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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-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/affordability-and-down-payment-top-challenges-for-millennials&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NjQwNDIaMDkwZGNkMjVjMTAwNDk3Mjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGzCJD8sIePkXlnNxHwLJumS67Ulg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordability
and down payment top challenges for millennials </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">National Mortgage News (subscription)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">A significant number of millennials that were able to purchase a home, 37%, went over their planned budget; for all buyers, 29% exceeded
their price range, according to the Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends 2017.<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.nbcrightnow.com/story/36459240/350000-immediately-available-to-help-homeless-veterans&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NDc5MDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGZZEe1RWOEdb9zjUFiDawQsFBsGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">$350000
immediately available to help homeless veterans </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">NBC Right 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">SALEM, OR - Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) in partnership with the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs is pleased to announce
the release of $350,000 in resources to provide immediate assistance for Oregon’s homeless veterans. Governor Kate Brown is leading the effort to end veteran homelessness in Oregon, and these funds will be implemented by Community Actions Agency partners across
the state and delivered through the Veterans Emergency Housing Assistance program administered by OHCS.<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/20170927/members-needed-for-agricultural-heritage-commission&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2MzYyNjIaZjdlOGVjN2ZjYzQzYmFiNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHI0rBmPACHtKwak0Fvvn7Efl8WaA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Members
needed for Agricultural Heritage Commission </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 Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board is accepting applications to serve on the Governor’s Agricultural Heritage Commission. Two members
recommended by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission, one member recommended by the Land Conservation and Development Commission.<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/20170927/oregon-farmer-faces-penalty-for-planting-project&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NDU4MTIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEnYK8BvLwVbz_WI0JGtrWYhnlZ2Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
farmer faces penalty for planting project </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"> regulators allege a farmer violated fill-removal
law by placing materials next to a stream for tree planting. it's worthwhile to seek guidance from the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the local soils and water conservation district, or an Oregon State University Extension agent, said John Byers, manager
of ODA’s agricultural water quality program.<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.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/27/wildfire-scorches-old-growth-redwood-forest/709566001/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NDUyMzIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNExntOVNPXPVt_irtGyaDcxoKOpTg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wildfire</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
scorches old-growth redwood forest </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's</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> largest wildfire torched a quarter of the area's
old-growth redwoods, according to U.S. Forest Service officials. The Chetco Bar Fire, which has burned an area almost as large as New York City, roared into Wheeler Creek Natural Area where one of four Oregon groves of the majestic trees have been growing
for hundreds of years.<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.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/climate/trump-sage-grouse.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2MzA4NjIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHsOOPpZEszk6dPAusEb207_6Iqfg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Interior
Department to Overhaul Obama's Sage Grouse Protection 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">A Trump administration review of the habitat of the greater sage grouse — a ... The sage grouse, which looks like a chesty chicken but
struts like a spiky-tailed peacock. All of some of the BLM land use plans that we amended or revised in 2014 or 2015 regarding greater sage grouse conservation in the states of California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah and Montana.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://kuow.org/post/toxic-superfund-cleanups-languish-northwest&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2MjkwNjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGRUgRopcJEFzW9To5xk_jCxJBg9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Toxic
'Superfund' cleanups languish in Northwest </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">Many cleanups have stalled for years or decades. The report found that 34 hazardous hotspots in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington have
no EPA staff assigned to work on them. “Sixteen of them are on the National Priorities List, meaning that they’re the worst in the country,” Lovingood said.<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/article/20170927/ARTICLE/170929980&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMjI1MjA0MTQwNjQ4Njk2NTU1MhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEOXahNPiNMmluWwwYyJ2dJqUWQdw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Life
on the edge Speaker series kicks off with coastal concervancy presentation </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">After years of doing field work with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Voelke
found her calling: working in land conservation with North Coast Land Conservancy.
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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.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/urban-renewal-moves-to-council-s-desk/article_eeac85c1-21ac-5de3-9450-0fac86032762.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NDI1MzIaYTg1ODAzYjhmNmU5MzA2YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGl4MF2Ml6q4l0tcQcnsellRoOFLg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Urban
renewal moves to council's desk </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 Klamath Falls Planning Commission gave its blessing Monday to move a proposed urban renewal district encompassing more than 160 acres
of downtown, including the site of the former Balsiger building on Esplanade Avenue.<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://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Connecting-Land-Use-and-Transportation-is-Key-to-Reducing-GHG-Emissions-in-Cities-Towns-Regions-1001548439&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NTY4NzIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG62toTigjnO2mhe5O-yvS4mwWRFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Connecting
Land Use and Transportation is Key to Reducing GHG Emissions in Cities, Towns ...
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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 report recommends strengthening the Charter's smart growth foundations by better integrating land use and transportation planning
in BC communities. While the BC government has steadily increased spending on transit, these investment have been outpace by spending on infrastructure that supports person vehicle travel.<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/20170927/mass-timber-tour-will-involve-legislators-building-officials&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NjY0NTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFfUkks2pQjaN80cLPcxcR1uFu48g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Mass
timber' tour will involve legislators, building officials </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">“Wood products in general is an industry that's been around this state for a long time, and it's still important to rural Oregon,” Locke
said. Mass timber products are the only building materials that store carbon – unlike concrete and steel – and can safely be used to support multi-story buildings, he said.<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/2017/09/struggling_oregon_county_spent.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NDUyMzIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGQfwRzbrV-nvSiAsjuK637QZD4LA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Struggling
Oregon county spent safety net money on pro-timber video, animal trapping </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">The cash the county awarded Communities for Healthy Forests instead could have been used to boost the county's wildfire preparedness or
pay firefighting costs, purposes allowed by Title III since it was created. In a statement, Wyden said what The Oregonian/OregonLive found in Douglas County would spur him to ensure counties are held accountable for their spending if the program is renewed.<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://statebroadcastnews.com/2017/09/28/millennials-gravitating-to-urban-walkable-environments-but-also-leaving-nj/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMjI1MjA0MTQwNjQ4Njk2OTAwMhozNzc2M2FhOGZmNmFiYzY3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGvAfbAYeZ0JxLrEHPe2kaxn_SGrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Millennials
Gravitating to Urban 'Walkable' Environments, But Also Leaving NJ </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">StateBroadcastNews.com (subscription)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The report suggests that New Jersey could help towns engage in smart-growth development by: providing guidance and incentives for rethinking
zoning and planning; promoting development policies offering resources fro younger, entrepreneurial businesses; and creating pedestrian connections to transit stations and downtown destinations to make the towns more “walkable.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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.mycentraloregon.com/2017/09/28/epa-says-pruitt-took-chartered-military-flights-costing-taxpayers-more-than-58000/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSMjI1MjA0MTQwNjQ4Njk2MzcxMhowYjBmOWRlOTM2ZmYwYmQ1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFr1iBZ8rNyCerlFKVVpajEepFUtQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
says Pruitt took chartered, military flights costing taxpayers more than $58000 </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
<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">EPA</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> says Pruitt's flight was delayed and he would have
missed a meeting on the Gold King Mine. The governor's office offered a seat on his plane but there was only one seat available. Cost: $5,719<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://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/sep/28/the-buds-of-wrath-why-this-marijuana-farm-inflamed/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2Mzg2NDIaODk5N2QyN2I2YTQ5MTMwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHjdctNYeHU7a5raOkjRr9zZKeK4w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
buds of wrath: Why this marijuana farm inflamed a community </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">Las Vegas Sun
<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">As a younger man, Richard dabbled with growing pot in the Oregon forest, he said. He studied horticulture and landscaping in junior college.
And he liked to make hashish.<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://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/09/26/washington-state-deals-blow-plan-coal-export-terminal/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NTI5ODIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEl2L_g9nfbHi8EOPhcSqPz_AQmmA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Washington
State Deals Blow to Plan for Coal Export Terminal </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">Flathead Beacon
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The governor of Wyoming, the nation’s leading coal-producing state, previously traveled to the Pacific Northwest to pitch the importance of coal exports to the governors
of Washington and Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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.chicoer.com/opinion/20170927/editorial-bad-salmon-runs-a-remnant-of-drought&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODExNTE1ODk0Nzc0Njc2NTYyOTIaZWQ4NGM2NjIzNWJiNzVhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGjnvPIKYaGWRKHe5TN-KdE8sQtqQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Editorial:
Bad salmon runs a remnant of drought </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">Chico Enterprise-Record
<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">There's proof out there, however, that salmon population complications go beyond just drought. Some Oregon rivers report some of the best
fishing in a hatchery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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