From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri May 29 16:07:37 2015 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 23:07:37 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for May 29, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF01C5A5931@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. ________________________________ Farmer v. farmer: Future of Oregon water at center of fight over new dam in Silverton OregonLive.com "We don't think it's right they steal our property so they can benefit ... The East Valley Water District is considered a special district under Oregon law, ... 1. Your Contribution to the California Drought New York Times California farmers produce more than a third of the nation's vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts. To do that, they use nearly 80 ... Oregon cannabis feud pits marijuana growers against hemp farmers The Register-Guard SALEM - Marijuana growers worry that Oregon's emerging hemp industry could take the buzz out of their recreational and medicinal weed. Legislative roundup: How ag bills have fared this session Capital press With just over a month remaining in Oregon's legislative session, ... by the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, which is ... Nestle Bottled-Water Plan Draws Fight in Drought-Stricken Oregon Bloomberg Nestle SA's plan to bottle Oregon's spring water is stoking a fight with lawmakers and environmental activists who say a corporation shouldn't be ... GMO control area proposal revived Capital Press House Bill 3554 would allow the Oregon Department of Agriculture to ... which died in the House Committee on Rural Communities, Land Use and ... Stranded: How America's Failing Public Transportation Increases Inequality The Atlantic In many cities, the areas with the shoddiest access to public transit are the most impoverished-and the lack of investment leaves many Americans ... Walkable neighbourhoods ease stranger danger fears Science Network Western Australia UWA social scientist Sarah Foster, who led the research, says the natural surveillance generated by a more walkable neighbourhood helps to ... Most Bikeable Cities of 2015 Huffington Post Minneapolis wins the award for most bikeable city in the U.S., according to the ranking, with a Bike Score of 81.3. Minneapolis has a strong lead over ... Portland's worst street for bike-car crashes? SE Division, data show (interactive map) OregonLive.com Data provided to The Oregonian/OregonLive by the Oregon Department of Transportation's Crash Analysis and Reporting Unit show that six of the ... Wisconsin is losing its bike-able rating due to funding cuts WDJT It's 'Bike to Work Day' and Wisconsin may be losing its name as a top bike-able city. Once ranked in the top three, it's now slipped to number nine ... Why does the US have bad public transit? Blame class warfare. The Week Magazine Which makes the tragedy another one of those moments when we wonder what became of U.S. infrastructure - and public transit specifically - and ... Deal reached to clean radioactive basin at Hanford Nuclear Reservation OregonLive.com An agreement has been reached to clean up a radioactive basin on the ... nuclear sludge from the basin, which is located along the Columbia River. Atlantic Editor Wonders If Maybe Immigration Has Something To Do With California's Water Crisis Huffington Post But the paper has mainly attributed California's water crisis to a four-year drought that has drastically reduced the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. Washington Declares Drought Emergency-Is Oregon Next? The Source Weekly Only one of these states has issued a drought emergency declaration. ... And a look at the Oregon Water Availability Committee's Water Supply ... NASA photos show low snowpack in Northwest KING5.com Some startling new images from NASA illustrate the growing concerns about drought in Washington and Oregon. Satellite images from space show ... Extraordinary combustion- Oregon Forests in Peril Oregon Natural Resources Report Development associated with 7 billion people, climate change, an excess of intense wildfires, disease and insects; all of these factors and more ... The Future is Now for Three Small Forests In Oregon KUOW News and Information Some of Oregon's forest owners are seeking innovative ways to make a living off their land without logging it hard. Oregon's small forest landowners, ... Sustainable Land Management can Provide Building Materials for Post-Disaster Recovery USDA.gov (press release) (blog) Forest Products Laboratory contributes to developing codes and standards for mid- to high-rise wood structures. Photo credit: USDA Forest Service. Controversial Oregon coastal land deal moves forward Walla Walla Union-Bulletin John Kitzhaber, a Chicago-based developer has secured an unprecedented deal to swap land with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department on ... Senator proposes new wilderness area in Central Oregon Walla Walla Union-Bulletin One of the "Seven Wonders of Oregon" could soon be surrounded by 58,000 ... It would also transfer 2,000 acres of land to Wheeler County from the ... Pity the Poor Sage-Grouse The Source Weekly In some other states, sage-grouse have been wiped out by oil and gas development. That hasn't happened in Oregon yet, but sage-grouse ... How New Rangeland Wildfire Priorities Could Save Sage Grouse Boise State Public Radio The state created the Governor's Sage Grouse Task Force in 2012 to tackle the issue head-on, in the hopes that collaborative ... The wildfire strategy centers on the fire-prone rangeland in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California. Sage-Grouse Plan Said to Bar Drilling on Some U.S. Land Bloomberg Long a totem of the American West, the greater sage-grouse has been at ... government did in Oregon with the spotted owl," said Kathleen Sgamma, ... Join the Great British Bee Count and help save our bees SheKnows.com If we didn't have bees U.K. farmers would have to pay ?1.8 billion a year ... meadows and acknowledges the need to minimise the risk of pesticides. BLM auctions off 73 parcels of Colorado land for oil and gas development Denver Business Journal (blog) A 33,000-acre Weld County grassland has been leased for oil and gas development for $30.8 million, the U.S Bureau of Land Management ... Coos County commissioners dismayed by BLM's plan for O&C lands Coos Bay World COOS COUNTY - The release of the Bureau of Land Management's draft resource management plan for Western Oregon has come as a ... Land Management Agency Starts Conversation About Western Oregon Forest Plan Jefferson Public Radio The Bureau of Land Management kicked off a series of public meetings ... kinds of recreational opportunities they want to pursue on the O&C Lands. 1. The Urban Housing Crunch Costs the U.S. Economy About $1.6 ... Huffington Post The dearth of affordable housing options in superstar cities like New ... of Silicon Valley) costs the U.S. economy about $1.6 trillion a year in lost ... Bend's housing crisis, Pt. 1: Who's to blame? KTVZ Oregon approved the city of Bend's urban growth boundary in 1981 and it hasn't ... Buehler noted that the UGB was designed to protect high-valuer farmland, and ... High says the stuck urban growth boundary is the biggest problem. Deschutes County seeing more land use applications Bend Bulletin A significant number of land use cases from Deschutes County have landed in front of the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals this year and more are ... Metro, state agencies question LO's Sensitive Lands overhaul Pamplin Media Group The city also received letters from the state Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the ... Solar contractor SolTerra kept getting cut from developments for cost, so it became a developer OregonLive.com Heather is standing amid solar panels that provide power to the company's offices. ... Energy Trust is funded largely by Oregon utility customers. Walkable Urban Places are the Future of Real Estate Development PR Newswire (press release) Residential walkable communities generate four times the tax revenue compared to regional and business malls, bringing more value to the area, ... IMPENDING CASCADIA EARTHQUAKE: It will take 50 Years to prepare Lincoln City News Guard Oregon State University College of Engineering Dean Scott Ashford ... Earthquake preparation - or lack thereof - is not an issue unique to Oregon, ... from a massive earthquake and tsunami that is anticipated on the Cascadia ... Research Finds Land Use Decision-Making Remains Local Business Facilities Magazine (press release) (blog) ... better resilience in the face of climate change and greater equity in economic development, but most land use planning continues to be done at the ... Land Conservancy receives funds for land purchase Daily Astorian North Coast Land Conservancy received word that it has been selected to receive $524,000 from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board toward ... North Portland Gentrification Documentary Launching Kickstarter Campaign GoLocalPDX A documentary about gentrification in North and Northeast Portland, produced by Portland journalist and filmmaker Cornelius Swart, is launching a ... 1. Wizer block developer: 'We are doing it right in Oregon' (Guest ... Portland Business Journal (blog) A recent decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals caused me to reflect upon where development occurs, and whether we in Oregon are ... The Link Between Walkable Neighborhoods and Race CityLab I've written before about the connection between walkable neighborhoods and higher housing values, reduced rates of violent crime, obesity, ... Our Opinion: Action on transportation funds is crucial Portland Tribune If no transportation bill moves this session, everyone loses - rural ... They simply send a message that Oregon is a state that cares about climate ... Oregon to Test Pay-Per-Mile Idea as Replacement for Gas Tax ABC News Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to ... gas tax," said Shelley Snow with the Oregon Department of Transportation. Columbia River Basin Restoration Act Introduced Today myCentralOregon.com Toxins are present throughout the Columbia Basin, and are harmful to humans, fish ... "The Columbia River is an Oregon icon that is central to both our ... Major fish kill likely in Klamath River as salmon parasite thrives in drought OregonLive.com Drought has produced conditions allowing deadly salmon parasites to ... drought, said Jerri Bartholomew, professor of microbiology at Oregon State ... 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