From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Oct 9 17:01:21 2015 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:01:21 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for October 2, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF01C63A4C4@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. ________________________________ Ask the Economist: Rise in Employment, Millennial Demand Will Bring Housing Up in 2016 DSNews.com She has also worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education ... Apple Doubles Land Ownership In Central Oregon OPB News Both Facebook and Apple built their data centers in Prineville's business enterprise zone. That means they pay taxes on their property, but not on the ... Oregon's outdoor tourism headed for record levels Statesman Journal In almost every corner of Oregon, outdoor tourism is on the rise. Despite a summer marked by drought and wildfire, Oregon's state parks, national ... Pick for ag board out of step with Oregon agriculture Capital press Pick for ag board out of step with Oregon agriculture ... This allows the Department of Agriculture and the governor's office to work in secrecy to secure ... Collective vision a different agricultural model Capital press Drawn by Oregon's land-use laws that protect farmland, he and his wife, Machelle, also a Microsoft refugee, moved from Seattle in 2010 intending to ... Next phase approaches for Tumalo Irrigation District piping Bend Bulletin The announcement of the next phase comes as the Bureau of Reclamation and Deschutes River basin irrigation districts, including TID, face a ... Oregon Receives $2 Million In Specialty Crop Funds OPB News The Oregon Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this year's Specialty Crop Block Grant Programs Funds. Oregon's Pot Pesticide Problem Forbes The Oregon Department of Agriculture warned marijuana growers to not use illegal pesticides. However, The Oregonian/Oregon Live had two ... Oregon liquor commission issues draft rules for recreational market OregonLive.com Noelle Crombie | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... and proof of water rights or a statement that water is supplied by a public system or irrigation district. An Oregon Brewery Is the First Ever to Go "Salmon-Safe" Smithsonian In fact, according to the Brewer's Association, Oregon has the most ... and city land throughout Oregon, Washington, California and British Columbia ... NOAA awards $1.1 million to support coastal communities facing changing sea levels and coastal ... NOAA Oregon State University / NOAA Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies ($444,743) to look how natural infrastructure can protect coastal ... New growth, new timber harvests Herald and News Andy Elsbree, vice president and general manager of Oregon Operations, said when Green Diamond purchased its Oregon land, the company ... Forest Service Doubles Fleet of Large Firefighting Planes myCentralOregon.com The addition of the "next generation" aerial firefighting planes - older passenger jets refurbished to drop 3,000 to 11,000 gallons of fire retardant, ... As Oregon's wildfires spread, so did the compassion Daily Astorian I have always enjoyed Cannon Beach's combination of green forest and expansive ocean, but never more so than upon my recent return from John ... Oregon Needs Its Own Bernie Sanders BlueOregon Oregon needs its own Bernie Sanders-type candidates to run in the ... trampling landowners' property rights, and polluting hundreds of waterways. Community invited to help plan Oregon's future Ogle County News He said the city's comprehensive plan will be used for long term development. The mapping program will offer specifics with what to do in the short ... Aumsville to host civic planning workshop Statesman Journal "Building Successful Communities Regional Planning Workshop and Small Cities Networking" will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, ... Ballot measures to eliminate coal power, raise renewables to 50% filed in Oregon Portland Business Journal (blog) Renewable energy advocacy group Renew Oregon filed a pair of ballot measures yesterday with the secretary of state's office that, if passed, would ... Oregon panel holds first meeting on Windfloat Pacific project Recharge (subscription) Portland General Electric (PGE) and Pacific Power, the state's dominant ... They claimed it would cost three to four times more than onshore wind. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park concerned about Oregon LNG Daily Astorian Lewis and Clark National Historical Park concerned about Oregon LNG .... This habitat, the Interior Department noted, was restored as part of the ... State Wildlife officials ask hunters, public for help spotting elk with hoof disease Tillamook County Pioneer TILLAMOOK, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking hunters and others in northwest Oregon to be on the lookout for limping elk ... Downtown association honored for efforts Daily Astorian Dulcye Taylor, a volunteer board president with the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association, won Volunteer of the Year at Oregon Main Street's ... Editorial: Regulations could be tough on Eastern Oregon Bend Bulletin About half of the sage grouse's habitat is on federal land. There is a substantial portion in Oregon that is also on private land. We don't want the bird to ... Land trust in Oregon holding out hope for Skyline Forest HeraldNet BEND, Ore. - An Oregon land trust says it might be able to follow through on its proposed Skyline Forest project despite an investment company's ... Land could be sold for national guard facility near Redmond Bend Bulletin The plan to purchase land for a new Oregon Military Department facility south of Redmond is moving forward and could be finalized by the end of the ... Bully Creek in Malheur County Survives Name Change Jefferson Public Radio ... Bully Creek in Southeastern Malheur County still goes by Bully Creek. The authoritative book titled "Oregon Geographic Names" tells how the creek ... Skagit streams included in six-state drought study goskagit.com It is joined by drought-stricken California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. "This was the first time we had a broad campaign within Washington, and ... Oregon Officials Replace Human Lookouts With Cameras To Spot Wildfires NPR Maintaining a fire tower lookout can be costly for wildfire agencies, but in the West, many towers are still staffed by seasonal employees. Now the ... Chamber of Commerce fights Cherriots' proposed payroll tax Statesman Journal According to the Oregon Employment Division, the median payroll in the ... for Lane Transit District, said employers pay a payroll tax of 0.7 percent, ... Support payroll tax; Salem needs better transit service Statesman Journal What's unfair is that Salem's largest employer, the state of Oregon, has been paying a de facto payroll tax to Cherriots for years, while Salem's ... Oregon's per-mile driving tax program lacks driver participation Land Line Magazine The Oregon Department of Transportation reported to a state task force this week that a goal of enrolling 5,000 drivers in a pilot program to test the first ... 10 States Suffering the Most from Underwater Mortgages The Cheat Sheet The amount of underwater homeowners also varies significantly across the country. Let's take a look at the 10 worst states for underwater mortgages. 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