[LandUse-News] Land Use News for May 1, 2015

[Carney, Sadie]

Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News

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State land use board upholds Clatsop County ruling on Oregon LNG<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150429/state-land-use-board-upholds-clatsop-county-ruling-on-oregon-lng&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDc1NTgyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFQ5fDXhB7pyaEr1YR8oZYzahl1_A>
Daily Astorian
The state Land Use Board of Appeals Wednesday upheld Clatsop County's decision to deny a permit for Oregon LNG's proposed pipeline, ...

How the Microtransit Movement Is Changing Urban Mobility<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/04/how-the-microtransit-movement-is-changing-urban-mobility/391565/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQzNzQyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE-vhQIg9JPaSRfWQEbYwJvZrOISw>
CityLab
The start-up platform Angel List's "public transportation" page, currently with 177 projects, seems to grow daily. Its general "transportation" page lists ...

Have we really reached 'peak car'?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/30/have-we-really-reached-peak-car&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDgxODgyGjQwMjczY2VlMGQxNjNhMDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFQuOwRszps8aB9FZyje9k2ZuXCKQ>
The Guardian
Vehicle traffic grew at a fearsome rate worldwide for decades ... until 2007. Then came the perfect storm of an economic collapse, a digital revolution ...

Wildfire Prep Day This Saturday<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/04/27/wildfire-prep-day-this-saturday/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODYxODYyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEkwY1dGxWmC445RyKF9vjG_yFZ8g>
myCentralOregon.com
"Communities that survive wildfires have one thing in common: They are prepared," said Cindy Kolomechuk with the Oregon Department of Forestry.

State Land Restricted Due To Messy Homeless Camps<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/04/27/state-land-restricted-due-to-messy-homeless-camps/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQxMjcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGDs1ntf1S8D33ZLE80vPzyeuzQyg>
myCentralOregon.com
The State Land Board adopted new rules implementing the restrictions at ... The Oregon Department of Forestry, working with the Chiloquin-Agency ...

Will Wyoming expand sage grouse core area to avoid an endangered species listing?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://trib.com/business/energy/will-wyoming-expand-sage-grouse-core-area-to-avoid-an/article_bc5864da-582b-5338-9d82-d2dfd141679a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0Mzg3NTQyGjRkZDkzNTdmMmUxNWM0Mjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQIDZAUSG98JKbm7QoQXUo-DMJdg>
Casper Star-Tribune Online
A male sage grouse struts in the early morning hours on a lek outside Baggs on Wednesday. The Wyoming Game & Fish wants to expand the area of ...

Bees are addicted to Neonicotinoids Pesticides: Study<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://uncovercalifornia.com/content/24185-bees-are-addicted-neonicotinoids-pesticides-study&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0NDIzODQyGjMwNzQ2Yzg5ZDFkZGQ1ODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEiSJ4ZPnNwuseM2a6Y5RiglPAYxw>
Uncover California
Wright said, "The fact that bees show a preference for food containing ... Researchers said the bees were unable to taste the pesticides, thus they were ... stiff opposition from the farmers, preferring the pesticide for its effectiveness.

Gentrification and Race: Can We Have a Real Conversation?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.metrotimes.com/Blogs/archives/2015/04/28/gentrification-and-race-can-we-have-a-real-conversation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQ2ODcyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEynump4lq-R9rbUIi-fzncN4gWxg>
Detroit Metro Times (blog)
In the wake of the memo, I proposed that we have some conversations together about a different way to do things, about community and gentrification, ...

Forest industry responds to latest O&C plan<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://naturalresourcereport.com/2015/04/forest-industry-responds-to-latest-oc-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0NDE2MDQyGmMxZjEwN2QxZDg5YzdjMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGjrsHbSCd3vaaVA08ukrHkl90U_w>
Oregon Natural Resources Report
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released draft Resource Management Plans for six districts in Western Oregon encompassing over 2.5 ...

Common Ground in Oregon's Forests<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.invw.org/article/after-the-wars-finding-co-1531&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwMzgzNDA3NzY2NzU0NDAyMzMyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEwhAGslyd-EvRLBgGsdjEPbghBxg>
InvestigateWest
The brush buildup is the legacy of a century-plus of suppressing all forest fires, an official government policy now widely understood to be misguided.

To make people-friendly streets, think beyond just cars<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/26560/to-make-people-friendly-streets-think-beyond-just-cars/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODQzNTIyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGfdbtQ32qFdqLhhQmGvkHj0xfVvA>
Greater Greater Washington
While the county's policy is to encourage compact development in places ... efforts to encourage walking, bicycling, transit use, or infill development.

Better Walkability = Higher Valuation?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.cpexecutive.com/headlines/better-walkability-higher-valuation/1004118396.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioRNDc2ODkxNjgzMDA0ODM0NTcyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHcVwsFIVo6RirysnWjhXJuCnKicw>
Commercial Property Executive
In "somewhat walkable" or "car-dependent" suburbs, property values are only up by about 22 percent. The logical projection from that - though the ...

A Bill To Stop Construction in Tsunami-Prone Areas Is Dead<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/a-bill-to-give-dogami-teeth-is-dead/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDQ0MDcyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG0AE7bBHP_NyEOIoK5exRA7hjuCA>
OPB News
... will be rebuilt in the tsunami zone. Seismologists say there's a 37 percent of a subduction zone earthquake off the Oregon coast in the next 50 years.

PHOTOS: Sustainable Agriculture Flourishes Amid Unlikely Urban Backdrops<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/urban-farms-agriculture-sustainable-farmers-market/46132679&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDU3OTMyGmI3YTE1YmFmY2JmZTg5NDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNENoju1mQbXmVfTWcqq0tXBIJgAAg>
AccuWeather.com
According to Urban Farming(tm), this form of agriculture allows unused land and wasted resources to be put to use in order to help support local ...

It fakes a village<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/it-fakes-a-village/content%3Foid%3D16982490&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTQzMjQwNDEyOTcyMjE2NDYxNzEyGmQ4YjFlZjExNDYxNDdjNTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHfFEj894rQcz_ytKntNXNdTXhR8g>
Sacramento News & Review
Critics also overlook the fact that infill developments are considered an efficient way to mitigate suburban sprawl, which urban planners everywhere ...


How Average Oregonians Challenged the Timber Industry and Lost<http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/04/how_average_oregonians_challen.html#incart_2box>

Portland Oregonian

In March, she again made the five-hour drive north to Salem, hoping her legislators would listen. Seventeen months had passed since a helicopter repeatedly flew over Kathyrn Rickard's neighborhood in Curry County while spraying weed killers. She and more than 20 neighbors complained about being exposed to the chemicals.


Subdivision Should Be Appealed<http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32977295-75/owners-hope-to-redevelop-mckenzie-river-golf-course-as-subdivision-challenged.html.csp>

Eugene Register-Guard

Activists say they'll take their case against housing on the McKenzie River Golf Course to a state board. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals will be the next stop in the fight over the fate of the McKenzie River Golf Course.


Governor Brown Makes Real Estate Board Appointment<http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/04/26/governor-brown-makes-real-estate-board-appointment/>

mycentraloregon.com

Governor Kate Brown appointed Patricia Ihnat as a public member of the Oregon Real Estate Board. Pat Ihnat is an attorney who serves as Oregon counsel for Fidelity National Title, a national title insurer and escrow settlement provider. Pat has been with Fidelity for 22 years in various positions as a litigator, claims manager, and underwriter. Before her 2004 move to Portland, Pat had served as Fidelity's Arizona state counsel.


Past Tense Oregon: Highway Czar Glenn Jackson Among Most Influential Oregonians<http://www.oregonlive.com/history/2015/04/past_tense_oregon_highway_czar.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter>

Portland Oregonian

Who would you include if asked to list the most influential Oregonians of the 20th Century? Mark Hatfield?  Tom McCall? Abigail Scott Duniway? C.E.S. Wood? According to William Stack, your list should definitely include Glenn Jackson.


Oregon Declares March 22 Tom McCall Day<http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/good-news/2015/04/29/oregon-declares-march-tom-mccall-day/26598589/>

Salem Statesman Journal

Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday signed a bill declaring March 22 to be Tom McCall Day in Oregon. Tad McCall, the late governor's son, traveled from his home in Virginia to attend the ceremony.


Oregon Counties to Receive $61Million in Timber Payments<http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-counties-to-receive-61-million-in-timber-payments/>

Oregon Public Broadcasting

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released information on how much money states will receive from the Secure Rural Schools Act, known as timber payments. Oregon counties will receive nearly $61 million over two years.


Farmers React to GMO Ordinance<http://www.kdrv.com/news/Farmers_React_to_GMO_Ordinance.html>

kdrv.com Medford

Voters in Jackson and Josephine counties passed GMO bans last year. While Jackson's ban is on hold, pending court proceedings. Josephine county is moving forward. Even though the state does not recognize Josephine County's GMO ban, The county has now set up a way of reporting non-conformance to the ban.


Measure Would Allow Rural Oregonians to Sometimes Pump Their Own Gas<http://klcc.org/post/measure-would-allow-rural-oregonians-sometimes-pump-their-own-gas>

KLCC

Anyone who drives through Oregon knows that the state doesn't let people pump their own gas. A measure moving through the state legislature would create an exception to that law, but only under limited circumstances.


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<mailto:sadie.carney at state.or.us> | www.oregon.gov/LCD/<http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/>

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