From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Aug 21 16:55:02 2015 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:55:02 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for August 21, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF01C5E34A0@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. ________________________________ Vision Zero traffic safety task force announced Pamplin Media Group Mayor Charlie Hales and Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick ... Oregon Department of Transportation Region 1 Policy and Development ... More Oregon watersheds receive added regulatory oversight Capital press Traditionally, the Oregon Department of Agriculture's water quality investigations were driven by complaints, but the agency worried that this approach ... Lane County developers planning Veneta subdivision The Register-Guard VENETA - Two Creswell brothers with major timber holdings across Lane County want to turn 17 acres of wooded land near Fern Ridge Lake into a ... Here's how to check wildfire conditions before going camping, hiking OregonLive.com The "large fire map" on the website brings up a map of Oregon and ... Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management or Oregon State Parks to see if ... Three Firefighters Killed in Washington as Wildfires Spread Across West NBCNews.com ... of the more than 100 wildfires burning across at least 1.1 million acres in the West, ... "The fire was racing and the winds were blowing in every direction. .... Oregon's biggest problem was the 48,201-acre Canyon Creek Complex of ... Oregon soldiers activated to help fight wildfires Statesman Journal About 125 soldiers from the Oregon National Guard are training this week to join the fight against wildfires. Gov. Kate Brown, while visiting the Eastern ... Gov. Kate Brown to tour fire zone near John Day as wildfires continue wreaking havoc in Northwest OregonLive.com At least 80 homes and 100 other structures have been leveled by wildfires in Oregon and Washington this summer. Drought, high temperatures and ... California Wildfires: Can Burning Marijuana Fields Get You High? Live Science Recent wildfires in Northern California have consumed tens of thousands of acres in the past several weeks. In a paradoxical twist, some of the farms ... Growers look for sustainability in resource heavy weed industry Center for Public Integrity Jesse Peters, owner of Eco Firma Farms near West Linn, Oregon, said the fears concerning the impact of the marijuana industry as it expands are ... BLM announces appointments to Coastal Oregon Advisory Council Coos Bay World WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management welcomes 15 newly appointed members to its citizen-based Coastal Oregon Resource ... Toxic legacy: Abandoned mines cover Oregon, the West Statesman Journal BLM manages 15.7 million acres of public land in Oregon. Agency officials suspect there are thousands of abandoned mines on those lands, Barber ... Hood River County joins suit against Forest Service over Mt. Hood land deal OregonLive.com Hood River County joins suit against Forest Service over Mt. Hood land ... A group of Hood River Valley residents and Oregon environmentalist filed ... Woman's five-day fast outside Cascade Locks City Hall targets Nestle deal OregonLive.com The fish Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife owns water rights at Oxbow Springs. In April, the department's leaders agreed to swap a portion of ... Coos Bay's water supply investment paying off during drought Longview Daily News COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Earlier this summer, Coos County became one of 23 of Oregon's 36 counties to be declared in a state of drought emergency ... Salem TURN OFF THE SPRINKLERS WilliametteLive.com The Santiam River Basin is where Salem's water comes from, so you would ... A dozen or more Oregon cities, including Keizer and Silverton, have ... America's Rivers Are Flowing-With Bee-Killing Pesticides TakePart Scientists linked the pollution to agricultural chemicals called neonicotinoids, which farmers use to coat agricultural crops to protect them from insect ... 1. Canada's maple syrup cartel puts squeeze on small producers Al Jazeera America Maple syrup production has a narrow window toward the end of winter, with ... they've spent $15,000 Canadian ($12,000) on legal fees to date. $2 million Pentagon grant to benefit sage grouse Military Times State and federal land managers working to keep the greater sage grouse off the list of endangered species ... Some of its most critical remaining habitat is in the Great Basin spread across parts of Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Oregon. Conservationists fight worrisome invasive weed Daily Astorian ... contamination of hay and pastures, according to an Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University Extension Service article. Why sage grouse could become the next spotted owl Washington Post States fear that sage grouse will become the new northern spotted owl. That animal's 1990 listing as threatened in the forests of Washington, Oregon ... A little gentrification can be a good thing for north Minneapolis Minneapolis Star Tribune On the upper North Side of Minneapolis, a modest dose of gentrification feels like tough medicine to swallow for some, but it's just what the ailing ... Rio's Olympic village: a green housing dream, but a gentrification nightmare - video The Guardian Construction crews are hard at work building Ilha Pura - "Pure Island" in Portuguese - an 800,000-sq-meter development in the heart of Rio de ... CityLab on Twitter: "Are you a helicopter parent? Blame gentrification http://t.co/EyeRaSZquY via ... twitter.com Are you a helicopter parent? Blame gentrification http://trib.al/v35qf4v via @NextCityOrg pic.twitter.com/KfmsMXv5GV * Embedded image permalink. This California city is building a water park during the state's worst drought Inhabitat (blog) As California endures the worst drought in its history, children are taught ... been in the works for 10 years, conceived of prior to the drought when snow packs ... facility that is a massive waste of water during a state-wide water crisis. FRA's regional plan to include Ohio-to-Chicago passenger-rail corridor Progressive Rail Roading The Ohio-to-Chicago passenger-rail corridor will be part of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) regional rail plan for the Midwest, two ... Report: Groundwater pumping in California has land sinking KERO 23ABC News A record low mountain snowpack has increased pumping of groundwater by farmers and other water users. Scientists used satellite images of the ... US Seed Plan Aims to Protect Land After Natural Disasters ABC News US Seed Plan Aims to Protect Land After Natural Disasters ... deputy director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as he announced the plan at ... Study: Sacramento region continues outward growth despite 'Blueprint' goals Sacramento Bee Sacramento's landmark 2004 "Blueprint" plan to restrain suburban development has had some positive effects, but overall "did little to check raging ... Safe Routes to School founder Deb Hubsmith loses battle with cancer Bicycle Retailer FAIRFAX, Calif. (BRAIN) - Deb Hubsmith, the longtime leader of the Safe Routes to School movement in the U.S., passed away Tuesday after a ... 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