[LandUse-News] Land Use News December 20, 2013

[Lehman, Laura]

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Central Oregon submits nine proposals for airport and pedestrian ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1579585-151/central-oregon-submits-nine-proposals-for-airport-and&ct=ga&cd=MTM1NjQxMjE5ODA1NDU5MDAwMzk&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEAZBZZlQgaXNaZdfwaO98pSPRarg> Bend Bulletin
Central Oregon counties are vying for state grants to upgrade local airports and build new pedestrian trails. The Oregon Department of Transportation ...

New Bend university campus may land largely in pumice pit<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/dec/15/new-bend-university-campus-may-land-largely-in-pum/&ct=ga&cd=MjA2Mjg2NDAzNDg0Mzg4Njc2Ng&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNFlUNfEuZgfzbky7OKWYjoSkgs55Q> The Columbian
BEND, Ore. - The designers of a campus for a new Oregon university in Bend face a gaping challenge: Much of the site they're dealing with consists ...

Initiative: Carbon-credit dollars for timber lots<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/12/16/2991425/initiative-carbon-credit-dollars.html&ct=ga&cd=MjA2Mjg2NDAzNDg0Mzg4Njc2Ng&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNGpJhRikQ0eIncjWVacSBHU6fduLw> Lexington Herald Leader
RAINIER, Ore. ... days of Oregon homesteaders, family forests inherited by people who use the land as ... Their solution begins on land like Nys' tract...


Oregon Legislature may clear way for nearly 2000 acres of ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/12/oregon_legislature_may_step_in.html&ct=ga&cd=MTQ0NTYxNzA2MDY0NzU5OTY1MzE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNFt-Swg_qNA-6v10YjeSk4uMyBStg> OregonLive.com
As legal challenges move through the courts, plans for land brought into the urban growth boundary in 2011 are on hold. (Brent Wojahn/The ...

Viability of Oregon, Washington coal export terminals threatened by ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/12/viability_of_oregon_washington.html&ct=ga&cd=MjA2Mjg2NDAzNDg0Mzg4Njc2Ng&cad=CAEYBw&usg=AFQjCNHLrCeWLBhyvT1oWdkwah1b6QEPHQ> OregonLive.com
Phones rang frequently at Oregon and Washington ports. On the other end? Eager investors hoping to snatch up land to build export terminals to ...

Oregon could lose $4 million annually in clean water grants<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131220/GREEN/312200021/Oregon-could-lose-4-million-annually-clean-water-grants&ct=ga&cd=NDk2NzcwNjg5MDMxMzE0NjY2NQ&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEbWTgMoqgedwKKOueIwPVESdBgYA> Statesman Journal
Oregon is encouraging the public, including its watershed and community ... "We're disappointed in EPA and NOAA's decision to proceed with this ...

Think traffic's bad now? It will get worse<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/204747-think-traffics-bad-now-it-will-get-worse&ct=ga&cd=MTM1NjQxMjE5ODA1NDU5MDAwMzk&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNGS05qs9OnKSy1Sw13V_tJspXH8kA> Portland Tribune
With daily Columbia River bridge traffic climbing to pre-recession levels, Oregon transportation officials are saying that commuters could face ...



Laura Lehman, AICP | Land Use & Transportation Planner
Planning Services Division
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR  97301-2540
Office: (503) 934-0059 | Fax: (503) 378-5518
laura.lehman at state.or.us<mailto:laura.lehman at state.or.us> | www.oregon.gov/LCD<http://www.oregon.gov/LCD>
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