From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Apr 10 17:16:31 2015 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 00:16:31 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for April 10, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF03F928E@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. ________________________________ Increasingly, parents seeking urban lifestyles for children Walla Walla Union-Bulletin #SEATTLE - A small but growing number of parents are bucking a trend when it comes to raising their kids: Rather than move to suburbs as their ... Fukushima Radiation Has Reached North American Shores Salem Statesman Journal Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution detected small amounts of cesium-134 and cesium-137 in a sample of seawater taken in February from a dock on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Smith Rock, A Scenic Climbing Mecca in Central Oregon, Is Also an Ideal Place for a Hike Eugene Register-Guard Although Smith Rock State Park is mostly known as a mecca for rock climbers, the hiking opportunities within the park should not be ignored. And often, the park's trails can put a hiker in a spot to watch climbers scale some of the most difficult routes in the West. Tighten Forest Spray Rules - Opinion Eugene Register-Guard A legislative proposal to protect residents of rural areas against exposure to herbicides sprayed on private forest lands has been sent to a work group, ostensibly because the issue is so complicated that lawmakers can't proceed until opposing groups reach a consensus. 1. Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2015 Lineup Wall Street Journal-Mar 3, 2015 Mr. Maysles is co-director of "In Transit," which looks at America's ... A full list of the films in the 2015 festival will be released later this week. CHIEFTAIN: Water rights reform appears inevitable Wallowa County Cheiftain Long-held conceptions of what can and can't be done with water rights ... In Southern Oregon, water users are awaiting congressional authorization of ... Conservation easement signups begin Wallowa County Cheiftain The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Oregon is accepting applications from private landowners, tribes, and eligible ... Mediation now underway in Woodburn's UGB case Pamplin Media Group Mediation now underway in Woodburn's UGB case ... last week in the city of Woodburn's long-running urban growth boundary (UGB) case. ... of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and 1000 Friends of Oregon - a land ... Controversy over federal land transfer potentially moot Capital Press Opinions clashed on a proposal to transfer federal land to state ownership, but legal experts say the Oregon bill lacks a solid legal foundation. Where might a data center worker live in Oregon? Note: Elbow room available. OregonLive.com So you're a Facebook data center employee who's always dreamed of owning some land. You may volunteer to work at the company's data center in ... Oregon in the spotlight at UO film festival The Register-Guard Jason Atkinson and Jeff Martin's "A River Between Us" chronicles the battles over water rights along the Klamath River. Ticket prices for the various ... Bee landscapes: 'Habitat is everything to pollinators' OregonLive.com WILSONVILLE, OREGON -- June 18, 2013 -- A dead bumble bee got stuck on a Landen flower at Town Loop Shopping Center parking lot. Motoya ... God Save the Sage-Grouse The Source Weekly Though the report says little about the work being done in Oregon, the ... "We're the only state that has all of our sage-grouse habitat covered under ... Swimming upstream to save a victim of state's water crisis Sacramento Bee (blog) The U.S. Interior Department's decision to list the Delta smelt as threatened under the Endangered Species Act took effect 22 years ago today, April 5, ... Portland's gentrification and the property tax system (OPINION) OregonLive.com The Portland City Club describes the redevelopment of the east side as gentrification and associates it with Measure 50. Jenny H. Liu and Jeff Renfro, ... Where will Portland grow? Portland Tribune He said that Oregon legislators ask him whether Portland's goals are ... Until they are, Metro cannot easily expand the urban growth boundary in ... Bentz urges state to explore mining options Ontario Argus Observer The Oregon House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources heard the bills ... "The point is, we don't know what we have in Oregon," he said Keep Cascades line rolling The Register-Guard Now, it appears that the Oregon Department of Transportation may be forced to cut Amtrak service between Eugene and Portland for lack of state ... Demand for urban living fuels new infill neighborhoods The Tennessean ... the newest in a string of infill neighborhoods under development in Franklin. ... Luckily, finding these infill lots allowed us to do it," said Brad Woods, ... Bishop plans hearings on challenges of federal land ownership KSL.com "The sad thing is the states, the counties and the tribes in the West are far more effective in how they manage lands than the federal government," ... Portland should better track how much land it owns, when to sell it, audit finds OregonLive.com Southwest Portland neighbors raised questions about the city's handling of a property transaction involving this Water Bureau site in 2013. Lloyd's of London offers Oregon wildfire coverage with $50 million deductible OregonLive.com BEND -- The state of Oregon has a chance to continue its unique insurance policy that helps pay for fighting wildfires in big burning years -- but at a ... Affordable housing planned for Pearl at Raleigh Street, documents show OregonLive.com It's not clear how much Portland actually will pay for the land, or precisely how much of the block the city would would acquire, although property ... Hotels have 'mixed emotions' about new tsunami awareness initiative Daily Astorian Each sleeve states, "If you feel an earthquake, a tsunami may follow" and ... "Any little bit of information will help them in case we do have a tsunami," she ... a printable table tent with information and an Oregon Tsunami Waves video ... 311 Reports in SF as Possible Gentrification Indicator Bay Area Indymedia How much do such requests indicate hyper-gentrification? In SoMa and the mid-Market region, the majority of the requests are proximate to the Twitter ... What America's Most Walkable Suburb Can Teach Towns Everywhere Utne Reader Online Walking tours offer residents and visitors the opportunity to explore the city at a slower pace, and lively walkable suburbs are beneficial for ... Battle heats up over management of Wyoming's wild horses Horsetalk Battle heats up over management of Wyoming's wild horses ... Fish Creek Herd Management Area in February by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ... Oregon Coast Scientist Gives Talk on Alarming Ocean Temperatures and the 'Blob' Oregon Coast Beach Connection Dr. Bill Peterson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Senior Scientist, explores some engaging new territory in ocean science. Oregon Lawmakers Hear Testimony On Tsunami Preparedness Boise State Public Radio Jeff Rubin serves on the Oregon Resilience Task Force. ... Scientists say a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could cause catastrophic ... Road to health: Bike and pedestrian paths play greater role in transportation project funding Mail Tribune The Oregon Department of Transportation now has an Active Transportation Section that addresses pedestrian and bicycle elements and how they tie ... Federal budget should include $1 billion for public transit: Editorial Toronto Star That's why municipal leaders are entirely right to press Ottawa to allocate at least $1 billion a year to improve public transit, starting with the federal ... To make up for habitat hurt by Oregon road project, state worker grows rare plants in nursery The Republic CENTRAL POINT, Oregon - Paul Benton looks down a 900-foot-long row of large-flowered woolly meadowfoam and he's seeing more of this ... Infill homes causing floods in mature neighbourhoods Edmonton Journal At a recent committee hearing, director of development and zoning Livia ... changes in the fall to make such plans mandatory for all infill next year. Hines: Walkability could help change our city Shreveport Times Speck posits that a happy city is eminently walkable, bikeable and transit served and is a major factor in economic development and the creation of a ... 2015's Most Walkable U.S. Cities CityLab In an announcement that will surprise no one, Walk Score, the company that produces the go-to metric for walkable cities, has once again ranked New ... Portland's Urban Density Squeezes Out Backyards GoLocalPDX Portland's Urban Growth Boundary was created in 1979 under Oregon law, in order to control urban sprawl into forest and farmland, and regulate ... 'Industrial reserve' bill criticized for threatening farmland Capital Press Legislation that would allow several Oregon counties to designate large industrial areas outside their urban growth boundaries faced criticism during a ... Tax relief proposed for urban farms Blue Mountain Eagle The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill that would provide tax relief to ... Jon Chandler, CEO of the Oregon Home Builders Association, said he ... Oregon debates fracking moratorium Statesman Journal In Oregon, five wells were fracked near Coos Bay, on the south coast, ... and regulations for the practice here, said Helm, who works as a land-use ... Where have all the Fall River trout gone?: Oregon environment news OregonLive.com ODFW wants to know why fishermen on another Oregon River, the Fall, ... If the commission approves a land use code change to allow the pipeline, ... 4th year of drought means less water for Klamath River Basin farmers OregonLive.com GRANTS PASS -- Farmers on a federal irrigation project straddling the Oregon-California border are slated to receive 65 percent of full deliveries this ... Oregon Drought Emergency to Expand Into Crook, Harney, Klamath Counties The Oregonian Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is ready to expand the state's drought emergency into three more Oregon counties, with another two expected to follow within days. Stafford Urban Reserves Still in Limbo Portland Tribune With planning for future residential development for the Frog Pond area now at full tilt, the ongoing legal standoff over a large portion of the area is placing a damper on how quickly Wilsonville will be able to carry out any construction. Western Snowy Plover Nest on Nehalem Spit Triggers Restriction for Beach Goers Portland Oregonian Western snowy plovers, a protected bird that hasn't nested on the Nehalem spit for three decades, are incubating eggs there this spring 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: