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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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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.ktvz.com/news/state-moves-to-ease-ugb-process-not-in-time-for-bend/36863406"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">State
simplifies <em><span style="font-weight:normal">UGB</span></em> process; Bend's current work unchanged</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><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%">KTVZ</span></span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">new rules</span></em>, adopted late last week at the LCDC's meeting in ... the
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">UGB</span></em> process while preserving the intended outcomes of the
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em> ...<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/2015/12/tillamook_county_roads_suffer.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDIzNTQxNDE4ODg1NDg1NDk4ODIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHNb6cjgikFQONxbeKuTsuuqWLlZQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tillamook
County</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> roads suffer major flood damage as thunderstorms, high surf rolls in
</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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Tillamook County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Sheriff Andy Long said losing Oregon 6 to a slow-moving landslide
that could slough away under the pavement would cut access to ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/USDA-40-million-to-Western-ranchers-to-restore-sage-grouse-habitat/36900368&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDIzNTQxNDE4ODg1NDg1NzMxMDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGaCiki4sciGzKgAj4wK0v5H9U6QA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">USDA:
$40 million to Western ranchers to restore sage grouse habitat </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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The sage grouse priority areas for Oregon are identified in the SGI 2.o Oregon Implementation Strategy. This document is available on the NRCS ...<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.kivitv.com/news/soda-fire-rehab-continues&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDIzNTQxNDE4ODg1NDg1Mzg1NzIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEc6gsFrillTnnlGNFSQyhPWHQcGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Soda
Fire rehab continues </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">6 On Your Side
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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 Bureau of Land Management continues to work on rehabilitating the area southwest of Boise that was devastated by this summer's Soda
Fire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/stayton/2015/12/05/treeing-competition/76741182/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjAyNjUwNjI5NTUxMjE3ODE2NDIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGnxPlSGzKrIMYLJiv4-cIy-AavAg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Treeing
the competition </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 Oregon Department of Agriculture reported last month that “up to 7 million Oregon Christmas trees will be harvested and sold locally,
nationally ...<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/284232-160041-economics-can-solve-ecological-woes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTAyODg3OTkxNTU4ODgyODIxNzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNELQHM7dsm8V366IgugLIrXSgfr_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Economics
can solve ecological woes </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">Private land ownership in Oregon is a relic of the original colonial system (European Americans conquering Native Americans). Land grants
of the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/284239-159509-metro-plans-new-trails-at-canemah-bluff-natural-area-newell-creek-canyon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTAyODg3OTkxNTU4ODgyODk4MTIaMjVjYTgwNjJlNTBlMmZlMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGFspSCOjuM4y8crvG2b_2iMn-ySg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
plans new trails at Canemah Bluff Natural Area, Newell Creek Canyon </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">Metro plans new trails at Canemah Bluff Natural Area, Newell Creek ... Metro is building trails in two of its more than 300-acre parks
in Oregon City. ... In the Canemah Bluff Natural Area, the regional government is constructing 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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20151208/settlement-would-allow-jackson-county-gmo-ban-to-stand&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTAyODg3OTkxNTU4ODgyNTI2NzIaMmI0YzNhYmQxNjAwZjFiMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGMFd3NkyxwpemHCYLsFBIOROGhZg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Settlement
would allow Jackson County GMO ban to stand </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">Settlement would allow Jackson County GMO ban to stand ... The prohibition against genetically engineered crops in Jackson County, Ore.,
will be ... Frink to file a lawsuit claiming the ordinance violated Oregon's “right to farm” law.<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/33839889-78/nestles-water-torture.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDIzNTQxNDE4ODg1NDg1NDU2MDIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGtyhQ3DGSWeoohiek1xYwXRzNmxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Nestle's
water torture </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
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A drought in Oregon and much of the West has sharpened appreciation of the fact that water is a limited resource, subject to competing claims 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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33837389-75/ban-on-water-bottling-moves-closer-to-ballot.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTAyODg3OTkxNTU4ODgyNTY0OTIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGifDEGkVFoE8nsT1UtFW3viVMnkw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ban
on water bottling moves closer to ballot </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">SALEM — Opponents of Nestlé's proposed water bottling plant in the Columbia ... It centers on state-owned water rights at nearby Oxbow Springs.<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://enewspf.com/2015/12/07/another-endangered-species-act-success-story-rare-california-oregon-fish-declared-recovered/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjAyNjUwNjI5NTUxMjE3NDg2MzIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHPH7zL6ILE8dv6A_XufODl1GGyYA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Another
Endangered Species Act Success Story: Rare California, Oregon Fish Declared Recovered
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">eNews Park Forest
<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">Their range has expanded to 43 miles of habitat along 12 streams in three watersheds, with the species now occupying all of its confirmed
historical ...<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/2015/12/finding_a_way_forward_in_klama.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTAyODg3OTkxNTU4ODgyNjYyNTIaYTU3YzViY2I2NmNmYTVlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE3no21bIQaPcf-NBKoWLK8wCMk6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Finding
a way forward in Klamath Basin's 11th hour: Editorial 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
<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">In those agreements is the call to remove four dams along the Klamath River – one in Oregon, three in northern California – to improve
water quality ...<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/bvt/15-news/284788-161265-downtown-hotel-housing-proposal-moving-ahead&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDIzNTQxNDE4ODg1NDg1NzU4NTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHNQzrLt27jY6UePtZ1G_oDXF07pA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Downtown
hotel, housing proposal moving 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">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">Multi-story housing and a parking garage had been anchors of the plan to redevelop the triangular lot that has long stood vacant, waiting
for a willing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/step-it-transportation-expert-shares-4-big-ideas-beaverton-and-everywhere"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">'<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Step
it up</span></em>': <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Transportation expert shares 4 big ideas for Beaverton</span></em>
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">...</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><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%">Metro newsfeed</span></span><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%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Fenton challenged the crowd “to
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">step it up</span></em> in a <em><span style="font-weight:normal">big</span></em> way” to create healthy places that encourage walking, biking and
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">transit</span></em> through four ...<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/33822156-75/oregon-highway-funding-gets-boost-from-federal-bill.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjAyNjUwNjI5NTUxMjE3NTI4MzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEenD9m7juWNJrNZOeqonMUYC7SAg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
highway funding gets boost from federal bill </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">SALEM — A federal transportation bill signed Friday by President Obama includes help for several Oregon transportation projects. The
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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.wunderground.com/news/ice-wind-snow-rain-northwest-dec-2015&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjAyNjUwNjI5NTUxMjE3NTMxNDIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFjAsA4wzasDC83popgcpRKpvrRSw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pacific
Storm Parade to Lash Northwest With Heavy Rain, Mountain Snow For Days </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">This is good news for a Cascades snowpack that is well below average for early December, from a snow-water equivalent perspective. ...
Ice and snow in eastern Oregon from the storm forced school cancelations in Hermiston, ...<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/82572/public-private-partnership-anticipated-amtrak-gateway-program&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjAyNjUwNjI5NTUxMjE3ODM5ODIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFN71LPPbh2AKHMVefUYN7q0dG_1g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Public-Private
Partnership Anticipated for Amtrak Gateway Program </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">Similar to high-speed rail projects throughout the nation, Amtrak will be looking to the private sector to help pay a portion of the
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Los Angeles design its way to water independence</span></em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">To Peter Arnold, an architect in
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Los Angeles</span></em>, the maze of cul-de-sacs ... hope will fundamentally change the
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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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