[LandUse-News] Land Use News for May 8, 2015

Fri May 8 16:59:46 PDT 2015

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Collaboration, innovation lead to award for Metro and 1000 Friends of Oregon<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/collaboration-innovation-lead-award-metro-and-1000-friends-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI2MDgyNjM1OTEzODY1MzE3OTIaZmM2Yzg3NTNkZjI0MDExYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGpAwisOBnUd6lV5zgLgOB0FnnCZg>
Metro newsfeed
The award provides Metro's Planning and Development Communications work team and 1000 Friends of Oregon with 1,000 hours from an Oregon ...

Less Water In Northwest Rivers Will Mean Less Hydropower<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/less-water-in-northwest-rivers-will-mean-less-hydropower/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcwNDczOTc3MjkxNDg4NzYyNjYyGjhhMjBlYTE0ZDhjZGQzM2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG5E0fQDw3DtwPZYJ4a2WlLJvjhmw>
OPB News
Jim Ruff, manager of main stem passage and river operations for the Council, submitted a memo to the council saying dismally low snow pack in many ...

Pot crop could test state rules on farms<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://pamplinmedia.com/nbg/142-news/259253-130930-pot-crop-could-test-state-rules-on-farms&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwNDczOTc3MjkxNDg4NzYxMzkyGjljMjhlODA0YTVmZTNjZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEEGL5z7oqBZVs4K0cTEAnzZ53g9A>
Pamplin Media Group
SALEM - Legalized marijuana in Oregon may spur more home-building on farmland unless regulators revise existing land use rules, according to ...

Metro, builders at odds over housing<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/259403-130352-metro-builders-at-odds-over-housing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4OTc1NDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHldRLSU4Qw6MJJoWOjbcvkD7UV8Q>
Pamplin Media Group
The prediction is included in the 2014 Urban Growth Report, which the Metro ... The report says the growth boundary does not need to be expanded if the ... the 2007 Oregon Legislature gave Metro the authority to designate urban ...

1.    Robert Moses, French Comic Book Hero<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/nyregion/robert-moses-french-comic-book-hero.html>
New York Times
But he had never been immortalized in a comic book. This failing has been rectified by "Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City," a ...

State board upholds county denial of permit for Oregon LNG pipeline<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/04/state_board_upholds_county_den.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4Mjc4NDAwNTEyNTkzNzIxMDYyGjEzMzhkOGYyZjY1YjFmNGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFSkONQDUi0EWP8hcObNBL9qPBlog>
OregonLive.com
Oregon's Land Use of Board of Appeals has upheld Clatsop County's ... with the coastal zone program, Oregon LNG could still appeal that decision to ...

Time to Move on from the Endangered Species Act<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://blog.heartland.org/2015/04/time-to-move-on-from-the-endangered-species-act/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4Mjc4NDAwNTEyNTkzNzIyNTAyGjRkZDkzNTdmMmUxNWM0Mjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQUlxtANezHcXpxm-rgFOaQ4opjw>
Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute (blog)
The Endangered Species Act ("ESA") in its current form has been around since 1973. Supposed environmental legislation from the early 70's (the ESA ...

Endangered species are on the brink<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://nevalleynews.org/3466/opinion/endangered-species-are-on-the-brink/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNDMzOTY0ODYyNTA3MzM0MzU2Mho0ZGQ5MzU3ZjJlMTVjNDI3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEq9y26K5lC_KuhaJliOtzGsAeyTg>
Northeast Valley News
Out of more than 76,000 species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, it is estimated that over 22,000 are at risk of ...

Cannon Beach rejects moratorium on dune grading<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150506/cannon-beach-rejects-moratorium-on-dune-grading&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwNDczOTc3MjkxNDg4NzQ3NjEyGmZjNmM4NzUzZGYyNDAxMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF6Izn2zOPsL16rD5gpqF_6PeodkQ>
Daily Astorian
... by the Oregon Coast Alliance and joined by 1000 Friends of Oregon, Surfrider Foundation and Friends of the Dunes, based in Cannon Beach.

The key to getting out of poverty? Good public transit, New York Times reports<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/the_key_to_getting_out_of_pove.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU5MDMzNjIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFHy9BMa5Z6pzS5kknqlQvhXMyDhA>
NOLA.com
Short commutes, the hallmark of a good public transportation system, may be the single biggest factor in a community's ability to advance out of ...

Warm, dry weather may mean busy Central Oregon fire season<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3116412-151/warm-dry-weather-may-mean-busy-central-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4Mjc4NDAwNTEyNTkzNzE4MDUyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE3U0QN5vX_4tUysLMC_LZQC13FQg>
Bend Bulletin
Conditions around Central Oregon are already more like what wildland firefighters would expect to see in June rather than the start of May. Warm, dry ...

Residents in at-risk regions admit they're not ready for wildfire<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/residents-in-at-risk-regions-admit-theyre-not-ready-for-wildfire-300078708.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwNDczOTc3MjkxNDg4NzYyODUyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGFuXSYGXkJz3sF_0j1If_H8kRloQ>
PR Newswire (press release)
... Northwest Poll, the vast majority of residents across Washington and Oregon (87 percent) share concern for the possibility of wildfires this summer, ...

A volcano may be erupting off the Oregon coast, scientists say<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/04/a_volcano_may_be_erupting_off.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4Mjc4NDAwNTEyNTkzNzU1ODcyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFC9MATxFwmXmex5msC05JOgP5paA>
OregonLive.com
... larger and more destructive earthquake. To Bill Chadwick, an Oregon State University geologist, the eruption at Axial Seamount was not a surprise.

Transportation Futures Study underway<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/258843-129451-transportation-futures-study-underway&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4Mjc4NDAwNTEyNTkzNzUxMjkyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGKIZXz2LMXi59ETmvuvZE4uN3REA>
Portland Tribune
The Washington County Transportation Futures Study is scheduled to take 18 ... Meeky Blizzard, a former staff member for Oregon Congressman Earl ...

Sutton Mountain wilderness legislation introduced by Sen. Merkley<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/05/sutton_mountain_wilderness_leg.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4Nzc5NTIaYTU3YzViY2I2NmNmYTVlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGpck8bgGWSLBc95Ke4zYQVAtbzdg>
OregonLive.com
Terry Richard | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... defend and restore Oregon's high desert, including in the John Day River Basin, for more than 25 years.

Editorial: Solar can be a good use of poor agricultural land<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/editorials/3131485-151/editorial-solar-can-be-a-good-use-of&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4NzUxNzIaY2UwZjQ5YTg1MDM1NmRhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH50pSpgErPefMj6QFTC5P9DIlSTQ>
Bend Bulletin
The firms, NorWest Energy 2 and Oregon Solar Land Holdings, have applied to Deschutes County for the conditional use permits needed to build the ...

Preserving Tillamook County's dairy industry<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/05/07/preserving-tillamook-countys-dairy-industry/70959238/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4NzM3ODIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGEBW7HiUXcxxMFaPHuCj3bwMGYkg>
Statesman Journal
Oregon's Tillamook County Creamery Association, a dairy co-op, checks that ... This symbiotic restoration project will allow dairies and wild habitat to ...

Growth pain relief years away in Bend<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/business/3112504-151/growth-pain-relief-years-away-in-bend&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE3MjUwNDM2ODYwMTg2ODAxMzIaZWY3NTVmOTI3Yjc0YjY1MDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFnep0VKd9RHluBBd-AJKAo6fLRaA>
Bend Bulletin
The city in 2009 proposed bringing another 8,400 acres within its limits, a plan the state Land Conservation and Development Commission returned ...

House OKs Buehler bill to streamline UGB process<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/House-OKs-Buehler-bill-to-streamline-UGB-process/32676036&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE3MjUwNDM2ODYwMTg2OTU2MzIaZmM2NjUwZjQ1YzRiMTlmODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHcjrEAe7FsTtcPrfi-LZtxFQFcbA>
KTVZ
The Oregon House voted unanimously Thursday in favor of HB 3282, a bill introduced by Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, to streamline the urban growth ...

Why Duplexes And Townhomes Make Urban Areas More 'Walkable'<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://keranews.org/post/why-duplexes-and-townhomes-make-urban-areas-more-walkable&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTE3MjUwNDM2ODYwMTg2NzAxNzIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHXjOfDsl6yEdhRSrKf7SSr3t_l2g>
KERA News
Architects and planners from across the country have flown or driven to Dallas for the 23rd annual Congress for the New Urbanism. But they would ...

Nestlé's water rights swap is really a swindle<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/05/01/nestls-water-rights-swap-really-swindle/26686101/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNDMzOTY0ODYyNTA3MzM1NTQ5MhoyZDBhYjNkOWM5OTVlZmExOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHCqhZgVpaRIUYdg2jnJWf64ZgUfQ>
Statesman Journal
Hidden in Nestlé's plan to bottle spring water in Cascade Locks is a big issue facing Oregon. It's a water rights swap that I believe is really a swindle.

Necanicum Estuary in Seaside harbors natural surprises: Wild about Oregon coast<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/05/necanicum_estuary_in_seaside_h.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTAxNjMyMzU3MjkzNTc4NDA5MzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFdN0XbAX1t7wtCbhWlpP9Jf0OfDQ>
OregonLive.com
An easy place to get a look is at the North Coast's Land Conservancy's Reuben Snake Memorial at 18.6-acre Neawanna Point, which has a small ...

Can Public Transportation Solve the Housing Crisis?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://sjindependent.org/report/can-public-transportation-solve-housing-crisis/627&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTAxNjMyMzU3MjkzNTc4NDk5NDIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHKx5d-4R_N_J-i8UkFtnzG3EmMlw>
San Juan Independent
"When I moved to Telluride in 1987 everyone told me, 'It will be easy to find a job, but good luck finding a place to live,'" San Miguel County ...

Large Herbivores Will Be First To Go Extinct As Global Warming Increases<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.piercepioneer.com/large-herbivores-will-be-first-to-go-extinct-as-global-warming-increases/40442&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTAxNjMyMzU3MjkzNTc4NTQxMjIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEBFqOU2Sz1Y-eZlcYaF95fQNl_ag>
Pioneer News
In response to the study, he says, "I expected that habitat change would be the main factor causing the endangerment of large herbivores. ... The Oregon State Department of Fisheries and Wildlife assistant professor continues, "We ...

1.    Hug Point, Arch Cape offer lonely Clatsop County sands; Wild about ...<http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/05/hug_point_arch_cape_offer_lone.html>
OregonLive.com
There's one waiting in southern Clatsop County, but it's best to do it at low tide. Hug Point got its name from early pioneers, because that's how ...

1.    Road-Tripping On The West Coast Electric Highway<http://ijpr.org/post/road-tripping-west-coast-electric-highway>
Jefferson Public Radio
My highway road test began at an Enterprise car rental lot in the ... 330 mile road trip using an electric car with an advertised range just over 80 ...

Dispute over Oregon campus site goes to state land use board<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://lmtribune.com/northwest/dispute-over-oregon-campus-site-goes-to-state-land-use/article_beaeadc9-56a0-53d1-b4b7-b79022ec1b5e.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjc4MTQ0NDY3MTIwNzc1ODg4NDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHBkMxqGqW2O9rbj4uk0hbuxpPtGg>
Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription)
SALEM, Ore. - An attorney for the group challenging the site of the proposed OSU-Cascades campus on Bend's west side said the university is hiding ...

new walkable villages planned near MARTA stations<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://commuting.blog.ajc.com/2015/05/05/new-walkable-villages-planned-near-marta-stations/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI2MDgyNjM1OTEzODY1NTkzODIaZmQ2NzIwMmRjMGNiZDM3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHJCHSXE1xiIIsGAu2M05hItSrVLA>
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
MARTA is looking at bringing walkable developments to 11 of its 38 rail stations. Developers have been identified for three of the projects (King ...

First Look! High Line's Future Gentrification<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/first-look-high-lines-future-gentrification.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTcwNDczOTc3MjkxNDg4NzY1MjAyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHh68Von4sBluhQivvMqIwXx0UAjw>
Vulture
Can the High Line get away with critiquing the High Line (or at least the gentrification it put into hyperdrive) on the High Line itself? In the six years ...

The dangers of eco-gentrification: what's the best way to make a city greener?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/06/dangers-ecogentrification-best-way-make-city-greener&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcwNDczOTc3MjkxNDg4NzY1MjAyGjU1YjI3MjI5ODgxN2I2NTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF_yqVtlumGH30knB6Z4FtIEOJPwg>
The Guardian
The High Line is thus a perfect example of "environmental gentrification" - the growing phenomenon of rising property values in the wake of a ...

Clatsop County seeks planning commission applicants<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150508/clatsop-county-seeks-planning-commission-applicants&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU5MDQ2MjIaMGM0ZjVkYjU3Y2JlNTI0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFrbuaSaXh4RSv7h1JrA0E47lOXUg>
Daily Astorian
... economic development, housing, farm and forest lands and coastal zones. The commission makes land use decisions on variances, conditional ...

Oregon State prof says 9.0 quake coming in 30-50 years<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/05/08/oregon-state-professor-predicts-earthquakes-may7-2015/70994148/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4OTkwNjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNENCfKmqutYUHQXYDYPYPvOKTjTDA>
kgw.com
The professor's latest book is called "Earthquake Time Bombs." One of the time bombs listed in the book is Nepal, where two weeks ago that time ...

Rodents may predict the next big earthquake: Bloomberg View<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/05/rodents_may_predict_the_next_b.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4OTkwNjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF0we9xnG2JXawzSxIBUkXaHthdVg>
OregonLive.com
Shyeam Bahadur Bhujel, 70, pauses after working on recovering items from demolished houses in Sakhu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.

City approves BikeShare agreement with Regional Planning Commission<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2015/05/07/city-approves-bikeshare-agreement-with-regional.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTc1NTM4OTE1MTAyNDU4NzIyNjIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHqUNe4-Mjw8YHwgzqf-8ri0iJdsQ>
Birmingham Business Journal
Council members unanimously approved a measure to execute the Franchise Agreement granting the Regional Planning Commission of Greater ...

Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager
Director's Office
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