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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! Double issue!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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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://www.ktvz.com/news/new-program-panel-aim-to-protect-oregons-ag-heritage/636501637&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODYzOTcyGjNhMmFjOWQ0NDQwMzg4NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFAuZsxUGg7ATiyM_ThqFcr_KAWEQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
program, panel aim to protect <b>Oregon's</b> ag heritage </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">“It allows for the state to get more involved in the use of agricultural
<b>conservation</b> <b>easements</b> to protect agricultural land in a way that complements our land use planning program – keeping agricultural land in agriculture use,” says Johnson.
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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.currypilot.com/news/5662789-151/more-tsunami-signs-for-curry&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU0NTA2MTQ3NjI5Mjg0NTE4MDYyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFvTQRC58VgcLczTJWtJtJ7cp1Rrg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">More
<b>tsunami</b> signs for Curry </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">Curry Coastal Pilot
<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">“Thanks to these grant funds, the entire
<b>Oregon</b> coast now has <b>tsunami</b> evacuation maps that are available as print evacuation brochures and through a web map,” Allan said. “Development of those maps was a crucial accomplishment in helping residents and visitors get to safety.”<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://renews.biz/108777/oregon-ponders-capital-idea/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU0NTA2MTQ3NjI5Mjg0NTUxNTcyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFiAXwdSSSG8Ootm-2mACu12fnn0A"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
ponders Capital idea </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">reNews
<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">Under the state's law, a developer must have a certificate from
<b>Oregon's</b> Energy Facility Siting Council in order to construct and operate a
<b>wind farm</b>.<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.factcheck.org/2017/10/warming-blame-western-wildfires/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NTA2MTQ3NjI5Mjg0NTM0MjkyGmZhZTc2OTM5MWJhODIxZjk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFCf2AohwhuCDqKqpvvVdCQ-AyKsA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Warming
to Blame for Western <b>Wildfires</b>? </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">FactCheck.org
<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">One of our readers wrote to us about the
<b>wildfires</b> in <b>Oregon</b>, saying that they are “NOT due to 'climate change,'” but rather “directly caused by the ending of good sustainable timber harvests.” So, we thought we would lay out the evidence behind the cause of the fires in the West. Is
climate change to blame? Or land management practices, such as timber harvesting?<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="http://www.npr.org/2017/09/27/553934600/debt-laden-fema-is-slow-to-act-on-program-that-buys-flooded-houses"><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none">Debt-Laden
<em>FEMA</em> Is Slow To Act On Program That Buys Flooded Houses</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%">NPR</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">With the help of federal flood insurance, many homeowners will rebuild after disasters. Some properties already have flooded many times. It’d be cheaper
to buy owners out, but that’s not happening.<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.newsweek.com/energy-planet-open-ocean-wind-turbines-electricity-power-entire-world-681615&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTU0NTA2MTQ3NjI5Mjg0NTUxNTcyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHuuzdjlF0ktli2JHarf16QOa6EPg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Energy
for the Planet: Open Ocean <b>Wind Turbines</b> Could Provide Enough Electricity to Power the Entire World
</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">Newsweek
<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">It turns out that
<b>wind turbines</b> over open ocean could generate three times as much power – that’s right: three times as much – as placing them on land. As Bryony DuPont, a professor of engineering at Oregon State, tells Newsweek, compared to land, the surface of the ocean
is extremely smooth with almost no topographical variation.<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.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/10/11/regulators-wrestle-with-pge-pacificorp-over.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODY3NDMyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHgoO1BbcTIrk1Fyb0Km8yJQrG3BQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Regulators
wrestle with PGE, PacifiCorp over billions in new <b>renewables</b> </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">Portland Business Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Portland General Electric is downsizing its ambitions and PacifiCorp is facing vigorous opposition as
<b>Oregon</b> regulators continue to wrestle with plans by the investor-owned utilities to spend big money on new renewables. PGE,k rebuffed on a potential $1 billion wind power buy two months ago, on Tuesday outlined a “new path forward” to the Public Utility
Commission that reduces the scope of their proposed procurement by about 40 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=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/10/11/facebook-future-oregon-investments-hinge-on-access.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODQ2NjEyGjc1MmFjMzdmZTEzOTNiZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHT0aU6zT2manrr8oGzyOVZJkjGOA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Facebook:
Future <b>Oregon</b> investments hinge on access to <b>green power</b> </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">Portland Business Journal
<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">One of corporate America's biggest names is calling on
<b>Oregon</b> to open up access to <b>green energy</b> in the state: Facebook Inc.<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://djcoregon.com/news/2017/10/10/omsi-reveals-master-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODU0MjUyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFB7hBmQ51cL5aLtVybWaNwZ0119g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">OMSI
reveals master plan </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">Daily Journal of Commerce
<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">OMSI is set to go public in January with a request for proposals for the redevelopment of a large swath of land in the inner Eastside.<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/20171010/cities-put-proposed-tax-districts-on-ballot-minus-one&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODQ3MzEyGjJjYmE4ZjE2YTU3YWYzOWI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHZH7g1hzROLNz_DHm-3VqGMUtJ_Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Cities
put proposed <b>tax</b> districts on ballot, minus one </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">East Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Cities in Umatilla and Morrow counties have passed resolutions putting the proposed Oregon State University Extension Service districts to voters, minus one. Specifically,
Pelleberg said the city was concerned about tax compression, which limits their ability to collect revenue from property taxes. The law, established by Measure 5 in 1990 and later adjusted by Measure 50, sets a cap of $5 for every $1,000 of real market value
for education, and $10 per $1,000 for general government.</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://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/10/portlands_shot-in-the-dark_app.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODgwOTgyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE1-GYHX_8eC5_Tns6_TrKjrxG-XA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland's
shot-in-the-dark approach to the <b>housing</b> crisis: Editorial Agenda 2017 </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
<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">Members and supporters of Portland Tenants United protest outside the
<b>Oregon</b> State Capitol in Salem this year to call for changes in state law that allow greater renter protections.<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.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/10/portland_should_prioritize_hou.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODgwOTgyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFtbc9GeKcy_bLwyEqz_GkJOScAUA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
should prioritize <b>housing</b> children, people of color, the near-homeless, advocates say
</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
<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">The Beatrice Morrow building slated for construction in Northeast Portland will include 80 affordable
<b>housing</b> units. The city promises to create 1,300 more affordable apartments using a voter-approved bond.<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.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-10-11/addressing-portlands-housing-crisis-a-priority-for-citys-age-friendly-initiatives&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODgwOTgyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9zsBNCSBpk55163Lt930o-MBGGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Unusual
<b>Housing</b> Options Bloom in <b>Oregon's</b> Rose City </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">U.S. News & World Report
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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. — Jacqui Jackson's garden has it all: eggplant, basil, green beans, tomatoes and even a couple bushes of cannabis. And
that's how the 71 year old feels about the city she now calls home. Jackson moved to Portland at the end of 2013 with help from her “Where to Retire” magazine subscription and a fateful job opportunity that also brought her son to the Pacific Northwest. She
wasn’t the only one.<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.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-unravel-clean-power-plan-20171010-story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODQ3NjYyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG4jswKU1J27w_AnuDFe3NTumTMow"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA's</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Pruitt signs proposed rule to unravel Clean Power Plan </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">Chicago Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">EPA</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"> Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a proposed
rule Tuesday that would repeal sweeping regulation aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from existing U.S. power plants. North Carolina and
<b>Oregon</b> — have pledged to challenge <b>EPA's</b> proposed rule in federal court, along with environmental groups such as Earthjustice.<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://koin.com/2017/10/11/epa-delays-signing-portland-superfund-agreement/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODQ3NjYyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGHY81XZG0wFZsCdbYM4kqI82c-_Q"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
delays signing Portland Superfund agreement </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">KOIN.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The
<b>EPA</b> had notified the <b>Oregon</b> Department of Environmental Quality that it was preparing to sign the agreement for baseline testing with the unidentified polluters as soon as today, Oct. 10. But, after receiving letters from state, city and tribal
officials, EPS officials agreed to meet with their representatives today instead.<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/govt-and-politics/economic-development-board-backs-annexations-review/article_784ce820-b8d7-5e97-8f86-4238d4a634de.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NTA2MTQ3NjI5Mjg0NTU0NjMyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFgSLp4-7z4EK1bDeZkf1oOO9kNmA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Economic
development board backs annexations review </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 Retreat, a massive student housing complex just west of
<b>Oregon</b> State University, was built after Corvallis voters approved the annexation of the land in 2012. Long-time Corvallis area broker Deborah Weaver started the ball rolling during community comments by advocating for the city to look at annexing all
land in its <b>urban growth boundary</b> not currently in the city limits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20171009/local-researcher-named-soil-scientist-fellow&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU0NTA2MTQ3NjI5Mjg0NTUyNTkyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFyKjo1bcqyj2w_-ND8VNwa9Uowig"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Local
researcher named soil scientist fellow </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">East Oregonian
<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">She holds adjunct graduate faculty positions at both
<b>Oregon</b> State University and Washington State University. Her current research programs with the U.S.
<b>Department of Agriculture</b> include the impact of cropping systems on soils organic carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><a href="https://thenib.com/america-s-shameful-history-of-housing-discrimination"><span style="text-decoration:none">America’s Shameful History of Housing Discrimination</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span 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%">The Nib<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">In May, the city of Philadelphia filed a scathing deferral lawsuit against banking giant Wells Fargo. The problem? Allegedly overcharging more than 1,000 black and
Latino Philadelphians home buyers for loans since 2004.<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.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/local-government-officials-gather-for-conference-20171011&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODY0MzIyGjIxOGY2NjUzZTI3ODhiZTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE8DijQakoJh65LuH7AFfLR7M9Whw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Local
government officials gather for conference </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">WatertownDailyTimes.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">This year's keynote speaker, Sherman Craig, the chair of the
<b>Adirondack Park</b> <b>Agency</b>, talked about the development and conservation efforts of the agency, as well as ways local governments could use its resources, including the hamlet economic planning and assistance program, which assists municipalities
in the park with development.<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.planningresource.co.uk/article/1447272/suburban-character-not-offended-flats&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODUwNzcyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEL9-Ky-ua8NcSgzE1UlaeSqtxY4w"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Suburban</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
character not offended by flats </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">PlanningResource
<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">The demolition of a large, detached house on a substantial plot in a predominately residential area of an outer London borough, and its
replacement with a block of seven flats, was allowed by an inspector. <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://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/16-new-rail-services-to-connect-extended-suburbs-to-mumbai-from-november-1/articleshow/61041739.cms&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI3MjM2MjkyNzY0MjE0ODUwNzcyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGdOTpOntFtCA9rMF6ggSeCreWG9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">16
new rail services to connect extended <b>suburbs</b> to Mumbai from November 1 </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">Times of India
<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">THANE: The railways are
<b>planning</b> to operate 16 additional <b>suburban</b> services connecting the extended
<b>suburbs</b> with Mumbai from November 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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