invest $250,000 in helping public agencies and nonprofits 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.capitalpress.com/Washington/20151117/oregon-washington-urged-to-spray-for-gypsy-moths&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTI3MzcyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVY3GAgC6acCG_WNQgi1smL-vsKQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">,
Washington urged to spray for gypsy moths </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
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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 Washington State Department of Agriculture is planning a two-year ... A science panel has recommended Oregon and Washington spray
more ...<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/282116-158606-oregon-senators-encourage-bill-to-complete-land-exchange&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY3MzUyMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEZYz0iKVPvGBialape19viRQaClw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
senators encourage bill to complete land exchange </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
<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">Oregon's</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley
today announced forward progress on a bill that would help resolve the decades-long dispute ...<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/2015/11/oregon-to-help-usda-distribute-350m-for-wetland.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY3MzUyMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHmHin2gUU06DAZvINM0EyXZBDkDQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
to help USDA distribute $350M for wetland, lands restoration </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)
<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">A $350 million wetlands and working lands restoration program is being funneled through the Oregon arm of the federal agriculture 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://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/281507-154025-building-habitat-for-the-next-century&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTEwOTQyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGo5AYHw_G1v48_FSEZc-TlcOVsBg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Building
habitat for the next century </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">Building habitat for the next century ... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies and the states of Oregon and Washington created
the Lower ...<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/281489-156625-approaching-elk-rock&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTEwOTQyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE7Hu8UWVQ15DkCqme6_mtXpbT35A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Approaching
Elk Rock </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">Community volunteers and those groups have restored a half-acre of wetlands along with Oregon oak and cottonwood habitats at the 7-acre
park.<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.natureworldnews.com/articles/18216/20151116/endangered-species-list-wolves-de-listed-oregon.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzE3NDMyGjcyYmY4YTJiZTk5OTI3NjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH3pw87xIRIL3-t-VxiPtGhiWDrKg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Endangered
Species</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> List: Wolves De-Listed 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">Nature World News
<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">Wolves have been knocked off the Endangered Species List in Oregon, although the state's Department of Fish & Wildlife says that management
of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brenda-peterson/wild-wolves-the-old-and-t_b_8564858.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzA0OTQyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHa_BBZ2yw6dL1wFOBLVxIVCmrL7Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wild
Wolves: The Old and the New West </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Huffington Post
<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">It cites a recent study on wolf habitat in Oregon. "Oregon could support an estimated 1,400 wolves statewide," the report says; and
there is "ample wolf ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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should support fire prevention on family forests (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">As long as lightning and stupid people start fires, wildfires will always be a part of life in Oregon. While we can't stop lightning
and, as much as we try, ...<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/outdoors/index.ssf/2015/11/low_snow_pack_mount_hood.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTA0MzUyGjUyMDY0NzY5Y2FiNmYxN2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEuWLmlGdZd-aov7maWFEF4WQnRvw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Just
how bad was last year's Mount Hood snow pack? (data) </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">Steve Suo | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... And for much of the 2014-15 season, the snowpack was the worst since the station Mt. Hood station
began ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pass in Central Oregon closes for the winter </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 a sure sign that winter is approaching, the Oregon Department of Transportation has closed McKenzie Pass for the season. Approximately
6 inches ...<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://kval.com/news/local/water-is-everything-oregon-remains-in-drought-despite-recent-rain&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcxMjQ2OTYwNDE1MjgxMDg1MTIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG7OV45FbpprdMSiADJqS2WykoGTg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Water
is everything': Oregon remains in drought despite recent rain </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">'Water is everything': Oregon remains in drought despite recent rain ... "We have had low snow-pack years before and gone into the spring
looking like ...<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/2015/11/kate_brown_and_the_great_nestl.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTM0Nzk0OTUyMzI3MDUxNDY4MhoyZDBhYjNkOWM5OTVlZmExOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGMmgMO2V0LtYGCSOCwEvCu50OhkQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Kate
Brown and the Great Nestle Kerfuffle: Editorial Agenda 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">The springs provide water to the Oxbow Hatchery, which is operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The department owns
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judge in Nevada mulls order to block sage grouse rules </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">RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge put a Nevada lawsuit challenging U.S. sage grouse protections on the fast-track Wednesday but said
she isn't ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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neighborhood first to feel sting of sage-grouse rules </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 proposal is in jeopardy because BLM considers it sage grouse habitat. ... One of the first, actual on-the-ground disruptions caused
by new U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage grouse isn't on a cattle ranch in Oregon or an oil ...<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.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/11/19/tester-bullock-seek-assurances-plum-creek/76078152/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTcwMjQ2MhpmMDE0MWQ0MzhiNmVhZTU0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGvVHAr-ljvDtAb9kuiGN3IQyulgQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tester,
Bullock seek assurances on Plum Creek </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">It has 888,000 acres and much of the land is open to the public for free ... the merger will affect workers and land management decisions in Montana<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.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/11/is_federal_control_the_best_approach_to_conservation_of_land_and_water.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzMzgzNzc1NDgzNTgzNzA1OTYyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHXEBj1FJS1g6bwvB_XrR50wHHqTg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Is
Federal control the best approach to conservation of land and water? </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">... offshore energy development, these federally-acquired lands are primarily managed by agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), ...<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/the-innovative-mpo-smart-planning-strong-communities/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY4Mjg0MhozNzc2M2FhOGZmNmFiYzY3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGssrrm4_qvODFjTfwxkQNcXQApug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Innovative MPO: Smart Planning, Strong 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">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">This new, free guidebook from Transportation for America will help Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) staff, board members and
civic ...<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/six-foundations-for-building-community-resilience/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY4Mjg0MhozNzc2M2FhOGZmNmFiYzY3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHy92TDmqJhgocd9aITApkvodkQsg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Six
Foundations for Building Community Resilience </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">Truly robust community resilience should engage and benefit all community members, and consider all the challenges the community faces—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.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-worlds-largest-rooftop-farm-300182070.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSODU4MzgwMDEyMzg5MTY3MTcyMhpiN2ExNWJhZmNiZmU4OTQzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEKOaCBrbfJQLSgHjL-SxaqM3KhXQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
World's Largest Rooftop Farm </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">Through their unique brand of urban agriculture, now spanning two major cities, Gotham Greens' expert growers are able to produce the
highest ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://inhabitat.com/visionary-homefarm-combines-retirement-homes-and-vertical-urban-farms/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMyMDMyMDg5ODM0MjAxNTA0MDYyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEEdCgTHPOmryOFMaQfe_bUqPxlqg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Visionary
Homefarm combines retirement homes and vertical urban 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">Presented at the World Architecture Festival, the conceptual proposal combines urban retirement housing with vertical urban farming
into a live-farm ...<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.noozhawk.com/article/joe_guzzardi_suburbs_boom_growth_20151115&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTM0Nzk0OTUyMzI3MDQ5NDgwMhozNzc2M2FhOGZmNmFiYzY3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHtwOATYfs5stBMs-xYKDSoCZ_y6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Joe
Guzzardi: Suburbs Boom, But in 2050 Where Will 458 Million Americans Live? </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">In the early 1990s, I attended the first-ever “Smart Growth” conference. Held in Sacramento, the event was hosted by Phil Angelides,
the then-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.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2015/11/14/northland-silverdome-detroit-sprawl/75596684/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAxODA3Mjk2OTI3NjcwMTA2MzgyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFv9bZNY7QwqVyrpkyUKTe-kmsiBw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">8
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