From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Sep 16 16:15:14 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 23:15:14 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for September 16, 2016 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02AEE0F6C@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. ________________________________ Editorial: Oregon cities need to be able to expand Bend Bulletin Oregon's land use planning laws have a couple of major aims, They were written to preserve farm and forest land, and they're designed to prevent ... Public hearing on Springfield urban growth boundary expansion set for Monday The Register-Guard Public hearing on Springfield urban growth boundary expansion set for ... Under Oregon land use law, cities must maintain a 20-year supply of land for ... Oregon conservation easement program will seek $4.25 million Capital Press They haven't been as commonly used in Oregon as in other states because of the statewide land-use planning system, but this system alone isn't ... Katy Coba says goodbye to the Department of Agriculture Capital Press Katy Coba says goodbye to the Department of Agriculture ... And as Coba leaves the Oregon Department of Agriculture after 13 years as director ... Travel Oregon taps Tillamook County tourism organization for 2017 agritourism program Tillamook County Pioneer TILLAMOOK, Ore. - Visit Tillamook Coast, the official Tillamook County tourism organization, is the recipient of the 2017 Travel Oregon Tourism Rural ... Why We Need Measure 97 Salem Weekly In 1987 corporations paid 50% of total property taxes, but now they pay only 40%. With Oregon's corporate tax rate now 50th in the nation, individual ... New Bend housing workgroup will focus on "missing middle" Bend Bulletin The group will be funded by a combination of grants and donations from local organizations. The Central Oregon Association of Realtors has pledged ... Will Bend's housing supply keep up with the demand? Bend Bulletin Bend needs about 13,000 new housing units by 2028 to keep up with the ... Tim Knopp, executive vice president of the Central Oregon Builders ... Council earmarks $300k for housing Sisters Nugget In 2015, the Oregon legislature committed $40 million of general obligation ... Connolly pointed out that securing affordable housing is the Council's ... Portland needs earthquake retrofits before old buildings become deathtraps (Opinion) OregonLive.com Bricks that fell from the side of an historic bank litter the sidewalk after an early morning earthquake in Pawnee, Oklahoma earlier this month. Washington County riders help fill Cycle Oregon ranks OregonLive.com About 170 riders from the county are on the ride, Cycle Oregon official say. And if Larson and ... It's great what it does for rural Oregon. "And where else ... Thousands expected to bike and hike Crater Lake National Park on vehicle-free days Mail Tribune When Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Craig Ackerman, Travel Oregon leaders and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden came up with the idea of ... Southern Exposure: Protecting land, wildlife an acre at a time Daily Astorian The laws soon showed effects on land-use decisions in Oregon and locally. In 1986, property then known as "Gearhart Ranch" - later developed into ... What's Up With All The Dead Trees? Jefferson Public Radio Krunglevich is with the Oregon Department of Forestry. ... of the weather data during the most recent drought in southern Oregon, from 2013 to 2015. Applegate residents fume over BLM plan Mail Tribune The group Applegate Neighborhood Network is at odds with the BLM's Nedsbar Forest Management Project, which includes logging on O&C lands, ... Megafire warning: Experts issue a call to action at Ashland meeting Ashland Daily Tidings 12, at Southern Oregon University's Science Auditorium. "We can do a lot to change how wildfire affects our homes, neighborhoods, towns and ... Bill to clean Columbia River added to water package East Oregonian (subscription) Congress is making headway on establishing a grant program for environmental cleanup projects in the Columbia River Basin. Oregon Sens. Clearing the way for restoration The Register-Guard The restoration will also improve birding and habitat for grass nesting birds, including Oregon's state bird, the Western meadowlark. The project also ... Water, water everywhere The Register-Guard Not only does Oregon have no plan for how it will meet future water ... Fees can and should be assessed on current holders of water rights if there are ... The Oregon wildlife refuge takeover ended seven months ago. The trial is now getting underway. Washington Post [Getting to Hallelujah: Inside the end of the Oregon refuge takeover] ... "These rural people," Schindler said, "are now an endangered species. US land agency drops controversial plan to sterilize more than 200 wild horses in Oregon National Post PORTLAND, Ore. - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has dropped a research effort that would have led to the surgical sterilization of more than ... Economic Development Council funds Pacific Restaurant and new Tide Water Adventures Tillamook County Pioneer The Economic Development Council of Tillamook County recently granted and ... in the former 2nd Street Public Market building in downtown Tillamook. ... the U.S. Highway 101/Oregon Highway 6 Traffic Safety Improvement Project. Hotel plan near Eugene's Valley River Inn pits two hotel groups against each other The Register-Guard Canterbury or Rockbridge could appeal that ruling to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. The state Land Use Board could uphold the planning ... Oregon celebrates organic agriculture Statesman Journal "Organic truly fits into that mix of what is great about Oregon agriculture ... opportunities," Katy Coba, Oregon Department of Agriculture director, said. Project to install wind turbines off Oregon coast stalls KTVZ COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - A renewable energy project that proposed installing wind turbines 15 miles off the Oregon coast appears to have stalled. Four Cities Chosen for $40 Million Investment in Public Spaces Smart Growth Online Can investment in parks, libraries and recreation centers help reverse the worrisome trend of economic and social segregation in cities? Four national ... Urban Institute: Manufactured Homes, Preserving Existing Stock Are Keys to Solving Affordable ... Press Release Rocket Preservation of housing stock tends to be a more affordable option than ... the crisis, underscoring the importance of preserving current affordable housing. ... Oregon - a 33-space manufactured home community where residents ... 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: