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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.bendbulletin.com/opinion/4660236-151/editorial-oregon-cities-need-to-be-able-to&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioUMTYwNTk5ODM1MDU0Mzg4OTAyMzYyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHA_IwAP-xzQWSl-O-GX_Qlbg5xrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Oregon cities need to be able to expand </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">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Oregon's land</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> use planning laws have a couple of major
aims, They were written to preserve farm and forest land, and they're designed to prevent ...<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/34781263-75/public-hearing-on-springfield-urban-growth-boundary-expansion-set-for-monday.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODI4MDc5NDUxNDYyMjUzMDAxMjIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEQ9nYplcR-z8fVdb0QZnqRooN_Dw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Public
hearing on Springfield urban growth boundary expansion set for Monday </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">Public hearing on Springfield urban growth boundary expansion set for ... Under Oregon land use law, cities must maintain a 20-year supply
of land for ...<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/20160912/oregon-conservation-easement-program-will-seek-425-million&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3Njc1MTI5NzUxMTQ1MDc4NjUyGjEzMzhkOGYyZjY1YjFmNGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHowXjoG_PvkammQ1iSFDrbaXxZ3w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
conservation easement program will seek $4.25 million </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">They haven't been as commonly used in Oregon as in other states because of the statewide land-use planning system, but this system alone
isn'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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20160915/katy-coba-says-goodbye-to-the-department-of-agriculture&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwNTk5ODM1MDU0Mzg4ODk2MDkyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEp9LFaYo_eiNZe5sybzDdRgJinEA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Katy
Coba says goodbye to the Department of Agriculture </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">Katy Coba says goodbye to the Department of Agriculture ... And as Coba leaves the Oregon Department of Agriculture after 13 years as
director ...<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/travel-oregon-taps-tillamook-county-tourism-organization-for-2017-agritourism-program/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg5MzQyMhpmNzNlN2Q0ZTFkNGJkYjA2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF2i5ZlLoEt4wxO_cI8wS4kLg1jqw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Travel
Oregon taps Tillamook County tourism organization for 2017 agritourism program </span>
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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, Ore. – Visit Tillamook Coast, the official Tillamook County tourism organization, is the recipient of the 2017 Travel Oregon
Tourism Rural ...<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://salemweeklynews.com/need-measure-97/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwNTk5ODM1MDU0Mzg4OTE3NjQyGjQyOTI0OWNjMjRlODg2NTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF-bG8gHUq_NRqn2qrB-hmk2DGL6A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
We Need Measure 97 </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">Salem 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">In 1987 corporations paid 50% of total property taxes, but now they pay only 40%. With Oregon's corporate tax rate now 50th in the nation,
individual ...<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/4649691-151/new-bend-housing-workgroup-will-focus-on-missing%3Freferrer%3Dfpblob&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODI4MDc5NDUxNDYyMjUzMTIwMTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGxr4EggM9KMAqY84Ce9u2hbmNcLg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
Bend housing workgroup will focus on “missing middle” </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">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The group will be funded by a combination of grants and donations from local organizations. The Central Oregon Association of Realtors
has pledged ...<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/4647582-151/will-bends-housing-supply-keep-up-with-the%3Freferrer%3Dfpblob&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM0OTU1MzgzNzg4NTcwNzcxODIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGIv_O9tDbVyENzHlSFQsmMnxT5lg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Will
Bend’s housing supply keep up with the demand? </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">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Bend needs about 13,000 new housing units by 2028 to keep up with the ... Tim Knopp, executive vice president of the Central Oregon Builders ...<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%3D25233&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg5NzI1MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFV6MBGQ54i3AP-jI4X2drjvmNNzw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Council
earmarks $300k for 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">In 2015, the Oregon legislature committed $40 million of general obligation ... Connolly pointed out that securing affordable housing
is the Council's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/09/city_leaders_must_require_eart.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTkwMzYxMho1MzQ5ZGFkNGNhNWNiZTg1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGo17QNw0lk9frTZYvUFyBXGbeh6g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
needs earthquake retrofits before old buildings become deathtraps (Opinion) </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">Bricks that fell from the side of an historic bank litter the sidewalk after an early morning earthquake in Pawnee, Oklahoma earlier this
month.<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/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2016/09/post_92.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg4Mzg4MhpiM2UzMWEwNDM4OWFmOGU2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFYoU2mwt7QpR7X0sPb5IOJxNdCig"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Washington
County riders help fill Cycle Oregon ranks </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">About 170 riders from the county are on the ride, Cycle Oregon official say. And if Larson and ... It's great what it does for rural Oregon.
"And where else ...<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/20160914/thousands-expected-to-bike-and-hike-crater-lake-national-park-on-vehicle-free-days&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwNTk5ODM1MDU0Mzg4OTE5NjMyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEpPkeFp3PF5ulvVifUtd_d-TFrYA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Thousands
expected to bike and hike Crater Lake National Park on vehicle-free days </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">When Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Craig Ackerman, Travel Oregon leaders and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden came up with the idea 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.dailyastorian.com/columns/20160914/southern-exposure-protecting-land-wildlife-an-acre-at-a-time&ct=ga&cd=CAEYDyoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg3NzA1MhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNESxSuUDzjy69JH1H8fhozvd72zdA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Southern
Exposure: Protecting land, wildlife an acre at a time </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 laws soon showed effects on land-use decisions in Oregon and locally. In 1986, property then known as “Gearhart Ranch” — later developed
into ...<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://ijpr.org/post/what-s-all-dead-trees&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg4MzMyMhplZDg0YzY2MjM1YmI3NWE4OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGzeXzro8Zx2ieyTnEwXLzJC4Na0g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">What's
Up With All The Dead Trees? </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">Krunglevich is with the Oregon Department of Forestry. ... of the weather data during the most recent drought in southern Oregon, from
2013 to 2015.<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/20160913/NEWS/160919852&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3Njc1MTI5NzUxMTQ1MDgwODUyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGjGA9xTH4f22Bf_VdMYIhz6Ocw_A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Applegate
residents fume over BLM plan </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 group Applegate Neighborhood Network is at odds with the BLM's Nedsbar Forest Management Project, which includes logging on O&C 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://www.dailytidings.com/article/20160913/NEWS/160919930&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg4NjUwMhpmYWU3NjkzOTFiYTgyMWY5OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHRB_QlLQBX8eH_q7XIo_LvFgtMQw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Megafire
warning: Experts issue a call to action at Ashland meeting </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">12, at Southern Oregon University's Science Auditorium. “We can do a lot to change how wildfire affects our homes, neighborhoods, towns
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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20160914/bill-to-clean-columbia-river-added-to-water-package&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTQyNTU1NTQyNzk5OTg4MDcwMhphNTdjNWJjYjY2Y2ZhNWUwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEBCc069YwDpb6K2cXODXmm9_IZuQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bill
to clean Columbia River added to water package </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">Congress is making headway on establishing a grant program for environmental cleanup projects in the Columbia River Basin. Oregon Sens.<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/34801922-75/clearing-the-way-for-restoration.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwNTk5ODM1MDU0Mzg4ODgzNzAyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHsbD42eNYCTk7Vn8k7ZgoLAWyQpQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Clearing
the way for restoration </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 restoration will also improve birding and habitat for grass nesting birds, including Oregon's state bird, the Western meadowlark.
The project also ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34794678-78/water-water-everywhere.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3Njc1MTI5NzUxMTQ1MTAyMzcyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFAe2J-NvRLsOXdoKBtez7zEungHA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Water</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">,
water everywhere </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">Not only does Oregon have no plan for how it will meet future water ... Fees can and should be assessed on current holders of water rights
if there 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=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/09/13/trial-getting-underway-for-oregon-wildlife-refuge-occupiers/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3Njc1MTI5NzUxMTQ1MDcwMDUyGjcyYmY4YTJiZTk5OTI3NjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGUaFWNocH9Uoc4hTIJR6QblkCMvg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Oregon wildlife refuge takeover ended seven months ago. The trial is now getting underway.
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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">[Getting to Hallelujah: Inside the end of the Oregon refuge takeover] ... “These rural people,” Schindler said, “are now an endangered
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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://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/u-s-land-agency-drops-controversial-plan-to-sterilize-more-than-200-wild-horses-in-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODI4MDc5NDUxNDYyMjUzMTI5MzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEhut0rLVnKMccE0dweNAF_LkGZPw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">US
land agency drops controversial plan to sterilize more than 200 wild horses in Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has dropped a research effort that would have led to the surgical sterilization of
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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/economic-development-council-funds-pacific-restaurant-and-new-tide-water-adventures/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODI4MDc5NDUxNDYyMjUzMTg4NDIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFmg-YSDAqmTJ7YtthnBG7WjxvcrQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Economic
Development Council funds Pacific Restaurant and new Tide Water Adventures </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 Economic Development Council of Tillamook County recently granted and ... in the former 2nd Street Public Market building in downtown
Tillamook. ... the U.S. Highway 101/Oregon Highway 6 Traffic Safety Improvement Project.<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/34770489-75/hotel-plan-near-eugenes-valley-river-inn-pits-two-hotel-groups-against-each-other.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTM0OTU1MzgzNzg4NTcwOTgyNjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGCdwZ9boFnNc-4cn-lnnDDK33WQQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hotel
plan near Eugene's Valley River Inn pits two hotel groups against each other </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">Canterbury or Rockbridge could appeal that ruling to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. The state Land Use Board could uphold the 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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/09/10/oregon-celebrates-organic-agriculture/90130096/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM0OTU1MzgzNzg4NTcwNzE0MTIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE32SizIQth4DnwaUlCuUQWn-hsqw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
celebrates organic agriculture </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">“Organic truly fits into that mix of what is great about Oregon agriculture ... opportunities,” Katy Coba, Oregon Department of Agriculture
director, said.<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">COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — A renewable energy project that proposed installing wind turbines 15 miles off the Oregon coast appears to have
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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">Preservation of housing stock tends to be a more affordable option than ... the crisis, underscoring the importance of preserving current
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sadie K Carney</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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