From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Dec 19 14:26:30 2014 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:26:30 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF036BBB1@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. 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. ________________________________ Using truffles to restore the land Portland Tribune There's a growing number of working examples in Oregon of the truffles' symbiotic relationship with the land, says Charles Lefevre, truffle scientist, ... After bad wildfire season, Ore. prepares pitch to keep its rare insurance coverage Environment & Energy Publishing The policy covers the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund, which is evenly financed by landowners and state taxpayers. Last year, the fund raised just ... Sage grouse protections blocked but Interior Secretary Sally Jewell sees action in 2015 OregonLive.com They could determine the greater sage grouse is heading toward possible ... Population estimates for greater sage grouse range from 100,000 to 500,000 ... Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, ... Land-Use Review The Columbian The following are local land-use proposals. The county or city may rate them in three categories: nonsignificant, no environmental impact study ... Roberts signs up for road usage charge Wallowa County Cheiftain To launch SB 810, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is seeking 1,500 participants with cars or light commercial vehicles that operate ... Editorial: State should change the UGB process Bend Bulletin Before a city can get approval to stretch a UGB, a city must prove to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Oregon ... Critic seen as land-use lightning rod Portland Tribune 1, Mildner was denounced as a "libertarian activist" hell bent on destroying Oregon's land-use planning system. Criticisms came from Metro officials ... New Study Finds That Grass Height Drives Sage Grouse Nest Success Center for Biological Diversity (press release) "This research confirms earlier studies conducted in eastern Oregon where shorter grass height also had negative effects on sage-grouse nesting ... Oregon Trails: Highway 140 KDRV KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - From the time the first settlers arrived in Oregon, travel and transportation was a real difficulty. By the early 1920's Oregon ... Central Oregon Water Dispute Settled in Bill that Wins Last-Minute Congressional Passage Portland Oregonian Congress late Thursday passed a bill that settles water management issues on Central Oregon's Crooked River and allows hydroelectric development at Bowman Dam ... Congress Passes Northwest Land Deals, But Nothing For O&C Forests Northwest Public Radio The land deals were tacked onto a $585 billion military spending package. They included large expansions for Oregon Caves National Monument and ... Deschutes County may review rural zonings Bend Bulletin County staff would then develop a work plan and submit it for review to the state Land Conservation and Development Commission. The process ... Happy Holidays from the staff of the DLCD! Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050 sadie.carney at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: