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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
 and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/306515-183645-revisionist-portland-history-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0NjQ5MzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEnikakU47SSm2UKad8fauLghCm7A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Revisionist
 Portland history </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">He sold Pettygrove his interest in the land that is now downtown Portland. ... and Oregon and on to Hawaii and back to Oregon again in the 1840s.<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/2016/05/charlie_hales_downzoning_of_ea.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzA1MzUyGmQxMzk2NTAwZjEyMzZjNmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH8eIvd4psznAedDbV9oOvyZ6pQ7A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Downzoning</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 of Eastmoreland — dubbed 'R-1 Percent' — dies quiet death </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OregonLive.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">Portland's stately Eastmoreland neighborhood wasn't able to obstruct the prospect of more housing Wednesday as the City Council officially
 shot ...<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/306207-184322-light-rail-chosen-for-southwest-corridor&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzEzNTkyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFvzTvs4yKIYz0kOCNgRkkHbyriIg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Light
 rail chosen for Southwest Corridor </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">... seven cities in the corridor between Portland and Sherwood, along with Washington County, TriMet and the Oregon Department of Transportation.<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/2016/05/readers-oregons-not-a-very-good-climate-refuge.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTA0Nzk2MTM1NTA2NTExNjM1MTIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEI_F2Hd6I3HUfzKzVhhQIgJPAB-g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Readers:
 Oregon's not a very good climate refuge </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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)
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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 summer of 2015 was one of the driest in recent memory in Western Oregon, and the rains that finally came in the fall broke the drought
 that had ...<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/306589-184143-win-win-plan-gives-hillsboro-water-for-100-years&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0Njg3NTIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGjxytEF-2urOsypwHaCwci-GWfjg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Win-win'
 plan gives Hillsboro water for 100 years </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 $16.2 million deal with the city of Salem, Hillsboro city officials bought a water right permit on the Willamette River to back up
 the current supply ...<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/306402-184457-there-is-still-hope-for-326-trees-to-be-logged-for-jennings-lodge-subdivision&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0NjQ5MzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE_c2VzzEnnpW2RTb4r_IeCEC5clQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'There
 is still hope' for 326 trees to be logged for Jennings Lodge subdivision </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">... the community group Friends of Jennings Lodge asked the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals for a stay to prevent the cutting of any
 trees until an ...<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/379070561.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0ODI0NjIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGq-SgQXm60AOHWoLA5Of1uu-qVOQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
 Sets Another Tourism Record </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Travel Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> said that the success came from the "Seven
 Wonders of Oregon" campaign, that featured the state's scenic landscapes. Due to its ...<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.bondbuyer.com/news/regionalnews/oregon-housing-and-community-services-department-gets-interim-director-1103561-1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0OTQwOTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEAg3t93P42mbc3Emzfobu_yXC0Nw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
 Housing</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> and Community Services Department Gets Interim Director
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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">Claire Seguin will serve as interim director of the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, a major bond issuer in the state,
 beginning ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/10-opinion/306215-183916-letters-students-tackle-affordable-housing-crisis&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0OTQwOTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGdUrTkk4OR7eB5N5Wm8X7Mle5RNw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letters:
 Students tackle affordable housing crisis </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 solution we have chosen is making more affordable housing in ... Look up companies in Oregon that operate in those industries, especially ...<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/2016/05/affordable_housing_should_be_b.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0OTQwOTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHls3_Q7yKHItAfiErpduSn2Vw8pQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable
 housing should be built to 'green' standards (OPINION) </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 affordable housing law Gov. Kate Brown signed in April is an excellent first step in creating long-term solutions for the state's
 affordable housing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/305828-183455-land-needed-for-affordable-housing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTA0Nzk2MTM1NTA2NTExNzgzMzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF-56wER8VfSes-slQZ5_FQqxttRQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Land</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 needed for affordable housing </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">“We need some of the vast tracts of land now zoned for single-dwelling ... affordable homes by sharing land costs,” the Oregon Opportunity
 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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34355754-75/homelessness-decreases-slightly-in-eugene-springfield-area.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzExOTkyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH4QTPVkeILAQys_OUgnrCqnN2Q5g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Homelessness
 decreases slightly in Eugene-Springfield area </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Human Services Supervisor Pearl Wolfe said that, compared to last year, social service agencies had found more housing for chronically
 homeless ...<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.routefifty.com/2016/05/grand-junction-colorado-natural-gas-oregon/128235/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0ODgwMjIaNzBjYzY0NjhiNGVjMGVjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG0DoXq8yEfX5_OdhhoaC6QMfo-uw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Colorado
 City Pushes Hard for Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Oregon </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Part of that proposal, which has approval from the U.S. Department of ... Cove as it seeks state water permits from the Department of
 State Lands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://pamplinmedia.com/lor/49-opinion/306375-183624-we-can-create-more-opportunities&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzA1ODEyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG_gAyV85GPLVfJX08iF5qIH_zyOQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">We
 can create more opportunities </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Third, we can continue growing Oregon's clean energy economy. Last session, we increased our production goals for renewable energy 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://democratherald.com/news/state-environmental-groups-seek-dismissal-of-linn-county-timber-lawsuit/article_2880d648-5a5f-54a4-9863-15449f6a5b20.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1Njk1NzQyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHNK3ZU_HP_lmH6t7-AXiRdDmgZVg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State,
 environmental groups seek dismissal of Linn County timber lawsuit </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">“That, in turn, imposed incredible social costs on the residents of rural Oregon — costs like loss of employment, family disruption, strains
 on public ...<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.willamettelive.com/2016/news/slide-toward-extinction/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0NzI0MDIaNzJiZjhhMmJlOTk5Mjc2Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG6rhqABfgDJsX38m4w-iyKYemHGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
 slide toward extinction </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 1990, under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... Responsibility for maintaining Oregon forests rests with the
 U.S. Forest ...<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/306301-184397-threatened-frogs-get-more-recognition&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzAxOTIyGjcyYmY4YTJiZTk5OTI3NjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFu1t1ioGZO9adyfDlZ_OaTSR8jyA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Threatened</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 frogs get more recognition </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 threatened Oregon spotted frog now has some territory designated as its “critical habitat,” after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 formally ...<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://kuow.org/post/frog-great-importance-has-new-critical-habitat-washington-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTA0Nzk2MTM1NTA2NTExODI3MjIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHwLMP2D6IPhOwWcyb0C0w_FUetlw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Frog
 Of Great Importance' Has New Critical Habitat In Washington, Oregon </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">On Monday federal officials defined the critical habitat for a rare Northwest creature: the Oregon spotted frog. That designation is required
 since 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.tillamookcountypioneer.net/soon-to-open-netarts-surf-inn-to-feature-self-check-in-firepit-and-gaming-room/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0Nzc3OTIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFgrg8JsOVLNESr92ylr9mfcLmX8w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Soon-to-open
 Netarts Surf Inn to feature self-check-in, firepit and gaming room </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Nick Petersen outside the newly remodeled Netarts Surf Inn. (Photo by LeeAnn Neal/Tillamook County Pioneer) Click/tap to enlarge. NETARTS,
 Ore.<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/House-panel-holds-hearing-on-CRR-wildfire-protection-bill/39518768&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUyOTY5Njc2MDg0NDM0NzE4OTIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFLJiD5_NYsnuL17WZjfZyuwfizOg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">House
 panel holds hearing on CRR wildfire protection bill </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 U.S. House Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a hearing Thursday on four bills, one from Oregon Republican Greg Walden aimed at scaling ...<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/306275-184384-epa-delays-releasing-superfund-cleanup-plan-again-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzE2MTEyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFMu_R2pub7c_Zz9VsvNs6m6Hi7ig"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 delays releasing Superfund cleanup plan, again </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 Environmental Protection Agency told the city of Portland Tuesday that it will announce a new release date for its cleanup plan sometime
 during ...<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/34359189-75/oregons-sen.-jeff-merkley-joins-call-to-cut-air-pollution-at-ports-railyards.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzE2MTEyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH8G6YHTDBV9dn_az4bxEszFgg5gg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Sen. Jeff Merkley joins call to cut air pollution at ports, railyards </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Dick Durbin joined Merkley on Wednesday in a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce emissions at ports and freight
 railyards.<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/entry/cliven-bundy-standoff_us_57324729e4b0bc9cb04868e7&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzA2MjcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGydQiXbd7Tp362HomZekuzmgn-JQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cliven
 Bundy Standoff Brews Over Cattle On Federal Land </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Bundy, 70, whose sons led an armed occupation earlier this year at a wildlife refuge in Oregon, was arrested in February at the Portland
 airport.<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.argusobserver.com/news/county-gets-help-with-economic-development/article_e33d5e86-16ce-11e6-b8e2-43f455b9c082.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTA0Nzk2MTM1NTA2NTExNzYxNjIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGCV7Bt30xROFk6_w6BPwUhY8dGhQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 gets help with economic development </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">ONTARIO — Malheur County is one of 13 counties in eastern and central Oregon which is receiving assistance from the Economic Development ...<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/after-the-occupation-oregon-sees-a-rise-in-patriot-candidates/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzA2MjcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFZ6mkBHPVCXIBbpUt6NIePJThGQA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">After
 The Occupation, Oregon Sees A Rise In 'Patriot' Candidates </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">They also tend to promote a limited federal government and support the idea that federal lands should be under local control. But not
 all patriots 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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20160510/fsa-administrator-visits-eastern-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzE3NzEyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHhP_js-yB74CUtBuoOe2s3Z2YzKw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">FSA
 administrator visits Eastern Oregon </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">The morning started with a tour of Oregon Hay Products in Boardman, ... Agency operates under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and
 is primarily 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.tillamookcountypioneer.net/oregon-department-of-forestry-keeps-watch-at-site-of-prescribed-burn-in-tillamook-state-forest/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQxMjUwODg1NTg0MDg1NzE4ODUyGmYyM2VhOGI3ZDQ0MDkzZDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9Hl07UBhSOL3LoduypzEHu2ihXA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Department of Forestry keeps watch at site of prescribed burn in Tillamook State Forest
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Tillamook County Pioneer
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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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">, Ore. – Today the Oregon Department of Forestry
 conducted a prescribed burn on a 116-acre site on the Tillamook State Forest near ...<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 60s Hamburg officials planned to demolish a fishing village to make space for a new container terminal. As port cities struggle
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