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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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting
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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/293942-171361-affordable-housing-plan-could-ease-land-use-rules&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODMxMDYyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFut5iQ95xel8xWAamObCpC3kDMJw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable
housing plan could ease land-use rules </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">Another proposal to expedite urban growth boundaries more broadly across Oregon — Senate Bill 1575 — while allowing limited “inclusionary ...<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://nwlaborpress.org/2016/02/oregon-minimum-wage-raise-speeding-to-passage/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODMxMDYyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHbTwlZvaVpt8Q2DrxiUXWwpzljBA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
minimum wage raise speeding to passage </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">By July 2022, the minimum wage would rise to $14.75 in the Portland metro area (inside the Urban Growth Boundary), $13.50 in 16 Northwestern ...<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/2016/02/watch_protest_erupts_outside_k.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODA1OTEyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVxJ4oKhHIla3PXkUPEO7cSTrSHQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Watch:
Protest erupts outside Kate Brown's office over minimum wage, housing policy </span>
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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">SALEM — Adding feistiness and heat to a tense hearing on the minimum wage in the Oregon House, protesters gathered outside Gov. Kate
Brown'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://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/readers/2016/02/14/sb-takes-wrecking-ball-land-use-planning-system/80352964/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDAyMjcyNzE3MTgxNDczMzcwNTIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNExrbYcuA6ZtRHCeuwe6ZBb1hIWag"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">SB
1573 takes wrecking ball to land-use planning system </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">Senate Bill 1573, the latest special interest bill from Oregon Home Builders Association, would open the floodgate to development on
countless acres ...<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/294020-170443-battle-linesdrawn-on-adu-tax&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODA4MzQyGjQyOTI0OWNjMjRlODg2NTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG2TWgWMQ5vp4Y_DtqeOM2nmA7ajw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Battle
linesdrawn on ADU tax </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">Under the Measure 47 and 50 property tax limitations passed by Oregon voters in 1996 and 1997, property tax assessments can rise no
more than 3 ...<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/data/2016/02/how_much_did_your_property_tax.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjEyMzYyGjQyOTI0OWNjMjRlODg2NTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEqsOv7DE5NdUUbiKOZJ4M7k312ZA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Did
your property taxes go up more than other people's in Portland? </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">Oregon's</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> unusual and complicated property tax system
puts the brakes on how ... To help identify this and other trends in home prices and taxes, we ... often end up paying lower effective rates because of the Measure 50 limitation on ...<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://solarindustrymag.com/oregon-house-passes-bill-to-eliminate-coal-double-renewable-energy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjAwNDUyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVxSCKI0Fry1mhUjSmVL6OzGqr-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
House Passes Bill To Eliminate Coal, Double Renewable Energy </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">A utility-backed bill aimed at eliminating coal use and doubling renewable energy in Oregon has advanced in the state legislature. On
Monday, 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.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/02/oregon_senators_portlands_toxi.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDAyMjcyNzE3MTgxNDczMjU2MjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFXa4MDYXbleQRB1nETTXGUXYf4_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
senators: Portland's toxic air is 'public health emergency' </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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have
asked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in the discovery of toxic air hot ...<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/293870-171310-metro-studying-how-to-raise-matching-funds-for-transit-transportation-projects&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM1MTAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH4vSzaNZf85MWdDStXHGGiD7fpqQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
studying how to raise matching funds for transit, transportation projects </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">Dirksen believes the Oregon Legislature might require such matches for some of the funds in the new transportation package expected
to be ...<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://katu.com/news/local/moving-to-oregon-how-a-population-surge-could-affect-you&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM1MTAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE3KotBso2YErbDn06QfSyP8F7m7w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Moving
to Oregon: How a population surge could affect you </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KATU
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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">Moving to Oregon: How a population surge could affect you ... That's where Alan Snook and the Oregon Department of Transportation come
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://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2016/02/oregon-removes-residency-obstacles-for-participation-in-legal-cannabis/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTUxNjA0NjYyOTIwODAyMjc3NDYyGjg5OTdkMjdiNmE0OTEzMGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH5x9s9U7hyXb26Is0tw8GdOwKYog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Removes Residency Obstacles for Participation in Legal Cannabis </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.com (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> has officially eased the barriers for entry
for businesses looking to get involved in the world of legal weed. Prior to yesterday, Oregon required ...<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.kezi.com/news/Oregon_Kicks_Off_Tsunami_Blue_Line_Project.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NTc0MDQyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHHTxf9Ei8MjW3I8MyR9cxKYPxXAg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Kicks Off Tsunami Blue Line Project </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">OREGON</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> -- Oregon is leading the way on preparing
people for a tsunami in a first ... The Oregon pilot project will work with the communities of Florence, ... Tohoku subduction earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.<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/34063161-78/preparing-for-the-big-one-takes-broad-effort.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NTc0MDQyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHbIeavx_W39679o0-ra7MvR1ryGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Preparing
for The Big One takes broad effort </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">... geologic evidence with Japanese historical records noting an “orphan tsunami.” ... The UO is upgrading the sensors to meet the earthquake
early warning ... as part of the Oregon operation of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.<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://katu.com/news/local/families-march-for-15-mil-to-improve-safe-routes-to-schools&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODE3NjUyGmUwNWU1Zjc3NWRhNTQxY2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHKNj1cmSCFRFM0enKH1hK-YeIj3g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Families
march for $15 mil. to improve safe routes to schools </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">PORTLAND, Ore. - Families called for $15 million in funding to make safer school routes for students by marching Thursday in front of
the Metro ...<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.lagrandeobserver.com/2016021783228/News/Local-News/Local-soil-and-water-conservation-district-receive-48-million-in-funding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5Nzk3MzkyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH2DeyqCVnkAFyNTXtEJ7ZOXBzZUg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Local
soil and water conservation district receive $4.8 million in funding </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">La Grande Observer
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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">... given a piece of a large pie from the United States Department of Agriculture. ... Most notably for these projects, Oregon conservation
partners have ...<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.dailynewsx.com/news/see-it-massive-rockslide-blocks-rural-oregon-road-31389.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODA3MTEyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFZljIKs7wUvOkI9Bni6OXHf1iU7g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">SEE
IT: Massive rockslide blocks rural Oregon road </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">A massive rockslide has closed access to a rural Oregon road, the state's department of transportation said Wednesday. Images of the
scene show 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://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/294079-171213-dam-overhaul-gets-feds-eye&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODAyNjYyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHrJmEXeZVBuqqxC22MXu44nXSI_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Dam
overhaul gets feds' eye </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">Scoggins Dam and two smaller dams in Southern Oregon are high on the list for ... given the predictions for a severe earthquake off
the Oregon coast.<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/klamath-county-drought-designation-eases/article_2fb04c8c-5a6d-5f3b-afb5-a16797f452b5.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODExOTcyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHhwW90-TWulBg1jYnjY_DYAjIJsQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Klamath
County drought designation eases </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">She said the county has declared a county drought disaster for the past four years. Under the declaration, agencies such as the Oregon
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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/water-rights/Content%3Foid%3D2597408&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUxNjA0NjYyOTIwODAyMjkyODgyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHruaJVr1vxGsZvEJ1oS6qOoMB0MA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Water
Rights</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Source Weekly
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Lawsuits filed by environmental groups against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and multiple Central Oregon water districts, including
the Central ...<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.currypilot.com/News/Local-News/Suit-seeks-federal-funds-for-counties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjA5NzAyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEGJIbUCjWXEC1UsuLD1KZ9d9kKzg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Suit
seeks federal funds for counties </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">Curry County has about 67,000 acres of BLM land within its boundaries, and ... The 1937 Act requires that “O&C Lands that have heretofore
… been ...<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/2016/02/18/crater-lake-painted-hills-set-attendance-records-2015/80576590/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODExNTkyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQIUtz28qaiTcnKjf1cjeawEGoKA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Crater
Lake, Painted Hills see record visits in 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">Officials at both sites credited sunny and warm weather that began early and lasted all summer, along with efforts by Travel Oregon,
the state's 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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/293515-169323-japan-looks-to-portland-as-urban-model&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjAxODAyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE2VBiypFQ_OfED8INy37igq_bqkw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Japan
looks to Portland as urban model </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Now they want to learn from Portland's urban planning efforts, too. ... charity concert last Thursday to support Oregon's sister city
of Minamisoma, ... the two together, but that's a result of the urban growth boundary,” Yamazaki says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.wallowa.com/main_street/20160215/main-street-private-land-public-land-in-the-wallowas&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NTk1MTkyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEFV4CNvlD9tbUW0E9LOXqpqCVVnA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Main
Street: Private Land, Public Land in the Wallowas </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Wallowa County Cheiftain
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Harney County occupation and land controversies have me thinking about the whole notion of land ownership. Oregon came late as a
state 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.capitalpress.com/Nation_World/Nation/20160217/in-the-takeover-aftermath-producers-hope-for-real-change&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTUxNjA0NjYyOTIwODAyMjc2NDIyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGI2x7wfJAbhF2jeodoqyfDZUWGbQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
the takeover aftermath, producers hope for real change </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">Greg Walden, whose congressional district covers Eastern Oregon, ... Bruce Andrews, retired director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture,
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=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/how-the-oregon-and-nevada-standoffs-are-linked/2016/02/18/11b428d8-d68a-11e5-a65b-587e721fb231_story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM2MzAyGmZhZTc2OTM5MWJhODIxZjk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFinbsNXKRfiIpRXF3poWoDJJt-sw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
the Oregon and Nevada standoffs are linked </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 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">HOW IS THAT CONNECTED TO THE OREGON STANDOFF? ... lit fires on federal land in 2001 and 2006 to protect their property from wildfires
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/84202/so-about-anti-inclusionary-study&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM0NjkyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHoEN35mIOSzPT0okuKJX3N0CF_lQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">So,
About That Anti-Inclusionary 'Study' </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">Last week, I submitted the following letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times in response to a vicious, and more importantly, extremely
misleading ...<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/84211/op-ed-lets-build-homes-not-idealogy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODM0NjkyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFYAXPdyBGv6uolSgBso_HpaKDBvw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Op-Ed:
Let's Build Homes, Not Ideology </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">Tony Roshan Samara's recent Salon piece attempts to absolve "left-leaning, anti-growth, NIMBY homeowners" of their role in the current
housing crisis ...<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.builderonline.com/building/metrostudys-home-building-outlook-4q2015_o&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIzOTMxMzkyNTc5MjU4NjEyMzcyGjA5MGRjZDI1YzEwMDQ5NzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEbLVVYFMST5BRym9DNKppZqMtcpA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metrostudy's
Home Building Outlook: 4Q2015 </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Builder Magazine
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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 Home Building Outlook is the platform for Metrostudy's national and local forecasts, spotlighting the Top 100 Housing Markets across
the United ...<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.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6324989-toronto-is-lagging-behind-in-its-transit-and-road-planning-sprawl-brawl-forum-hears-but-what-s-new/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE0NTk5MTAxMjUyNTQ5ODI2MTcyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFjhLmdilSIQgP7pEg6k1Pyx-bATw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Toronto
is lagging behind in its transit and road planning Sprawl Brawl forum hears; but what's new ...
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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">Toronto is lagging behind in its transit and road planning Sprawl Brawl ... He said more large employers are re-locating from the suburbs
to areas of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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