From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri May 13 11:42:08 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 18:42:08 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for May 13, 2016 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02AE57EB8@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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Readers: Oregon's not a very good climate refuge Portland Business Journal (blog) The summer of 2015 was one of the driest in recent memory in Western Oregon, and the rains that finally came in the fall broke the drought that had ... 'Win-win' plan gives Hillsboro water for 100 years Pamplin Media Group In a $16.2 million deal with the city of Salem, Hillsboro city officials bought a water right permit on the Willamette River to back up the current supply ... 'There is still hope' for 326 trees to be logged for Jennings Lodge subdivision Portland Tribune ... the community group Friends of Jennings Lodge asked the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals for a stay to prevent the cutting of any trees until an ... Oregon Sets Another Tourism Record KEZI TV Travel Oregon said that the success came from the "Seven Wonders of Oregon" campaign, that featured the state's scenic landscapes. Due to its ... Oregon Housing and Community Services Department Gets Interim Director Bond Buyer Claire Seguin will serve as interim director of the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, a major bond issuer in the state, beginning ... Letters: Students tackle affordable housing crisis Pamplin Media Group The solution we have chosen is making more affordable housing in ... Look up companies in Oregon that operate in those industries, especially ... Affordable housing should be built to 'green' standards (OPINION) OregonLive.com The affordable housing law Gov. Kate Brown signed in April is an excellent first step in creating long-term solutions for the state's affordable housing ... Land needed for affordable housing Portland Tribune "We need some of the vast tracts of land now zoned for single-dwelling ... affordable homes by sharing land costs," the Oregon Opportunity Network ... Homelessness decreases slightly in Eugene-Springfield area The Register-Guard Human Services Supervisor Pearl Wolfe said that, compared to last year, social service agencies had found more housing for chronically homeless ... Colorado City Pushes Hard for Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Oregon Route Fifty Part of that proposal, which has approval from the U.S. Department of ... Cove as it seeks state water permits from the Department of State Lands. We can create more opportunities Pamplin Media Group Third, we can continue growing Oregon's clean energy economy. Last session, we increased our production goals for renewable energy and ... State, environmental groups seek dismissal of Linn County timber lawsuit Albany Democrat Herald "That, in turn, imposed incredible social costs on the residents of rural Oregon - costs like loss of employment, family disruption, strains on public ... A slide toward extinction WilliametteLive.com In 1990, under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... Responsibility for maintaining Oregon forests rests with the U.S. Forest ... Threatened frogs get more recognition Portland Tribune The threatened Oregon spotted frog now has some territory designated as its "critical habitat," after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally ... 'Frog Of Great Importance' Has New Critical Habitat In Washington, Oregon KUOW News and Information On Monday federal officials defined the critical habitat for a rare Northwest creature: the Oregon spotted frog. That designation is required since the ... Soon-to-open Netarts Surf Inn to feature self-check-in, firepit and gaming room Tillamook County Pioneer Nick Petersen outside the newly remodeled Netarts Surf Inn. (Photo by LeeAnn Neal/Tillamook County Pioneer) Click/tap to enlarge. NETARTS, Ore. House panel holds hearing on CRR wildfire protection bill KTVZ The U.S. House Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a hearing Thursday on four bills, one from Oregon Republican Greg Walden aimed at scaling ... EPA delays releasing Superfund cleanup plan, again Portland Tribune The Environmental Protection Agency told the city of Portland Tuesday that it will announce a new release date for its cleanup plan sometime during ... Oregon's Sen. Jeff Merkley joins call to cut air pollution at ports, railyards The Register-Guard Dick Durbin joined Merkley on Wednesday in a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce emissions at ports and freight railyards. Cliven Bundy Standoff Brews Over Cattle On Federal Land Huffington Post Bundy, 70, whose sons led an armed occupation earlier this year at a wildlife refuge in Oregon, was arrested in February at the Portland airport. County gets help with economic development Ontario Argus Observer ONTARIO - Malheur County is one of 13 counties in eastern and central Oregon which is receiving assistance from the Economic Development ... After The Occupation, Oregon Sees A Rise In 'Patriot' Candidates OPB News They also tend to promote a limited federal government and support the idea that federal lands should be under local control. But not all patriots are ... FSA administrator visits Eastern Oregon East Oregonian (subscription) The morning started with a tour of Oregon Hay Products in Boardman, ... Agency operates under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is primarily in ... Oregon Department of Forestry keeps watch at site of prescribed burn in Tillamook State Forest Tillamook County Pioneer TILLAMOOK, Ore. - Today the Oregon Department of Forestry conducted a prescribed burn on a 116-acre site on the Tillamook State Forest near ... The Devastating Fort McMurray Wildfire and What It Means for 2016 Wildfire Season The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists (blog) The terrible wildfire around Fort McMurray in Alberta continues to rage, ... Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and California all experienced some of their ... Story of cities #41: Soul City's failed bid to build a black-run suburbia for America The Guardian Soul City was dreamed up - and practically built - by Floyd McKissick: attorney, civil rights activist and force of nature. Photograph: Harold Valentine/ ... Visions of heaven and hell: life on the fringes of the world's biggest cities The Guardian Over eight years, photojournalist Adam Hinton spent time in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Jakarta, Manila, Cape Town and Caracas, meeting residents ... Calls for action mount as six Indian cities hit top 10 of air pollution The Guardian Environmental campaigners in India have called for the government to implement a "stringent, time-bound" plan to curb air pollution in cities, as a new ... Air pollution: how does it affect you? - The Guardian Housing Affordability Improves in 1st QTR Builder Magazine It is common for home affordability to pick up in a first quarter, as national median price usually goes a notch lower before entering the Spring selling ... State officials rethink plan to tear up Adirondack train track North Country Public Radio That plan was approved by the Adirondack Park Agency three months ago. But it still hasn't been signed and Conservation Commissioner Basil ... Sprawl, Smart Growth and Strong Towns Strong Towns In a solo podcast, Chuck talks about the articles he wrote on Smart Growth and sprawl (first and second) and why he doesn't use either term in ... Innovation Districts: The Chattanooga Story Smart Growth Online Innovation districts have been shown to usher in new eras of prosperity in some of the world's largest cities, but do they have the same effect upon ... Story of cities #40: how a village had to die so Hamburg's port could survive The Guardian In the 60s Hamburg officials planned to demolish a fishing village to make space for a new container terminal. As port cities struggle to keep up with an ... The great leap upward: China's Pearl River Delta, then and now The Guardian The Pearl River Delta has witnessed the most rapid urban expansion in human history - a predominantly agricultural region transformed into the ... Get Around Chicago Like an Insider with 20 Apps Planetizen These 20 apps and services will help you engage with everything Chicago has to offer in a whole new way. Chicago may be experiencing record ... New Renderings Revealed of Brooklyn Strand Project, Downtown Brooklyn New York YIMBY Back in November of 2015, renderings were revealed of the renovations that are planned to go into repositioning the Brooklyn War Memorial and ... 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: