From casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us Tue May 22 17:00:34 2012 From: casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us (Tuttle, Casaria R.) Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:34 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News May 22, 2012 Message-ID: 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 may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news County board will vote on amendment to local land use plan La Grande Observer The amendment to the local land use plan adds an Oregon Administrative Rule that allows local governments to adopt changes to Oregon Revised Statutes, Oregon Administrative Rules and Statewide Planning Goals without public hearings, if the only effect ... See all stories on this topic > State revenue forecast improves slightly Statesman Journal Jobs are created when government-imposed obstacles are removed, obstacles like overzealous regulation by fee-driven state agencies, land-use policies that cripple local expansion plans and too much emphasis on failed energy policies that drive up the ... See all stories on this topic > Jeff Scroggin headed for November general election BlueOregon Breidenthal probably wasn't delighted when he was greeted with the news the next morning that both land-use measures took a hard thumping by Jackson County voters. The voters made it clear that along with other counties in Oregon, Jackson County must ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD383C.63D21D00] BlueOregon How Oregon Networks for Solutions Governing (blog) Here are some examples: * Industrial land development in eastern Oregon: One regional Solutions Center helped a small city, Arlington, acquire and rezone a 300-acre site and convert it to industrial use, aiming to create as many as 350 new jobs. See all stories on this topic > Fights brewing over massive coal-export plans for the Northwest The Seattle Times (May 19, 2012, by BB46) MORE Gee, what a surprise, Washington and Oregon (liberal Dems) are trying to stop Wyoming... (May 20, 2012, by sailcapt) MORE How can we legislate our evironmental policy on China? Truth is, China is still. See all stories on this topic > Gail Whitsett: Land use will be a priority Herald and News Bill Garrard, to modify Oregon's land use system so it can be addressed on a regional basis. For example, she said, land classified as timber in the Willamette Valley may be very different from timberland in Klamath County. "It might have four junipers ... See all stories on this topic > On Oregon's rivers, there's a recreational gold rush in suction-dredge mining OregonLive.com According to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the agency charged with protecting clean water in our state, the number for one category of mining operations, which use wastewater settling ponds, has increased from 200 a few years ago to ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image002.jpg at 01CD383C.63D21D00] OregonLive.com Hopes for new land will wait for 2014 News-Times A majority of Oregon's Land Conservation and Development Commission members signaled Friday they would likely approve an expansion of the Portland-metro area's UGB, despite a recommendation on the part of staff of the state land use regulatory office ... See all stories on this topic > Scappoose answers UGB critics in state filing South County Spotlight One of those was Mia Nelson from Eugene, representing 1000 Friends of Oregon, a nonprofit land use and planning advocacy group opposing the city's aspiration. At the core of 1000 Friends' 150-page objection is a 20-year employment forecast used by the ... 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