From laura.lehman at state.or.us Fri Sep 12 14:32:58 2014 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:32:58 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News September 12, 2014 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F3832A706C48@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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Developer Mark Edlen finalizing $2.6 million land deal with Portland Development Commission ... The Oregonian - OregonLive.com The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine occupies the southwest portion. ... for environmental and archaeological remediation needed on the land. In limbo since 1991, Oregon spotted frog finally gets protected status Scientific American (blog) The Oregon Zoo, for example, has spent the past 16 years monitoring ... (Critical habitat doesn't set aside land for conservation; instead, the process ... Walden backs bill to block EPA rule-making expansion KTVZ In what he termed "an effort to protect private property rights and farm and ranching jobs in rural Oregon," Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., voiced his strong ... Ambre Energy and Port of Morrow File Appeals Against Oregon Department of State Lands Permit ... Business Wire (press release) Ambre Energy and the Port of Morrow in Boardman, Oregon have filed appeals against the permit decision ... Logging industry pushes back on Sen. Wyden's bill Statesman Journal The Oregon and California Land Grant Act would divide 2.55 million acres of Oregon forest into two categories: protected (1.3 million acres) and open ... LTD nets more than $3.5 million for EmX-related projects The Register-Guard The Oregon Transportation Commission approved late last month the prioritized list of projects funded through the state's ConnectOregon program. Wyoming appeals Oregon's denial of coal port The Columbian Wyoming is appealing Oregon's recent decision to deny an application to build a coal terminal at the Port of Morrow, on the Columbia River. Wyoming, the nation's largest coal-producer, has been pressing for access to ports to export coal to Asia, but it has run into stiff opposition in the Northwest. Port Westward rezoning vital to the future The Chronicle My husband and I are both fifth generation residents of Columbia County. Until we recently sold our businesses and retired, we had been involved in multi-generational family businesses in Clatskanie for over four decades. Meet the ELF: An American-built solar-powered trike Treehugger.com I've taken one for a test-ride over at MNN but somehow, so far, we have yet to write about Organic Transit's ELF. Why the people in charge of transit systems should be required to actually ride transit CityLab "There are way too many people working on transit who don't actually ride ... a PC-and Spieler thinks the same should go for public transportation. Grape harvest begins at vineyards across mid-valley Statesman Journal Fall may be in the air but things are heating up at vineyards across the Willamette Valley as harvest begins. So far, the weather is cooperating, unlike the torrential storms that hit last year as remnants from a typhoon in the Pacific moved into the West Coast just as harvest was beginning. Filbert frenzy Register-Guard A forecasted 20 percent drop in the Oregon hazelnut harvest this year, coupled with a much smaller than usual crop out of Turkey - the world's largest producer - means higher prices and potentially new markets for Oregon hazelnut growers. Friends file suit to protect gorge air quality Portland Tribune Friends of the Columbia Gorge has filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality over an air pollution permit the state agency issued earlier this year for the proposed Troutdale Energy Center at the former Reynolds Aluminum site in Troutdale. New environmental tests loom for Riverfront park land Statesman Journal The cost of buying land for a proposed expansion of Riverfront Park has just risen because of an underground pipe. ODOT submits plans for new Historic Hwy segment Hood River News The Oregon Department of Transportation has submitted plans to build a 1.2-mile section of bike and pedestrian trail that will roughly run from the ... Oregon counties feeling financial strain today from years of O&C funding cuts Coos Bay World The Oregon and California Railroad Act of 1866 made land available to finish a railroad between Portland and San Francisco. The Oregon and ... Montana coal mine deal aims to boost Asian exports FuelFix Coal companies announced an agreement Thursday to consolidate ownership of a Montana mine in a deal aimed at boosting exports of the fuel to Asia through ports on the U.S. West Coast. Amazon headwaters parcel changes ownership; affordable apartments planned The Register-Guard For nearly 15 years they fought Eugene City Hall, the state's land use system and their neighbors for the right to build housing in south Eugene near ... OC School Board to decide on location for transportation facility Portland Tribune Handling the transportation for the schools of Oregon City School District is no small task. The current transportation facility, a former rural school at ... So what exactly is a "road diet"? CityLab Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced an 18-month campaign to improve road safety across the country. 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: