From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Dec 7 10:52:42 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:52:42 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017CFC40B5@dlcdsxch01> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list! Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. 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. Past Land Use News weekly e-mails can be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news ____________________________________________________________ Dec 7: EXPLAINING THE NEW OREGON LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/12/explaining_the_new_oregon_legi.html So just when is the next regular session of the Oregon Legislature starting? . . . ODOT TO PURSUE PLAN FOR REST STOP (Ashland Daily Tidings) http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101207/NEWS02/12070306/-1/NEWSMAP State transportation officials will not appeal a court decision that at least temporarily blocks their plans to build a freeway welcome center near Ashland, but will pursue another legal avenue to supply water for the proposed rest stop. . . Dec 6: MAPS SHOW LANDSLIDES IN THE GREATER PORTLAND AREA (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101206/NEWS/12060318/1001 The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries has released five maps showing historic and pre-historic landslides in the Lake Oswego Quadrangle, which includes portions of Lake Oswego, Portland and surrounding areas of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. . . Beaverton hits brakes on urban renewal http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/12/03/beaverton-hits-breaks-on-urban-renewal/ A unanimous vote to delay the creation of a new urban renewal district in Beaverton has left future city development in limbo. . . Dec 5: Viewpoint: What climate report tells us (Albany Democrat Herald) The Oregon warming report issued Tuesday repeats much of what has been said in the Northwest about this topic before. It goes on at some length, ... Dec 4: Raise a glass - while it's still full - to Portland's abundant water, law ... (OregonLive.com) Overall, however, the state hasn't made the connection between land use and water use, she said. While much of the growth debate centers on the amount of ... State Business Group Wants to Repeal 2008 Climate Legislation (PubliCola - Seattle) ... other enterprises and the attempt to indirectly control emissions through land-use and transportation policies will stifle the construction industry. ... Tree farming family gets into wind turbine business (McMinnville News-Register) The Energy Trust of Oregon provided tax credits and incentives. County inspectors monitored construction. The Grimms' turbine is free-standing. ... A SANE PLAN FOR BOARDMAN'S CLOSURE -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/a_sane_plan_for_boardmans_clos.html A deal's not really right unless all parties walk away at least somewhat unhappy, if only by a shrug of the shoulders. That's the case now that Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has recommended a 2020-or-sooner closing for Portland General Electric's coal-fired power plant at Boardman. . . Dec 3: MARINE RESERVE IDEAS OPEN FOR COMMENT WITH MAPS ONLINE AT OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/marine_reserve_ideas_open_for.html The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has posted on its website maps and descriptions of proposed marine reserves and protected areas. . . OREGON REGULATORS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF PGE'S PLAN TO CLOSE ITS COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN BOARDMAN BY 2020 (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_regulators_recommended.html After a 2-year battle that divided environmental groups, Oregon regulators on Thursday endorsed Portland General Electric's plan to shutter Oregon's only coal-fired power plant no later than Dec. 31, 2020 in exchange for a far smaller investment in pollution controls. . . DEQ BACKS COAL PLANT PLAN (The Dalles Chronicle) http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/12/12-03-10-02.shtml -Rule expected Thursday, Dec. 9- The Department of Environmental Quality DEQ is recommending the state adopt Portland General Electrics PGEs haze control recommendation for the Boardman coal-fired power plant with a few adjustments in return for a firm commitment that the plant will close no later than 2020. . . THREE YEARS AFTER FLOOD, VERNONIA BREAKS GROUND ON NEW K-12 SCHOOL (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/12/three_years_after_the_flood_vernonia_breaks_ground_on_new_k-12_school.html Three years ago tomorrow, the rivers that wind their way through Vernonia spilled past their banks and into hundreds of homes. . . REPLICATING VERNONIA'S SUCCESS STORY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/replicating_vernonias_success.html Hundreds of Oregon towns have been walloped by the Great Recession. Many are much smaller than Vernonia, but they had one big advantage over that town of 2,365: . . Appeals court leaves ODOT high and dry (Mail Tribune) The ruling upheld a decision by the state Land Use Board of Appeals. Allen Baker, president of the Oak Knoll Homeowners Association, called the decision "a ... My Turn: Proposed control tower at Aurora State Airport will benefit Marion ... (OregonLive.com) Friends of French Prairie, a nonprofit that monitors land-use issues in the mostly agricultural area surrounding Aurora, the city of Wilsonville and ... Neighbors aren't keeping quiet about concerns over a Harrisburg motor sports ... (The Register-Guard) The Land Use Board of Appeals required the city to make some changes but ultimately ruled that "noise is not a land use action," Meyers said. ... Let's talk some more about Coos County (Coos Bay World)... land-use plan as part of a development strategy. The consultants may not realize the special challenges of Oregon's legal and bureaucratic environment. ... Dec 2: OREGON CLIMATE REPORT PREDICTS WILDFIRE RISK (Business Week) http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JR5UE80.htm A state climate report released Tuesday predicts that Oregon may face summer water shortages, an increased wildfire risk and more extreme weather events if temperatures keep warming up. . . BIOMASS PROJECT HOLDS PROMISE FOR OREGON -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/12/biomass_project_holds_promise.html The Collins Companies recently joined Portland-based Iberdrola Renewables to announce construction of a new 26.8-megawatt biomass-fired power plant in Lake County, adjacent to Collins' Lakeview Sawmill. We hope that the public takes notice, not just because the new plant strengthens the sawmill's future, but because it portends good things for Oregon. . . JUDGE ORDERS SUGAR BEET SEEDLINGS PULLED FROM ACREAGES (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/12/judge_orders_sugar_beet_seedli.html Genetically modified sugar beet seedlings planted this fall in Oregon and Arizona must be torn out of the ground, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday. . ACTING FORESTER: NO HIGHER PRIVATE FOREST BURDEN (Blue Mountain Eagle) http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/sports/outdoors/article_2d5d9214-fd77-11df-a860-001cc4c002e0.html Acting State Forester Nancy Hirsch said the Oregon Department of Forestry will not ask private forest owners to pay a higher percentage of state program costs to offset a decline in revenue. . . A FLOOD OF DOLLARS ENGULFS VERNONIA (Daily Astorian) http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/free/article_9451d2ec-fe5c-11df-9b44-001cc4c002e0.html -Three years after the disaster, donors help community toward a school and community center on higher ground- . . . Portland Father and Son are Groundbreaking Regional Planners (TMCnet) ... as well as the land use aspects of the Metro region. His son Scott also attended Oregon State and graduated in 2000 with a degree in geography. ... Wildlife: Protecting Biodiversity Might Just Protect Us From Disease (TIME blog) ... Nature authors note that almost half of the zoonotic diseases that have emerged in humans since 1940 have resulted from changes in land use. ... Dec 1: OREGON FACES BIG CHALLENGES FROM GLOBAL WARMING, STATE REPORTS SAY (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/11/oregon_faces_big_challenges_fr.html Global warming will likely change Oregon substantially, two new reports released Tuesday conclude, lengthening growing seasons on the upside but lowering summer water supplies, heating up salmon streams, increasing wildfires and heat waves, and squeezing crops optimized to fit a narrow temperature niche -- including the Willamette Valley's prized pinot noir wine grapes. . . School groundbreaking a symbol that Vernonia won't 'shrivel and die' http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=129123116821329600 Nearly three years to the day after the devastating Vernonia flood swept through the city, a public-private investment group will break ground on a new $37 million K-12 school system, intended to act as a catalyst for the small logging town. Aerial drone testing proposed for C. Oregon (San Francisco Examiner) In its briefing paper, Economic Development for Central Oregon says that a dozen companies have said they would use a Central Oregon test area. ... Drones May Be High Desert's Aviation Rebirth (KTVZ) Military planes such as the Oregon Air National Guard use the large stretch of remote desert for training flights. "They have first call on it - we're just ... Climate change means more extremes in Oregon (The Register-Guard) On the other, it could begin important conversations about land use laws. If increased flooding, particularly along the coast, is likely, ... Atlas of the atmosphere (Scientist) Fierer said he believes that the map will help determine the effects of land-use (eg agricultural, urban, suburban) and season on bacterial proliferation ... In our view: Survival in the Gorge (The Columbian) It serves as an appeal board for land-use decisions by counties. It designs, revises (every 10 years) and implements a management plan that makes sure ... UF expert: Biodiversity loss correlates with increases in infectious disease (University of Florida) "The general degradation of biodiversity because of land use transformation, combined with climate change, overharvesting, and so forth, is likely to have ... Portland Reduces Carbon Emissions, Bucking the National Trend (The Portlander) Developing the tools needed to analyze and evaluate expected carbon emissions from land use policies, investment decisions and scenarios. ... Climate change takes wind out of wind energy's sails (Vancouver Sun) The study looked at wind data from 92 stations stretching from Lytton and Hope in inland BC, west to Vancouver Island and south into western Oregon. ... Nov 30: Gorge commission sees resources eroding (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/30/gorge-commission-sees-resources-eroding/ Office hours will be cut even before budget cycle, likely to be grim, begins . . . Metro Council to hold hearing in Hillsboro Thursday (OregonLive.com) AP Metro will hold more hearings in the ongoing saga of land use in the Portland area over the next 50 years. The Metro Council will soon consider ... Get your UGB on: Metro ready to hear from you (BlueOregon) It's unlikely that most readers of Blue Oregon have near the land-use fetish that I have. It's just one of those weird little quirks that seem unique to a ... 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