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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><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,
agency announcements and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site
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-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35826004-75/judge-reverses-decision-on-lands-suit.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjkzNTYxNjk1OTk1MTY5OTk4OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFawW0f64C_MucUraOv8_sdCO5lyA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Judge
reverses decision on lands suit </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="LandUseNews">ALBANY — A judge has withdrawn an earlier opinion that appeared to jeopardize a lawsuit filed by Oregon counties and taxing districts over the management of state forest trust lands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/28/us/columbia-river-privatization.html"><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none">Down the Mighty Columbia
River, Where a Power Struggle Looms</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">To ride down the Columbia River as the John Day Dam's wall of concrete slowly fills the view from a tugboat is to see what the country's largest network
of energy-producing dams created through five 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://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/tsunami-zone-update-gets-pushback-oregon-coast-legislators&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDk4NDU4NDUwNjQzODA4MzE1NzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEyi1hFTHZ7VdC32EGnLk54_5F6Gg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tsunami</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Zone Update Gets Pushback From Oregon Coast Legislators </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">NW News Network
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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">Sooner or later the offshore Cascadia fault zone is going to unleash a monster earthquake and tsunami. When that day comes, the hope is
that coastal schools, fire and police stations and hospitals are locate high enough so that they don’t get washed away when we most need them to be there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/368273-250518-solar-farm-near-estacada-wins-approval&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjkzNTYxNjk1OTk1MTY5OTk4OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEaF88hZK4PgV1XpZu3RYH2IfGNIA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Solar
farm near Estacada wins approval </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="LandUseNews"><span style="color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Pamplin Media Group
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="LandUseNews"><span lang="EN-GB">"Each of these is unique and you have to analyze each site against all of the exceptions criteria," senior planner Martha Fritzie told county commissioners. The only public testimony at the July 10 planning commission
hearing was from the state land-use agency, officially the Department of Land Conservation and Development.
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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/20170803/oregons-marijuana-industry-raises-land-use-tensions&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjkzNTYxNjk1OTk1MTY5OTk4OTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHTgN3hXXWoCYbrvjmK3-lZvhgt-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
marijuana industry raises land use tensions </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">As Oregon's marijuana industry emerges from the shadows and the crop is cultivated on farmland, it's raised questions about the “right
to farm” and other land use issues.<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://patch.com/oregon/portland/city-officials-break-ground-forthcoming-affordable-housing-apartment-building&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjkzNTYxNjk1OTk1MTcwMzE2MTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGl5B0GmLJ_A1zaDLBNpeeM2Rm9Gg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
Officials Break Ground On Forthcoming Affordable Housing Apartment Building </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">Patch.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">PORTLAND, OR — Central City Concern on Wednesday helped kick off its Housing is Health initiative by breaking ground on the first of three
new buildings. “The new building is expected to immediately contribute to the city’s effort to increase affordable housing options.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/2017/08/portlands_9_worst_highway_bott.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTNjkzNTYxNjk1OTk1MTcwMTY0NDIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFgTCxD-wDXDKPCCwMUue-qayat6g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rush
'hour' no more: Portland's 9 worst highway bottlenecks </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">Highway congestion and delays in the Portland area have worsened precipitously in recent years, the Oregon Department of Transportation
says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/o-c-commissioners-met-with-interior-secretary/article_46c8d477-0f20-551d-933f-5c1a71494589.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDk4NDU4NDUwNjQzODA4NDQwMDIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFYkoHNgCC4F7KjN2yHDa-5t3acfA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">O&C
Commissioners met with Interior Secretary </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">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">Tim Freeman, President of the Association of O&C counties, said he was encouraged that the Trump administration is interested in rural
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://registerguard.com/rg/business/35829306-63/epa-backtracks-on-ozone.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjkzNTYxNjk1OTk1MTcwMDYwNTIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNECAyyopV-3dRpJpbAwThZZy8DYog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
backtracks on ozone </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="LandUseNews"><span style="color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">The Register-Guard
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="LandUseNews"><span class="caption1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D;font-style:normal">Emails show that new Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt was in frequent contact with fossil fuel companies and special
interest groups working to undermine federal efforts to curb planet-warming carbon emissions.</span></span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="LandUseNews"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/environment/bike-blog/2017/jul/31/swapping-cars-for-bikes-not-diesel-for-electric-is-the-best-route-to-clean-air&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDk4NDU4NDUwNjQzODA4MjgyOTIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEbGwyTnrCYa0DdO4pfiXK4QFIWZQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Swapping
cars for bikes, not diesel for electric, is the best route to clean air </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 Guardian (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">Cities</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> around the world that have more bikes and fewer
cars are leading the way in creating better cities. They tend to be competitive and successful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/us/politics/american-companies-still-make-aluminum-in-iceland.html"><em><span style="color:#4472C4;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">American
Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland</span></em><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none">.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ohs"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">New York Times</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Today, people work on the flats of the spectacular fjord, where
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">America's</span></em> largest <em><span style="font-weight:normal">aluminum company</span></em> operates its newest smelter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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