From laura.lehman at state.or.us Fri Sep 5 14:49:45 2014 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 21:49:45 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News September 5, 2014 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F3832A7026DE@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News! 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 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. 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At issue was the city council's July 28th vote to reverse a decision of ... Overall, U.S. Streetcars Just Aren't Meeting the Standards of Good Transit CityLab Since the U.S. streetcar revival relies heavily on transportation subsidies, ... Good public transportation requires trains or buses to run every 10 or 12 ... Pembina announces deals to export propane from Oregon, access Bakken resource Montreal Gazette The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, including from the National Energy Board and the Canada Transportation Act. It is expected to close in the ... America is rapidly aging in a country built for the young The Washington Post Although we seldom think about them this way, most American communities as they exist today were built for the spry and mobile. Oregon forestry board may increase tree buffers along salmon streams, first time since 1994 The Oregonian Oregon's state Board of Forestry is working on balancing a healthy timber industry with healthy salmon runs. The Northwest is getting hotter, and humans are to blame Statesman Journal Human activity has caused the average annual temperature in the Pacific Northwest to increase by about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century, a new report from Oregon State University shows. Some Oregon Wild Places in Limbo As Wilderness Act Turns 50 Public News Service Today, Oregon has about 2.5 million acres of protected wilderness, and ... in Oregon, all of which sponsor hikes and service projects on public land ... Oregon spotted frog to be listed as threatened species because of lost habitat The Oregonian Twenty-three years after it was first proposed for protection by the Endangered Species Act, the Oregon spotted frog is being listed as a threatened species. How the Wilderness Act changed Oregon (and America) Statesman Journal As long ago as the Great Depression, and growing with time, a select group of conservationists from Aldo Leopold to Edward Abbey began to believe that protecting nature within the National Park System was becoming a paradox. Salem-Keizer Transit considers route changes Statesman Journal The transit agency hasn't finalized its plans, but it intends to have route ... Transit officials have conducted a series of open houses to gather public ... Developer still teeing up to create golf course for UO The Register-Guard A proposed University of Oregon golf course near Creswell is chipping along behind the scenes while developers work out land use, wet lands and ... Portland Japanese Garden's expansion plan moving ahead, with some neighbors satisfied and ... The Oregonian - OregonLive.com City and garden staff testified that the hearings officer who approved the garden's land use reviews had correctly interpreted land use law. Rehab planned for burned E. Oregon sage grouse land KTVZ Federal officials say it could take a few years to rehabilitate sage and grass lands burned this summer in Eastern Oregon. 1000 Friends of Oregon Watch Over Land-Use Legislation Jefferson Public Radio Oregon's environmentally minded Gov. Tom McCall championed bipartisan passage of Oregon's pioneering land-use legislation in 1973. He called it ... 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 | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: