From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Feb 5 17:01:40 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 01:01:40 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for February 5, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02ADEFD33@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. 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How Conservationists Could Have Prevented the Oregon Standoff TIME In 2003, the Institute for Wildlife Protection filed a 992 page petition to force listing of the Greater Sage Grouse with the Department of Interior under the ... Sisters area wedding site denied by appeals court Bend Bulletin The Oregon Court of Appeals has dealt another blow to a Sisters-area couple who ... agreeing with a Oregon State Land Use Board of Appeals ruling last year. ... The decision allowed for 18 weddings to be held on the 1.6-acre park ... Metro Council stands firm on Stafford Portland Tribune ... goes back to the state Land Conservation and Development Commission. ... Oregon lawmakers intervened shortly afterward to settle Washington ... Should Oregon's local governments get to ban GMO crops? Statesman Journal The battle over genetically engineered crops has returned to the Legislature. A House committee on Thursday heard testimony on the first of two bills ... Dam lessons for the Northwest Idaho Statesman (blog) The tribes, with senior water rights recognized in Oregon state court, would have subordinated their senior rights so farmers had access to the water ... Lane County commmissioners agree to help fund lawsuit against BLM Western Oregon ... The Register-Guard Environmental advocates say a number of federal laws restrict logging on federal lands and that the O&C Act of 1937 isn't the only thing guiding ... Tree Farm development west of Bend moves forward Bend Bulletin ... reached this week between developers and Central Oregon LandWatch. ... in the planned westward expansion of Bend's urban growth boundary. Financial challenges loom, but there's time to plan Pamplin Media Group Measure 50, implemented during the 1997-1998 fiscal year, cut taxes and established a cap on how much a property's assessed value could increase ... What can Oregon learn from Utah's success? OregonLive.com (blog) They didn't walk away from serving others, but the primary focus of their "Housing First" effort was on the chronically homeless population, which they ... Can Salem Build a home for its homeless? WilliametteLive.com The Council says, "Study after study has shown that Housing First yields ... Here in Salem, the Housing First approach is approved by T.J. Putman, .... like those on the old North Campus of the Oregon State Hospital or aging hotels. Bill aims to fund Salem transit WilliametteLive.com Other backers are the Oregon Transportation Association and Rogue Valley Transportation District. In the legislature, sponsors include Rep. Jodi Hack ... Smith Rock Love The Source Weekly Central Oregon's majestic Smith Rock State Park is considered to be one of Oregon's "Seven Wonders" by Travel Oregon, the state agency that ... Oregon's water outlook is good for now, but not a sure thing Capital Press PORTLAND - Oregon's snowpack looks good as February unfolds, but the hydrologist who tracks it says anything can happen in the next couple ... Feds Announce New Klamath Accord to Remove Dams by 2020 North Coast Journal (blog) If approved, PacifiCorp would transfer title of the Klamath River dams to a non-federal entity that ... "Oregon is moving forward in the Klamath Basin. California, Oregon moving to demolish Klamath dams Bend Bulletin -Federal officials and the states of California and Oregon will press ... Dam removal and associated habitat restoration has been estimated to cost at ... One lane of Highway 101 open near sinkhole Curry Coastal Pilot The Oregon Department of Transportation will announce which company has won the bid to repair the damage Thursday - and the winner will have a ... Coal on chopping block as work begins on renewable energy proposals Pamplin Media Group SALEM - Oregon lawmakers held the first hearings Tuesday on two major bills to increase limits on carbon emissions. Legislative committees have ... A River Used To Run Through It The Source Weekly The Deschutes Basin Board of Control, which includes the Tumalo, North Unit and Central irrigation districts, released a statement responding to the ... Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050 sadie.carney at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: