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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!
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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/Land-use-group-Westside-land-owners-reach-Bend-UGB-compromise/37539092&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzg4MTMyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGwDaD5rS82e3wz-qPNy1BvhB3TKg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land-use
group, Westside land owners reach Bend UGB compromise </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">"The Urban Growth Boundary process will determine what kind of city Bend will become," Central Oregon LandWatch said after Wednesday's
advisory ...<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/front-porch/index.ssf/2016/01/portlands_housing_market_poste.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MTAzOTY5Mzc3Mjc4MjAzNTYyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGFu8P3J_wdOwdGLXOCKyKCRVWdwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland's
housing market posted the hottest December on record last month </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 Portland-area housing market finished out a record-breaking year with a record-setting month in December. The 2,710 closed home
sales in 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/289525-165300-city-seeks-creative-infill-housing-ideas&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzMDcxNTExMjYyMjY1MTI2NzcyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHc8EdFHKysFR5hDHv2KKvTXVRc2A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
seeks creative infill housing ideas </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">“We need abundant housing of all shapes and sizes,” says Spevak, newly appointed to the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission.<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.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/meyer-memorial-trust-awards-to-tillamook-county-housing-task-force/article_3b870d02-bfa0-11e5-8fff-4f58cd8c0b7c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgzMDcxNTExMjYyMjY1MTMwMjMyGmYyM2VhOGI3ZDQ0MDkzZDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH6HmHTJR_53GO4orV7bAfPgNW8eg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Meyer
Memorial Trust awards $40000 to Tillamook County Housing Task Force </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 Headlight 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">Tillamook County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> received a grant from the Meyer
Memorial Trust in the ... largest private foundations in Oregon, with assets of roughly $718 million.<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/2016/01/housing_affordability_a_partic.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3NDI3OTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7Jt8Ea0aI9TgojDiO1BG2KZS1Yg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
affordability a particular problem for the disabled (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">The housing market, both for rentals and ownership, is in crisis, with demand ... alike, too little attention has been paid to affordable
housing 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.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/gov-brown-appeals-to-obama-for-resolution-to-malheur-occupation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzg1MjEyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHxHK07ZrST2pxWP66Npqr4zq_Etg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gov.
Brown Appeals To Obama For Resolution To Malheur Occupation </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">OPB 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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Gov. Kate Brown is frustrated about the armed
occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, according to two ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2016/01/20/atlas-oregon-militants-base/79072328/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzcwMTQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNESfHoDK2i0xaaRBIclWaE8sscp3A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Atlas:
Oregon militants are off base </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Indianapolis Star
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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 militants assert that President Theodore Roosevelt unconstitutionally “seized” Oregon land in 1908 to create the wildlife refuge
and that the land ...<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/opinion/mailbag/letter-occupation-is-a-publicity-stunt/article_1fe95769-116e-5172-a961-f06f9db4c1a8.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3MzE2NzIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFOX-YhEnED09JcXGLQC4QJY6AwDA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letter:
Occupation is a publicity stunt </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">Corvallis SURJ: Showing Up for Racial Justice joins Oregon's Rural Organizing Project in condemning the armed occupation in Harney County.<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/20160121/standoff-exposes-urban-rural-divide&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzg1MDgyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFg5J5AYpY9mf9jedLrCdUdWSLiRQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Standoff
exposes urban, rural divide </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">Meanwhile, rural residents, farming and ranching groups and elected ... wine, livestock and other agricultural products pouring out
of rural Oregon are ...<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/2016/01/is_a_county-by-county_gmo_ban.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzkzODQyGjJiNGMzYWJkMTYwMGYxYjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGy7vwL8Hb9sOSCoWGI2QF1PDnKEg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Should
Oregon counties be allowed to ban GMOs on their own? Farmers push to repeal 2013 law
</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">Advocates there tried to pass a GMO crop ban in the form of a "bill of rights" for nature. Nature, not being able to hire an attorney
on its own, would rely ...<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/nbg/142-news/289500-166873-city-starts-crafting-laws-for-recreational-pot-sales&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MTAzOTY5Mzc3Mjc4MjIxNzEyGmU2ZGNiMDM3OTNlZDYzMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGrOqxyF8YUY2r7HILptyDcvpYcwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
starts crafting laws for recreational pot sales </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">In the first instance of Newberg considering recreational marijuana ... week the subcommittee tasked with all pot related matters recommended
land use ... imposed by state regulations from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.<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/289560-166638-one-day-with-400-trees-in-eagle-creek&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzcwMDEyGmE1N2M1YmNiNjZjZmE1ZTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHcgyrD3cxtqE8ipgxpmAe6urehGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">One
day with 400 trees in Eagle Creek </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 sun won't shine quite as brightly on the Clackamas River basin in the future — and that's not a bad thing. Through the Shade our
Streams ...<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/snow-rific/Content%3Foid%3D2587079&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzk4ODIyGjUyMDY0NzY5Y2FiNmYxN2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHvYzRFD3RXr9T_ZCB2PWnHuXUa_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Snow</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">-rific!
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<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">Albeit a dry January in Central Oregon, with less precipitation so far this ... 1, the Harney Basin had 186 percent of normal snowpack,
which was 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.cbsnews.com/news/pacific-northwest-braces-for-massive-earthquake-tsunami/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzgyMjkyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFX5GDtwV8y-Ijo4SoIUVfHR6am5Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pacific
Northwest in fear of massive earthquake, tsunami </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CBS 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">During their regular earthquake and tsunami drills, students at an ... it just has to let go," Oregon State earthquake geologist Chris
Goldfinger explains.<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/2016/01/claims_that_plunging_ocean_wat.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3MzAyNDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHD-j3LdWuM4e9txMXi4kcI8fFGoQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Don't
panic: Earthquake article misses mark; ocean fluctuations normal </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 Really Big One' earthquake and tsunami explained by hand Recent New ... Claims that recent changes in the height of ocean waters
near Oregon are ... in the Cascadia subduction zone, and that an earthquake would follow.<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.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2016/01/18/23443452/oregon-media-arguing-about-the-imminent-end-of-the-world&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3MzAyNDIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_4LTHU9Bz3iP0qqSv5ImiMrFnRg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Media Arguing About the Imminent End of the World </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">An ocean data buoy is alerting to an “event” in the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the west coast of Oregon. This is where a magnitude
9 earthquake hit ...<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.richmond.com/news/local/hanover/article_0fc78c0d-d1f2-58e9-8229-cd595368fbad.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzkyOTgyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGo9LsVfL2yh02xr4OTPAPjCmFAkg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hanover
Planning Commission defers hearings on large proposed developments </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">Hanover Planning Commission defers hearings on large proposed .... of land from agricultural to either suburban residential or suburban
multifamily ...<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.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/soon-youll-be-able-to-drive-faster-in-parts-of-oregon/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MTAzOTY5Mzc3Mjc4MjAyMjkyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFmdy4HfhhhHtacp5zrneYpa3dAow"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Soon
you'll be able to drive faster in parts of Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">THE DALLES, Ore. — Drivers in some areas of central and eastern Oregon will be allowed to travel at higher speeds under a new law set
to take effect ...<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/33975146-78/flouting-the-law.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzg5NDYyGjcwY2M2NDY4YjRlYzBlYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQepjuA7nXx4maal_BAscwL_uwag"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Flouting
the law </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">From 2008 to 2012, permits issued by Oregon's Department of State Lands for suction dredge mining almost tripled, to 2,251. Oregon, however, also ...</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.kezi.com/news/Gray_Wolves_At_Center_of_Controversy.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzMDcxNTExMjYyMjY1MTA4OTcyGjcyYmY4YTJiZTk5OTI3NjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFw709MMghKfalauDxh5KkznKr2MQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gray
Wolves At Center of Controversy </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">DeFazio's upset about a recent decision by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to remove the gray wolf from the state's endangered species ...<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/289646-166994-parking-meters-finally-come-to-northwest-portland&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzMDcxNTExMjYyMjY1MTA1NjAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEGyhSaHWFcmvF5VO-w7JfLCthbFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Parking
meters finally come to Northwest Portland </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 Portland Bureau of Transportation announced Wednesday that they'll start installing meters along Northwest 21st and Northwest 23rd
avenues, ...<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/3929884-151/new-group-wants-voice-in-deschutes-county-marijuana&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyODAzMDcyGjljMjhlODA0YTVmZTNjZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEcvRqnVbNl2BtaS3KrHwXndDH0RQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
group wants voice in Deschutes County marijuana issues </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The medicinal use and growing of marijuana has been legal in Oregon ... for “licensed and well-regulated cannabis farming and other
businesses.”.<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/ear/20160122/in-one-ear-snippets&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzY2MzYyGmUzMmMzOTk4ZWJjNjNlN2E6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGmkYKWqOTW-xZG6Bvn75RG0CIVdw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
One Ear: Snippets </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">Diggin' it: Did you know that the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) has a huge amount of publications available
online ...<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/33972409-75/neighborhood-must-dig-up-their-community-garden.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzk4NjkyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGQWu3bnHu5ORJ0A9SJ5SI4ehITZg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Neighborhood
must dig up its community gardens </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">SPRINGFIELD — Residents in a small Habitat for Humanity neighborhood are about to lose the community garden they've enjoyed for the
past few ...<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://mashable.com/2016/01/19/deschutes-brewery-green-energy/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTA1MTAzOTY5Mzc3Mjc4MjI3MjAyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG-jw0yN2E31ZicRUkUR7DfA7TGhg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">This
Oregon brewery uses 116% sustainable energy — here's how </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Mashable
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">"I have found it best to stay current on innovations, renewable energy, recycling opportunities, and industry practices. It puts things
in perspective 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.planetizen.com/node/83294/case-study-denvers-accessory-dwelling-units&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3NTEyMTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHD3m8BP5KXPKorDLQasswnN5xyKA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Case
Study: Denver's Accessory Dwelling Units </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">Joe Vaccarelli checks in on the effect of Denver's 2010 ordinance allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), or "granny cottages," as
the story's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/should-states-take-over-management-public-lands-why-or-why-not&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTA1MTAzOTY5Mzc3Mjc4MjI5MzEyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG3RkPxBHiSq_gcylv2e_qHuOfl_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Should
states take over management of public lands? Why or why not? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Wyoming Public Media
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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">Contrary to popular belief, very little public land is still under the direct ... land management to state control will be detrimental
to all of these things.<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.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20160119/NEWS/301199989&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3NjQ3NDIaZjAxNDFkNDM4YjZlYWU1NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHh9EKFLI6iBqgq7LpuHPd74fc7GQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Clallam
timber panel given primer on trust land management to set the stage for future meetings
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Peninsula Daily
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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">PORT ANGELES — Members of the Clallam County Trust Lands Advisory Committee have been given a crash course in forest management.<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.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_29404526/court-sides-us-agency-decades-old-land-grazing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA1MTAzOTY5Mzc3Mjc4MjI5MzEyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE52PO15mA92vHonpvzJsFmJ3tP9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Court
sides with US agency in decades-old land-grazing case </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 Denver Post
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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">Court sides with US agency in decades-old land-grazing case ... of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service in contempt of court
for doing ...<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/83361/surprising-efficiency-big-city-commutes&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzg2NTQyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE-VTxrKo-ZX7vl22UvHwKnGuPYCA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">On
the Surprising Efficiency of Big City Commutes </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">Traffic can be annoying, but it also suggests that a city is thriving. Eric Jaffe writes, "What is a little surprising is that even
as cities get larger, life in them ...<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/83299/carrots-and-sticks-making-driving-alone-worst-option&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3NTEyMTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGsPPT2UQpes8uSPvOopjnJ_l10Tw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Carrots
and Sticks: Making Driving Alone the Worst Option </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 build out of mass transit and bicycle infrastructure hasn't been the cure-all for shifting commuters from single-person autos to
alternate modes 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.treehugger.com/bikes/new-study-finds-sharrows-dont-do-anything-cycling-safety.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIwODk0NDAxMzI2MjM3Njc5NzIaYTg4YzliMjZkNzU5NmQ5Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG-hGrnKsH8aBYzx-Mj5zcCs7bCRw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
study finds that sharrows don't do anything for cycling safety </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Treehugger
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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 results suggest that bike lanes encourage more people to bike and make biking safer, while sharrows don't do much of either. They
found that ...<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/83363/demographic-changes-spell-trouble-ahead-auto-industry&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTc5NjcxODA0MTM3OTIyNzg2NTQyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFwJA_tDCq8WjV8tumSQmBuJv9yQQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Demographic
Changes Spell Trouble Ahead for Auto Industry </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's not only young adults who are delaying in getting drivers licenses, but a drop in licenses among all age groups according to a new analysis of ...</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.kxlo-klcm.com/site/news/5268-governor-rejects-us-bureau-of-land-management-proposed-withdrawal.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgzMDcxNTExMjYyMjY1MTE3NzAyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEZUF90afqeoh7v4tIYTtym-HPvFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Governor
rejects US Bureau of Land Management proposed withdrawal </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">Helena, MT- Governor Steve Bullock today sent a letter to Neil Kornze, Director of the Bureau of Land Management objecting to the proposed ...<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"">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>
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</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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