From laura.buhl at state.or.us Fri Dec 26 16:42:23 2014 From: laura.buhl at state.or.us (Buhl, Laura) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:42:23 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for December 26, 2014 Message-ID: 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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Game of Thrones Could Really Use a Public Transit System CityLab Scroll down for a look at the entire system, but first, read about how public transit might serve-and could even save-each of the Seven Kingdoms. Despite Cheaper Gas, Public Transit Ridership Is Up, Trade Group Reports New York Times Riders like Mr. Needham get a lot of value from public transportation, as do people in many other cities where investment in transit is leading to ... Active Transportation: A Game-Changer for Salt Lake County Utah Pulse Active modes of transportation, especially when coupled with public transportation provided by Utah Transit Authority, are reaching critical mass. In our opinion: Honor McCall's legacy -- leave land use laws intact Newberg Graphic One need not travel far to understand why Oregon got it right when, in the 1970s and under the guidance of visionary Gov. Tom McCall, it adopted a land use system that made long-term protection of the land a top priority. Columbia River Crossing saga shows great failure of collective undertaking Portland Oregonian Rush hour starts every weekday at 2 p.m., and congestion multiplies odds of a crash as much as fourfold around the bridge, Oregon transportation ... As street fee continues to plague Portland, Hillsboro revisits the issue of raising its own Portland Oregonian Hillsboro transportation officials on Wednesday revisited the issue of ... transportation fund, which comes from Oregon's gas tax and Transportation ... Portland Regional Government Approves Climate Strategy Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland's regional government approved a climate strategy Thursday that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the metro area by 29 percent over 20 years. The strategy was required by a state law passed in 2009. Why 'climate change' will not be on our 2015 editorial agenda -- Opinion Portland Oregonian We asked readers last month to help us choose the six or seven topics that will constitute our 2015 editorial agenda. Readers responded with scores of online comments and dozens of emails and letters to the editor, many of which urged us to focus on climate change, either as a stand-alone agenda item or a core component of an item focusing on environmental issues. Public lands package a mixture of conservation, industry Salem Statesman Journal The package is a compromise. At the same time it designates almost 1 million acres for conservation, the package also transfers thousands of acres of public land to private corporations for mining and logging development. Santa Clara orchard open for annexation Eugene Register-Guard A sprawling visual reminder of the Santa Clara neighborhood's rural past could be history soon. The son of a longtime River Road property owner has applied to annex the family's 34-acre filbert orchard, west of River Road and north of Irvington Drive, into the city of Eugene. Is Gorge commission still relevant? Vancouver Columbian Dwindling funding and staff have limited agency's ability to process development requests, perform other duties Gorge Commission receives a mixed message on funding Hood River News -Budget to stay mostly flat; increases had been earmarked for oil, coal train issue- A year after its executive director warned the agency was on the verge of collapse due to a lack of funding, the Columbia River Gorge Commission will not be receiving the financial boost it had hoped for. Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee won't match Oregon's big boost for tiny Columbia River Gorge Commission Portland Oregonian The Columbia River Gorge Commission won't grow after all. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee didn't match Oregon's proposed budget boost for the interstate agency responsible for protecting the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area and planning growth within it. Inslee kept the commission's funding flat. Southern Oregon's outdoor marijuana growers organize to have voice in regulation Portland Oregonian More than 100 southern Oregon medical marijuana growers who farm in the epicenter of the state's outdoor cannabis community met Thursday to voice concerns about how they'll fit into a new regulated industry. Whistleblower at Jordan Cove LNG-terminal site warns of contaminated soil Portland Oregonian A biologist and environmental inspector who worked at the site of the massive liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Coos Bay told federal regulators this week that project engineers were ignoring and possibly hiding contaminated soil issues at the site. Lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers complicates Oregon LNG plans in Warrenton Portland Oregonian As the state considers approving an Oregon LNG pipeline to serve a ... The Oregon Court of Appeals later overturned the land board's decision. Future Of Oregon LNG Terminal Could Hinge on 1957 Easement Jefferson Public Radio The company behind a project to export liquefied natural gas from the northwest corner of Oregon has run into a new challenge: The federal government might have permanent rights to use the site of its proposed shipping terminal. Endangered Willamette Falls locks deserve a task force - Opinion Portland Oregonian In the face of dwindling commercial tonnage and the need for costly repairs, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stopped opening and closing the locks in December 2011. The falls now split the river into a pair of isolated sections, which his bad news for paddlers, recreational boaters and commercial tours - those most likely to use the locks these days. Former student fights fading of School for the Blind Salem Statesman Journal Beverly Rushing lost another battle this week in her years-long fight against the physical and institutional disappearance of the Oregon School for the Blind. Oregon turns to redemption centers to boost return of empty bottles and cans Oregon Public Broadcasting Major changes are underway, with more on the horizon for Oregon's pioneering bottle deposit system. Those changes the biggest since the Bottle Bills adoption a generation ago have been slowly playing out as grocery stores close their return stations in favor of centralized off-site redemption centers. . . But the industrial settings of many of these centers are making it difficult to access without a car. ODOT tries out fix to streetlights Sisters Nugget The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is testing two alternative fixes to the Cascade Avenue streetlights to bring them into compliance with Sisters' dark skies ordinance. Kitzhaber proposes sage grouse measures Blue Mountain Eagle Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has proposed conservation programs to boost numbers of the greater sage grouse with the goal to keep the bird from ... Study: Taller grass benefits sage grouse Idaho Mountain Express and Guide A recently published study finding a link between range grass height and sage grouse survival has prompted some conservation organizations to ... Budget proposes money for work on sage grouse Portland Tribune State officials hope that a robust local plan to help sage grouse will prevent a ... interim deputy director at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Building OSU Marine Studies Center in a tsunami zone imperils students, State geologist warns Portland Oregonian Geologists say that when, not if, the Big One comes, waves as high as 43 feet will slam into buildings south of Newport's Yaquina Bay Bridge. A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake will smash into the Oregon Coast Aquarium and the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A | Land Use & Transportation Planner Planning Services Division | Transportation & Growth Management Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050 laura.buhl at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: