From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Aug 7 16:18:11 2015 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 23:18:11 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for August 7, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF01C5C7124@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. ________________________________ Sage-grouse rules adopted Oregon Natural Resources Report On July 24th, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) adopted new rules that would allow limited development in core ... Sage Grouse Census Could Change Debate on Listing Natural Gas Intelligence The greater sage grouse became a candidate for protection under the ... across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, ... When Gentrification Meets School Choice, Portland-Style OPB News Rising home prices have brought a profound demographic change to the Boise neighborhood in North Portland: the white population has almost ... Builders Challenge Portland, Ore. Parks Fees Courthouse News Service ... including the Oregon Association of Realtors, claim the city did not identify how it will spend its "windfall," as required by Oregon law. ... Dave Nelson, CEO of the co-plaintiff Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland, said ... No expansion likely for Metro urban growth boundary Pamplin Media Group Not expanding the Urban Growth Boundary this year would maintain a ... Land Use Board of Appeals and, from there, the Oregon Court of Appeals. Building Bend's Future The Source Weekly And some city leaders believe that loosening up the Urban Growth Boundary could provide some relief from that chokehold. It is a basic theory that ... Radnor Planning Commission mulls Mixed Use PLO zoning overlay Main Line RADNOR >> The Radnor Planning Commission discussed a proposed zoning overlay for the Planned Laboratory Office district that encompasses ... Oregon warning marijuana growers against illegal pesticides The Idaho Statesman The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it has drawn up a ... the Oregon Health Authority is sending to registered medical marijuana ... Harvard review of housing programs to be presented to funding sources Hannibal Courier ... Programs Carla Potts in partnership with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission and the Illinois Two Rivers Regional Council of Public ... 1. Future Miami: Welcoming the Flood With Open Arms Inverse By far, the biggest challenge that will face Miami over the next century is the changing sea levels. A reputation for eye-grabbing curves aside, ... 1. What Will Become Of China's Ghost Cities? Forbes All in hopes that its rural population will one day move to a flat in a city without a mayor. ... population will be 1 billion; three times that of the United States. ... That would require the construction of 50 Bostons, or six Shanghais, by 2020. ... Tattoed hipster and Silk Road traveling journalist Wade Shepard calls ... These Are The 10 Best States For People With Disabilities Huffington Post According to the United Cerebral Palsy's most recent ranking of the best states for people with disabilities, there are five distinct categories. It requires ... Slow Traffic a Plus for Walkable Developments GlobeSt.com Olsen: "People spaces, eyes on the street, slow-moving traffic and a few strategically located parking spaces are essential in a walkable development. The political power of walking Cape Breton Post In the walkable neighbourhoods, elderly or frail residents living alone had some acquaintance with the local barber or letter carrier or fruit-market ... Uber and Public Transit Are Trying to Get Along CityLab But the e-hail cab company seems to be making an effort with public transportation agencies in the U.S., at least if a few early partnerships are any ... Oregon wildfires at a glance: Crews continue to do battle OregonLive.com The fire area and forest roads remain closed to the public, and Oregon 138 remains open with the aid of a pilot car. The cause of the fire remains ... Wet El Nino winter TriValley Central "What we would ideally like is a good soaking rain before we get our first snowfall," Selover said. "So the soil gets wet, then we have our snow pack on ... Dallas: Conserve water to help parched users downstream Statesman Journal In Oregon, water is publicly owned. However, cities, farmers, businesses, factory owners and some others must obtain water-rights permits from the ... USDA extends drought disaster to more PNW counties Capital press USDA extends drought disaster to more PNW counties ... ranchers eligible for federal drought relief in 18 Washington counties, seven Oregon counties ... In drought, Pacific Northwest cities, farms face water cuts KVAL (AP) - A deepening drought in the Pacific Northwest is forcing some cities, ... Brown has also declared drought emergencies in 23 of Oregon's 36 ... Two Of Oregon's Worst Dams For Fish Are Coming Down OPB News A dry summer in Southern Oregon means the important salmon and ... By the 1980s, water rights associated with the dams had been abandoned, ... Newly Formed Local Agriculture, Land Use Leadership Institute to Host Trainings Madison County Courier Newly Formed Local Agriculture, Land Use Leadership Institute to Host ... of land use planning, farmland protection, and agricultural economic development. ... For more information and to apply for the Local Agricultural & Land Use ... 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