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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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 of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here:</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/306886-183770-area-population-growth-could-be-larger-than-metro-expected&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzA1MTMyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGuUK8PJBHM52PUTWoGtBsL3_KvLA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Area
 population growth could be larger than Metro expected </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">In the ordinance that maintained the existing urban growth boundary, the ... Hughes has appointed a 17-member Urban Growth Task Force
 to study and ... along with representatives of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation ...<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/study-oregon-doing-well-preserving-forests-farms-rangeland/39537684&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEyOTk3MDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEr_jI8hXoUj0uKxRW_0vc9CUsVWQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study:
 Oregon doing well preserving forests, farms, rangeland </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">In "Forests, Farms, and People: Land Use Change on Non-Federal Land in Oregon, 1974-2014," researchers pored over thousands of aerial ...<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/306786-184276-mobile-home-residents-seek-city-aid-deal-with-owner-to-stave-off-eviction&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEzMDg1NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGk8HXW76vUe4y1UBXU7jClCuWduA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mobile
 home residents seek city aid, deal with owner, to stave off eviction </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">But such units provide a basic form of affordable housing that is in short ... Casa of Oregon helps residents form cooperatives to buy
 mobile home ...<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/deschutescounty/4322386-151/county-donates-tax-foreclosures-to-redmond-habtiat-for&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEzMDg1NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFBZZlTKKYRT57m8EiDXh3fjtAVUA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
 donates tax foreclosures to Redmond Habtiat for Humanity </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">“I think it's no secret that we have a housing crisis in Central Oregon in general,” Commissioner Tammy Baney said Wednesday at a business
 meeting.<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://hereandnow.wbur.org/2016/05/16/urban-sprawl-portland&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxNDAyMTY0ODgxMjAzOTI2NDAyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGfMlUdr4o7K-aUpTy-TXmvKpSZDw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Drawing
 The Line: Preventing Urban Sprawl In 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">In the 1970s, the cities in Oregon, including Portland, took a dramatic step ... In Portland, an urban growth boundary was established
 around the city, ...<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/306860-184907-density-fight-gets-personal-at-city-hall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDUwMDY4MDIaNzJhMGY5ZWE0NzEyY2FhMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE7ZqzjjDrwYO9QciVMp14qGvhXvA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Density
 fight gets personal at City Hall </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Last week Novick voted against an amendment to the proposed Comprehensive Plan update that would have zoned the Eastmoreland Neighborhood ...<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/eastmoreland_downzoning_dumped.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTg4OTQzOTU2NTkyOTk3MzU3MjIaZDEzOTY1MDBmMTIzNmM2Yjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEVPACJ1qLCvKJnrGQu2PU7uCyosQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eastmoreland
 'downzoning' dumped: Editorial Peak </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">No special treatment: Portland City Council provided a second "peak" this week, and it, too, was at the expense of an ill-considered proposal
 by ...<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.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/the-real-roots-of-portlands-housing-crisis/482988/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzA5NTYyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGOtYzUl5KiQHsanNQHwWldAERtlQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Can
 Portland Avoid Repeating San Francisco's Mistakes? </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 Atlantic
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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 been the top destination for people to move
 to for three years in a ... In October, the Portland City Council declared a housing emergency, ...<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.wweek.com/news/2016/05/17/the-atlantic-says-portlands-gentrification-is-your-fault/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzI0NTMyGjQ3ZWQ0YWY2MGExODhmOTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGNgAELykxL_S7vyGJU8jL3-gCAPA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
 Atlantic Says Portland's Gentrification Is Your Fault </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">There's no rent control in Oregon, and efforts to pass just-cause eviction laws have, thus far, been futile. The city has embarked on
 big urban-renewal ...<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/305889-183529-my-view-put-a-bern-on-housing-affordability&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYxNDAyMTY0ODgxMjAzOTE2MDkyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGPySKYGaVuqyqR5bV6YCUWGFvj_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">My
 View: Put a Bern on housing affordability </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">By taking the land under housing off the private, commodity, speculative market, it helps to change the concept of housing from a commodity
 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://theworldlink.com/news/state-and-regional/market-rate-housing-get-tax-breaks-through-state-program/article_0c6a9f8b-df37-53f8-96ea-b5f6d27d7f3d.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEzMjU0MTIaNDBkZThjMzE5ZWZlZmJlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHbMYM7IKTNz65pK2UBBft72m7Cjw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Market-rate
 housing get tax breaks through state program </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The Oregon Housing and Community Services department has ... address the affordable housing crisis is to increase supply and alleviate
 the 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://www.capitalpress.com/Organic/20160518/state-offers-up-to-750-rebate-for-organic-certification-costs&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NzAwNzIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGOJE4QgREcp0k4l1BJq5KclIOn8w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
 offers up to $750 rebate for organic certification costs </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">With demand for organic products continuing to accelerate, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is stepping in to help growers, processors
 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.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/california-farmers-look-north-to-oregon-for-salvation/article30033032/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYxNDAyMTY0ODgxMjAzOTE2MDkyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEVC6_RW9Qfw6jK6CByD7FJye0htw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">California
 farmers look north to Oregon for salvation </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 Globe and Mail (subscription)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Over the past couple of years, farmers in central Oregon have noticed a ... around – a growing number of big California nut growers, looking<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://psmag.com/droughtlandia-47c0cd3a29d6&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5NzgzMzIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH7MvMWH3Cek2R5p7ctG2lArPWDOA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">When
 climate change causes Californians to migrate north to Oregon and Washington. </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">With drought intensifying in California, Slade envisioned a new Dust Bowl ... Would the Oregon state line become like the U.S.-Mexico
 border?<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.hoodrivernews.com/news/2016/may/18/bus-service-multnomah-falls-begins-may-27/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NDcwNjIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHhjql58eq33k4t-Jh_gbDc5qc6Yg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bus
 service to Multnomah Falls begins May 27 </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">... Economic Development District, Travel Oregon, Travel Portland, Friends of the Columbia Gorge and Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation.<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/2016/05/portland_gas_tax_road_repairs.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NzQ0MzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGfsyaM30SxFN0Z-3pf8oYI6m_gRw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
 voters approve 4-year gas tax, highest in state (election results) </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">Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick, who's running for ... 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/307359-184969-no-to-gas-tax-say-sandy-voters-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NzQ0MzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEZ6w4CtU7Zhz48kVoepKIFLuszQw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">No
 to gas tax, say Sandy voters </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 Oregon Department of Transportation estimates an average of 40,000 vehicles travel through Sandy each day. On weekends and during
 the peak ...<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/2016/05/anti-nestle_ballot_measure_in.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NTE0MjIaNDI5MjQ5Y2MyNGU4ODY1NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFrajpH1DpMGYaZXair-FPEE1jUwg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Anti-Nestle
 ballot measure: Bid to block Cascade Locks water plant succeeds (election results)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Kelly House | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... The company hopes to build a $50 million bottling plant at the town's port, where 100 million ... Nestle's proposal to
 trade water for jobs and, eventually, property taxes (the city expects 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://portlandtribune.com/sl/307627-185647-nestle-loses-cascade-locks-water-bottling-measure-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NTQ3MzIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEoJ01KwqeF_CAYnS3ytR9kBnJ78g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Nestle
 loses Cascade Locks water bottling measure </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">Nestle's plans would require the city of Cascade Locks to exchange water rights with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The exchange
 would ...<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/more-than-100-volunteers-pulled-more-than-two-tons-of-garbage-from-estuary-during-tillamook-bay-spring-cleanup/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDUwMDY0NjIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH94b65WHS1jMMKAK8vQz8er-sTrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">More
 than 100 volunteers pulled more than two tons of garbage from estuary during Tillamook Bay ...
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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">The Tillamook County Creamery Association (Tillamook Cheese) organized a team of 40 people to take on the Bayocean Spit. Gary Albright
 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://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/17/economy/state-best-economy-voting-today&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NzMwMzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFw9N4GoGIFMT3CPuQGRa8bzyQ29Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
 state with the best economy is voting today </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Marketplace.org
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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">Former President Bill Clinton speaks at Central Oregon Community College in ... "In the rural areas it's also a land issue but there's
 a different tone.<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/commuting/index.ssf/2016/05/portland_shows_off_transportat.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzA4NjAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFz66GpCTqlaYFSvoPREKo9Xp5Wvg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
 shows off transportation technology in bid for $50 million grant </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">Portland transportation officials are imagining a future where vehicles talk to municipal infrastructure, which in turn talks back. That
 might seem 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.bendsource.com/bend/a-more-livable-bend/Content%3Foid%3D2637653&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NDgxMTIaNjg1OTUxMTNlYzQ5MTAwZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHjlnhYx1y3ce4xSmBK-Lu1YROaSg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
 More Livable Bend </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">With this in mind, in what way the city grows is both a subject of deep ... Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (which manages public
 transit 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.bendbulletin.com/home/4312460-151/regional-economy-keeps-humming-along&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDQ5OTI4NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHl4MX2N1279x_S4HiJicn7wTnDRQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Regional
 economy keeps humming along </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">Editor's note: The Bulletin has partnered with the University of Oregon's ... “Housing activity is not off the charts,” Duy said Wednesday,
 but “if we hadn't ...<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/4331095-151/county-approves-rural-enterprise-zone-for-parts-of%3Freferrer%3Dbullet4&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5NzY0NDIaNjczMGNiYWZiMzQ5MDI0Zjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEemRtcbtWhI55dopaQePp1Ji_GoA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
 approves rural enterprise zone for parts of Sunriver </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">Rural enterprise zones are administered through Business Oregon, the state's economic development agency. It allows for businesses to
 temporarily ...<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.mailtribune.com/article/20160513/NEWS/160519773&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEyOTk3MDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFgKDgBSruim_wKjAiVuHHNGwZe2g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Federal
 officials designate habitat for threatened Oregon spotted frog </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">Of the critical habitat acreage, 48 acres are owned by the Bureau of Land Management and 13 acres are on private lands within monument ...<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/Research/20160513/researchers-attempting-to-understand-spotted-wing-drosophila&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTg4OTQzOTU2NTkyOTk3MjY1NjIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE1F_jQxTrmoDJIec8kiIK-uF8tKA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Researchers
 attempting to understand spotted wing drosophila </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">It was found in Oregon and Washington the following year. ... said Bruce Pokarney, communications director for the Oregon Department of
 Agriculture.<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/opinion/4338832-151/editorial-congress-needs-to-help-oc-counties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwMzU5NjU0ODU2NzQ5MTg1NzEyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGo5NS9p355Xu4k5Dsf8pp2wmGB2A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
 Congress needs to help O&C 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">The Bureau of Land Management says its new plan to manage forests in mostly Western Oregon will create a sustainable yield of timber,
 help wildlife ...<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/oregons_owyhee_deserves_greate.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDUwMDY5NzIaMmVjMGY5MDFmNTZhYzkwZjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHiZHt0yFVZYoLUqvG98r6aHqTHpQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 Owyhee deserves greater protection (OPINION) </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">I am a third generation Malheur County resident, raised with a view of the Owyhee Canyonlands from my bedroom window. And I'm hoping to
 explain ...<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/members/forum/guest_commentary/legislation-offers-hope-dealing-with-climate-change/article_27a4a33c-d64d-5df3-af76-e608bb0a89d9.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDQ5ODQyNjIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHNKBrmSpyRCQ79owNijSjsUWFOGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Legislation
 offers hope dealing with climate 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">Even though southern Oregon experienced a good snowpack for the recent 2015-16 winter, the average annual snowpack has declined for decades ...<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/4336210-151/state-transportation-panel-releases-report&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NzQ0MzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHLZEScXqe69Z2DYUebFUMltfBl7A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
 transportation panel releases report </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 state advisory panel released a final report Tuesday on Oregon's transportation system and recommended priorities over the next few
 decades, ...<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/vertical-housing_subsidy_doesn.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NTEwNzIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFAMjNI_6MCpDumLUNpwRkw5S_EAA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Vertical
 housing subsidy doesn't focus on affordability, and that's OK: Editorial </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">"To get mass transit to work," he told The Oregonian/OregonLive editorial board this week, "you have to have mass." Some of the projects
 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=https://kobi5.com/news/local-schools-to-receive-portion-of-50-million-seismic-safety-upgrade-bond-27722/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0MzY3ODIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF3J74fHBFalEa__DM-mUkjo_0G2Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Local
 schools to receive portion of $50 million seismic safety upgrade bond </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">0518 earthquake bond Salem, Ore. – Local schools will be getting a cut of a $50 million bond sale that will finance seismic safety upgrades
 at Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/05/is-the-future-of-community-solar-bright-heres-one.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5ODQ5MjIaY2UwZjQ5YTg1MDM1NmRhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHeOzz_ue-K_WNjCWOh9HYJWpGDaQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Is
 the future of community solar bright? Here's one Oregon take </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Business Journal (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Seguin, state director since 2014, is also on the board of directors for the Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association, and on the Energy Trust 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=https://www.rt.com/usa/343376-oregon-forests-climate-change/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NzMwMzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGO0N0C1gMbCPjI73_lLliBHir2XQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eco
 activists protest BLM's plans to cut down forests in Oregon, cry climate change risks
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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">Eco activists have gone to court to challenge the US Bureau of Land Management's plans to increase wood harvesting in Oregon by 37 percent, ...<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.thechronicleonline.com/news/county-joins-lawsuit-against-blm-timber-plan/article_e1401dca-1c65-11e6-bf84-732e2252c382.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzI4MDAyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHUOQjVN0MI7GHcCTbbigHot_FLwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County
 joins lawsuit against BLM timber plan </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">St. Helens Chronicle
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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">For decades the counties received half of timber revenues from the O&C lands and used it to fund essential services like sheriffs and
 road departments ...<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/environment/noaa-dungeness-crab-in-peril-from-acidification/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NjIwNTIaMjVjYjA4Mjc1NWM2MDNjMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE67i9YJDmiLgCn6LwI2LTkwU_yYg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">NOAA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">:
 Dungeness crab in peril from acidification </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">... of the 2014 Dungeness crab catch in Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington was $211.5 million, according to data provided by NOAA
 fisheries.<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.oregoncoasttoday.com/oct/learn/20160517/ready-to-rumble&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzM0NTkyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFlmciZMhpSOaN-eSKTdT3Fg-Tr_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ready
 to rumble? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Oregon Coast Today
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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">... University of Oregon researchers this Friday, May 20, for a presentation exploring the risks posed by a major earthquake just 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.polkio.com/news/2016/may/18/are-you-prepared-disaster/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQwMzU5NjU0ODU2NzQ5MTgxNDMyGmIxZTFhNDBlOGVjNGIwYmM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEcaQo8rp0bwkLW3sL37huMwxarEg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Are
 You Prepared For Disaster? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Polkio.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">#MVECC includes representatives from Polk County, the city of Salem, Marion County, Western Oregon University, SEDCOR, The Red Cross,
 Salem ...<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/new_city_database_shows_portla.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTg4OTQzOTU2NTkyOTk3MjI4NTIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHt0tobq2aPRSOKvn7MKNTwPV0s8A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Map
 shows Portland buildings that could be at risk during earthquake </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">Map shows Portland buildings that could be at risk during earthquake ... map shows which buildings were built prior to 1974, when Oregon
 adopted 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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20160516/sanders-talks-earthquake-preparedness-minimum-wage-ahead-of-oregon-primary&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzM0NTkyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGradupbC7n0flipz8OhqrRp5pYHA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sanders
 talks earthquake preparedness, minimum wage ahead of Oregon primary </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">Bernie Sanders said that, when it comes to an earthquake that could devastate the Pacific Northwest, the role of the federal government
 is to track 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.prnewswire.com/news-releases/residents-in-oregon-admit-theyre-not-ready-for-wildfire-season-300271037.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwMzU5NjU0ODU2NzQ5MTk3NTMyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGi7nj-JEc0mXvwXzlNaMmElZC8GA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Residents
 in Oregon admit they're not ready for wildfire season </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">PR Newswire (press release)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Last year, Oregon saw 2,588 fires that spanned 685,809 acres and, despite this winter's precipitation, the U.S. Drought Monitor says southeast
 areas ...<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.thenewstribune.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/matt-driscoll/article77986457.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5Nzk3NDIaYjY0OTNmMDBlOGFlZWE2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHzu9yohS5Y4z9hP03_2wS1vEOjVQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Matt
 Driscoll: Balancing urban and suburban needs at center of Pierce Transit's future
</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 News Tribune (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">That's because Pierce Transit plans to restore 59,000 service hours lost to the Great Recession by the end of next year, and the agency
 is showing 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.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/16/fort-mcmurray-alberta-canada-worlds-most-fire-prone-cities&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5NjY1NTIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_U2L2ECuDF7SH1xoEFnp1chvJbw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">After
 Fort McMurray: where are the world's most fire-prone cities? </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 Guardian
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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">Images of the devastated Canadian city show just how destructive fire can be to urban populations. But the risk is greatest in informal
 settlements, ...<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.techtimes.com/articles/158623/20160516/hawaii-is-at-risk-of-devastating-tsunami-is-the-state-prepared.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5ODI1NjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGIjPiIcRwG4O_ZjQz_RDiEl6kKeA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hawaii
 Is At Risk Of Devastating Tsunami: Is The State Prepared? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Tech 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">In 2011, a colossal tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake ... Paleo-seismologist Chris Goldfinger of Oregon State University,
 who 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://www.planetizen.com/node/86344/world-bank-report-climate-change-puts-13-billion-people-risk&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5Njg5MTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFBZOE7oRgGmXgLmu-6njiU29eVlg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">World
 Bank Report: Climate Change Puts 1.3 Billion People at Risk </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 global community is badly prepared for a rapid increase in climate change-related natural disasters that by 2050 will put 1.3 billion
 people at risk ...<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.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/14/jobs-rural-youth-employment-city-living-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDUwMDg0MDIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHGbKzz9HRjGRb27gNvAD1U7j691A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
 move to the country will hit your wallet </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 Guardian
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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">He found that in 2008-09, net take-home pay for those living in rural areas was about £900 a year less than for those living in towns
 and cities.<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://guardianlv.com/2016/05/flint-a-citys-autopsy/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEzMzI5MDIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFpRo6zbMzXAz69cfh_84dVE9cp4g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Flint
 a City's Autopsy </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">First, it is important to understand the story of the city and its economic downfall, which created the eyesore tragedy recognized today
 as Flint.<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.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/13/story-cities-pablo-escobar-inclusive-urbanism-medellin-colombia&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTg4OTQzOTU2NTkyOTk3MzUwNDIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH5B67HVj3i31_HZquYUQXRpUs1sQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Story
 of cities</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> #42: Medellín escapes grip of drug lord to embrace radical urbanism
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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">Twenty-five years ago, Medellín was the most dangerous city on earth. Yet its most infamous criminal, Pablo Escobar, also helped create
 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.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/16/story-of-cities-43-dubai-world-trade-centre-turned-sand-gold-uae&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjkxNTk0MDU1NTUwNDA5NjY1NTIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG5tLxQvg0Bqzd4kjJGA2DELAAJcQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Story
 of cities</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> #43: how Dubai's World Trade Centre sold the city to the world
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">There is a story told about Dubai's World Trade Centre. It is about a businessman who came to the city in the early 1970s. He entered
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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.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/story-of-cities-44-dadaab-kenya-worlds-largest-refugee-camp-closed&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MjQyMzE3NTM5NDc3MzMwMTYyGjJiZjI0MjA4YWNlMmJhNzg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHmj2VPc03JTlyRjyFNQD4wuCLlAA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Story
 of cities</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> #44: will Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, really close?
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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">Twenty-five years after it opened, Kenya has announced its third biggest 'city', the Dadaab refugee complex, is to be shut down. But for
 many residents ...<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.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/18/story-cities-death-richard-nickel-guardian-chicago-heritage-architecture&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NTgzOTIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEH3zlRf6loR592saNBOYmduJlWog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Story
 of cities</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> #45: the death of Richard Nickel, guardian of Chicago's heritage
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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">Photographer and activist Richard Nickel spent much of his life battling to preserve Chicago's diverse architecture. His death, while
 trying to save ...<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.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/18/put-pedestrians-first-to-tackle-air-pollution-in-this-dirty-mega-city&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzc1NTc5NTIwNTc1NDM0NTgzOTIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGLTwvVZrB48SLxifbK0j21jHnOBg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Put
 pedestrians first to tackle air pollution in this dirty mega-city </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 putting walking first we can reduce congestion and pollution and keep people safe,' writes Sarah Williams. Photograph: UK Stock Images
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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.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/14/healthy-places-smart-growth-development-uli/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEzMDA1MTIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH7YJRbmlCOZCp2O736SKCkjBeBTQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Can
 building design make you healthy? </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">Outgoing local ULI executive director Mary Lydon said the awards program revived an annual event that honored smart growth projects until
 2010.<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/86302/miamis-form-based-code-touted-new-urbanist-ideal&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjM2MDI4Mzc2NDM1NTEzMDI5NDIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEHEwI27lTxa6BWlIiwqlzEKM3sqQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Miami's
 Form Based Code Touted as New Urbanist Ideal </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">Miami 21 overhauled an 80-year old zoning code and replaced it with a New Urbanist-style form-based code that many credit as being 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://newyorkyimby.com/2016/05/city-moving-forward-without-state-on-two-tower-304-unit-mixed-income-residential-project-at-pier-6-brooklyn-heights.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQwMzU5NjU0ODU2NzQ5MTkzNzYyGmVkMWQwMWU3ZTM1ZWMwOWY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHzllehYmfmEO075SWg6r-qVlduCg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
 Moving Forward Without State on Two-Tower, 304-Unit Mixed-Income Residential Project at ...
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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 March, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESD) withheld approval for the two-tower, mixed-income residential project at Pier
 6 in Brooklyn ...<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.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/15/drowned-worlds-egypts-sunken-cities&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTIyMzYwNTY5MDI2NDUwMDg0MDIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGCAL6TvsSmwo3FJOysw_ws50jjjA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Drowned
 worlds: Egypt's lost cities </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">Near the tiny farming villages of Rashwan and Abu Mishfa in the Nile Delta – the kind of villages where you might see a girl tugging on
 the harness of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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