From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Sep 23 13:30:46 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:30:46 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for September 23, 2016 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02AF0AD24@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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Oregon's Willamette Valley: Wine Country Travel Without the Headaches Wall Street Journal WINE-COUNTRY travel can often be better in theory than practice, with overpriced tasting rooms, heavily trafficked highways and crowded restaurants ... National Flood Insurance Changes by ESA to Harm U.S. Home Affordability World Property Journal Perhaps worst of all, NFIP-participating communities in Oregon and ... state and local interests, but was not the intent of the original program," he said. Oregon City's Bike Concierge powers unique views of local landmarks Portland Tribune He referred me to Travel Oregon's report that bicycle travelers in Oregon spend $400 million annually, which is nearly $1.1 million per day. Thom Batty ... New Columbia River Gorge trail adds to 73-mile bike path, walking route OregonLive.com The trail isn't expected to officially open until October 7, but on Saturday morning the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Transportation, ... Panel hears views on transportation funding Portland Tribune "The message we are trying to deliver is very simple: We'd like to see a significant, game-changing investment in Oregon transportation," Andy Duyck, ... Main Street program brings benefits to Lebanon Downtown revitalization Lebanon Express The Oregon Main Street Coordinator, Sheri Stuart, presented at the Lebanon Downtown Association's meeting about the Oregon Main Street program. City, Main Street receive state awards Dalles Chronicle "We are happy to give this award to The Dalles Main Street and to use the booklet as a model for communities throughout Oregon," she added. Retired professor donates timberland to benefit rural school Capital Press Castle taught for many years at Oregon State University, headed a Washington, D.C., resource issue think tank and now is retired and living in ... Wildfire rehab in Idaho, Oregon includes fall herbicide Corvallis Gazette Times The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has started applying the herbicide Imazapic on federal lands to knock out invasive weeds in Oregon and will ... Threat of climate change wildfires growing in Northwest KIRO Seattle Wildfires. But not just your average fires. Climate change wildfires are ... He has been studying forests throughout Oregon and Washington over the ... Interior Department touts effort to protect sage grouse The Register-Guard Greater sage grouse live in 11 Western states including Oregon. About 200,000 to 500,000 remain, down from a peak population of about 16 million. Report: Big mining potential in Malheur County, home of Owyhee monument proposal OregonLive.com According to a new report by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Malheur and several other counties in southern and eastern ... Cannon Beach considers buying former school in tsunami zone The Register-Guard Cannon Beach considers buying former school in tsunami zone ... a former elementary school that had to close because it sits in a tsunami zone. Poll: Majority support repealing statewide ban on rent control Pamplin Media Group As housing costs increase across the state, a slim majority of Oregon voters support repealing the statewide ban on rent control - with the most ... Low-rent apartments in Tigard kicking residents out Portland Tribune TIMES PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE - Tigardville Apartments resident Chris Mckenzie has been fighting the mass Chris and Tanya Mckenzie are ... How a backroom deal helped Portland dodge another gentrification controversy OregonLive.com Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman oversees the Housing Bureau. ... Creager told The Oregonian/OregonLive the nonprofit and Meta "were ... Housing Woes Hit Prineville The Source Weekly (press release) (registration) (blog) A recent article in the Central Oregon Association of Realtors real estate ... The affordable housing crisis will require creative solutions and changes, ... Oregon board sides with county on marijuana zoning KATU The county argues that farmers can still grow marijuana in non-residential zones, including exclusive farm use and forest zones. The board of appeals' ... Oregon hazelnut growers reach agreement for third-highest starting price ever The Register-Guard During the past 10 years, the amount of land in Oregon occupied by hazelnut orchards grew by 22,833 acres, bringing the total acreage of hazelnut ... Study Says Montana Wind Energy Potential Tops Columbia River Gorge MTPR A new study says that Montana's potential for wind energy production is better than that in the Columbia River Gorge, between Oregon and ... The Greenbelt: Does Smart Growth Policy Impact Affordability? Urban Toronto Arguing that restrictive 'smart growth' policies like the Greenbelt can pose a significant impact on affordability, Matthews was joined by Ryerson's ... Mapper Who Plotted Gas Shortages and NYC's Best Bathrooms Now Helps Nashville Kids Walk To ... WPLN The launch this weekend in Nashville was for safe walking routes, with teams exploring near two elementary schools - Eakin in Hillsboro, and J.E. ... 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: