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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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20160706/conservation-district-fights-farmland-development&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM1OTIwMDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGhGSrqiip3t4QgTnfV8ds3LdBVJQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Conservation
district fights farmland development </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">Capital Press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">A bill introduced in the 2015 Oregon Legislature would have allowed ... Urban reserves will be considered first when the urban growth
boundary is ...<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/tech/science/environment/2016/07/05/small-farmers-accuse-district-cheating-them-water/86714202/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjQ3ODI2MzI5NzA2MTc5ODczMjIaMmQwYWIzZDljOTk1ZWZhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGHpOv2A0oDv01G9lEXdbyQoQKdXA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Small
farmers accuse district of cheating them of water </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">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">Some northeast Oregon farmers filed a federal complaint alleging they were ... "Defendant's misappropriation of plaintiffs' senior water
rights has deprived ... The small farms sued to ensure senior water rights in the district 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.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2016/07/07/oregons-drought-spreading/86806250/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcwNDQyMhplZDg0YzY2MjM1YmI3NWE4OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFhro2QoQADcMCkQD1DtfKxZyvrmg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's
drought</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> is spreading </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">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">Drought</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> conditions are increasing in Oregon, despite
near-average precipitation for the year. Half the state now is in moderate drought, and 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.capitalpress.com/Water/20160707/irrigators-hope-water-supplies-last-through-season&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcyNDY2Mho0M2E3ZmY3YWExNmIyZTMxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFPMmcpdhsHJahBJtUCknH9_6wY_w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Irrigators
hope water supplies last through season </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">Capital Press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">All of Oregon's river basins are experiencing substandard streamflows, ... Oregon Department of Agriculture's land use specialist and
water planning ...<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.mycentraloregon.com/2016/07/03/california-drought-causing-trees-to-die-by-the-millions-scientist-says/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMyMzU4NjI1NDUxNjMwMDg1MDEyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFDEZSzJ2DhocR4wN4rn7teLgFx6g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">California
Drought Causing Trees to Die by the 'Millions,' Scientist Says </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">myCentralOregon.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">Here in Central Oregon, the average rate increases on individual policies ... Earlier this year, the Oregon Legislature passed HB 4014
and SB 1597, ...<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/Deschutes-County-enacts-rules-to-curb-wildfire-threat/40388288&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM2MDM3NDIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHOU0XYTtHsEZpn8--VBmQVdDFUGA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
County enacts rules to curb wildfire threat </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">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Unprotected lands are defined as unincorporated lands that are not a part of a Rural Fire Protection District or protected by the Oregon
Department of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21701751-stricken-trees-provide-clues-about-how-america-will-adapt-global-warmingbut-little-hope&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcwNjE2MhpmYWU3NjkzOTFiYTgyMWY5OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE0gaYUzqwERIq8FcgnnukqLq-MwQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ravaged
woodlands </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 Economist
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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 growth of wildfires is a worldwide problem, with even bigger burns .... The watershed of Ashland, a former mill-town in southern Oregon,
which ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-careless-acts-put-our-forests-at-risk-of-fire/article_7fabe8df-ecfd-5aea-be11-8c0a15cf47ff.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM2MDM3NDIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEVDlBRytnX7gQXdKWlitWZKBhUFA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Careless acts put our forests at risk of fire </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">Corvallis Gazette Times
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The most distressing thing about this fire was that, as is the case with 70 percent of all wildfires, it was likely human-caused. The
Oregon State Police ...<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/hg/index.ssf/2016/07/canby_legacy_doctor_wildlife_d.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM2MTUzMTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHrbq_HpEXj1cQOEY-YGLSepI-tsw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Call
'Dr. Ecosystem': Rural Oregon M.D. makes his acreage healthier (photos) </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
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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 wasn't like this six years ago, when Dr. Peter bought the land. ... wildlife conservation management area by Oregon Department of Fish
and 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.mailtribune.com/news/20160707/restoring-historic-theaters-topic-of-all-day-workshop-in-medford&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcxMjY0MhoyMWFjODgxYTgwNWY5ZDEyOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHWkmToWttKImFwxow_GYI-joltyQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Restoring
historic theaters topic of all-day workshop in Medford </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">Mail 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">Workshop presenters will include representatives from Restore Oregon, Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon Main Street, Travel Oregon and the
University ...<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/314207-193037-laura-terway-named-oregon-city-community-development-director&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcyMTE4MhoyNWNhODA2MmU1MGUyZmUxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEj6Q5mwowgnbrHiC4rlVn-2RJi4Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Laura
Terway named Oregon City community development director </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">She holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning from Portland State University, along with a bachelor's degree in geography
from Western ...<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://associationsnow.com/2016/07/oregon-farm-bureau-comes-sun/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ5NTcyMDgzNTI2MjcwMzAxNzcyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGaXlf_15my1sn0JKNA7sNp9zyxZQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Best
Benefit Ever: Here Comes the Sun </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">Associations Now
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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 Farm Bureau, teaming with the regional solar panel installer RS Energy, is offering its members a discount on solar-panel systems ...<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.lakecountyexam.com/news/lake_county/outback-scenic-bikeway-receives-final-approval/article_445733f4-42f3-11e6-bd1d-c784831bd475.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM2MTQyMjIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFEdrDFd0C3xiPNgXqZqY79HA-c0w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Outback
scenic bikeway receives final approval </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">Lake County Examiner
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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 2014 alone Travel Oregon published estimates of $400 million in revenue being generated as a result of Oregon's extensive bicycle 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://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D5%26SubSectionID%3D5%26ArticleID%3D25008&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ5NTcyMDgzNTI2MjcwMjg0MDIyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHxMfs4bsyTVn4jsAfuezo8QOBryw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">USFS
to decommission area trails </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">Sisters Nugget
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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">Sara Gregory, wildlife habitat biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, studied the Metolius deer herd from 2005 to 2012,
putting radio ...<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/tech/science/environment/2016/07/06/toxic-releases-declining-oregon/83352230/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcyMDMxMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFq3hxySyRKM9KdgpmcFHI-JoEbzg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Toxic
releases declining in 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">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The amount of toxic pollution emitted into Oregon's land, air and water is dropping. Across the state, 280 federally regulated facilities
released 16.4 ...<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 most widely released chemical in Marion County was styrene, used in the production of plastics and resins. It is a respiratory hazard
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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/313882-192487-our-opinion-let-nonprofits-help-with-housing-crisis&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjczMDU5MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNExENJIu17-vdDWcXOHHWwHAu9WKQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Our
Opinion: Let nonprofits help with 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">Our Opinion: Let nonprofits help with housing crisis ... Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek, whose district includes a large mobile home
park 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://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/south-corvallis-housing-plan-decision-on-hold/article_c3338bb7-1cc7-5df5-9628-6742e19d10dc.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM2MTA5NTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGwkBBq5HgqVyl4QiZHhsAOxKdM2Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">South
Corvallis housing plan decision on hold </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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> State University is expanding this parking lot
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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.constructiondive.com/news/portland-approves-1-construction-excise-tax-to-spur-new-affordable-housing/421993/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjQ3ODI2MzI5NzA2MTgwMTE5ODIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGlQ0bp-OuoddcM4qiheMDuZ5eOuA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
approves 1% construction excise tax to spur new 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">The tax on residential projects will be split between the city's Inclusionary Housing Fund (IHF) and the Oregon Department of Housing
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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/2016/07/258_million_affordable_housing.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzQzMjA5MzA5OTU4MTM2MTA5NTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGowGP83B2tkqfHBbEV5M-jBwjf2g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">$258
million affordable housing bond will be a test for Portland (opinion) </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
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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 historic pronouncement, the Portland City Council asked voters to approve a $258.4 million bond measure for affordable housing. If
passed, it will ...<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/2016/07/moving_forward_on_the_elliott.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcyMzc5MhozZjZjYWMyOGIwNGYwZWM2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGCKgF4xh20z9PXh5BkbpSqQgLkzw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Moving
forward on the Elliott State Forest will take cooperation (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">... most recently, sage-grouse habitat protections in eastern Oregon. Determining the future of the Elliott State Forest provides Oregonians
with another ...<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/313551-191678-old-transit-definitions-need-updating&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjQ3ODI2MzI5NzA2MTc5ODg3OTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHPn7ej2I9K_u87V26QQNyJBDsuHQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Old
transit definitions need updating </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">New transportation people have several hard rules: ... of the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee to Oregon Department of Transportation.
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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/editorials/20160706/our-view-transportation-package-sorely-needed-in-eastern-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcyODE0Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGFsM2tKnZpM5cT126hIN8QVvBckw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">OUR
VIEW: Transportation package sorely needed in Eastern 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">It was disappointing, for many reasons, to watch a $300 million transportation package dissolve at the hands of the legislature last year.
The deal was ...<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/34542785-75/erosion-threatens-beach-home-in-oregon.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE3MjM1OTEzMjg1NzU5MDg1MTUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEILeCPv8JMwHLT-eTPsaF8Lu35-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Erosion
threatens beach home 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">PORTLAND — The owner of a $1 million vacation home on the Oregon ... Dang said he consulted a geologist about the land's stability and
that 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://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/07/at_least_20_portland_schools_a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjQ3ODI2MzI5NzA2MTgwMTI4MjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH-yvKsBQuritn7eBWGMZwfFAn7tg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">At
least 20 Portland schools likely to fall apart in an earthquake </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">At least 20 Portland school buildings are likely to fall apart in an earthquake, seriously injuring or killing people in or near them.
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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.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/07/vancouver-chinese-city-racism-meets-real-estate-british-columbia&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcxMzUxMhoyYmYyNDIwOGFjZTJiYTc4OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHtf_YfyDREhBVCUoR-vmknTRoDxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Race
and real estate: how hot Chinese money is making Vancouver unlivable </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">She's browsing online real estate listings in a cafe near Vancouver's City .... Eveline Xia, a 29-year-old activist, started #donthave1million,
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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.heliyon.com/article/e00127/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjQ3ODI2MzI5NzA2MTc5ODA4NTIaOGE1ZTVkZGM4ZDcwNzg4YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEYKKsLp-G3upOvEr6fPWYdSfnHmw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Public
preferences for ecosystem services on exurban landscapes </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 researchers constructed an ecologically designed exurban residential landscape, which delivered 20 new environmental and human-related ...<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.countercurrents.org/2016/07/08/30-ways-cities-can-prepare-for-global-warming/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNTUwMjE5NTY1MTc0NjcxNzE1MhpiN2ExNWJhZmNiZmU4OTQzOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGmkSsjA3hQuXfY8w6_rQd9Ry6gtQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">30
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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 agriculture in urban agriculture is not in the same league as production agriculture, which usually requires heavy machinery and ample
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