From sadie.carney at state.or.us Mon Sep 18 09:07:12 2017 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:07:12 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for September 15, 2017 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02BFDA553@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, agency announcements 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. ________________________________ Governor's transportation plan will benefit entire state The Register-Guard Oregon's roads, bridges and public transit systems will be woven together through a multi-modal plan to fix problems while making improvements for the future. More than just highways will see improvements: Our public transit systems and our bridges also need work. Wash. congresswoman seeks to block Oregon tolling plans OregonLive.com An amendment pushed by U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., to effectively block Oregon from putting tolls on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 passed the House Wednesday, causing unease among state lawmaker who worked to establish such tolls. Report Delivered On Tiny Home Communities As Transitional Housing KPBS Criscenzo said communities in Seattle, Portland and Eugene, Oregon, are further ahead than proposed tiny home communities she visited in San Jose and Sacramento. "California's having a real problem getting going, compared to Oregon and Washington, where there's a lot less barriers to this," she said. The Cheap Charms, Altered and Otherwise, of Portland, Ore. New York Times Marijuana is also taxed heavily in Oregon (20 percent in Portland), generating an enormous amount of money for the state (40 percent of which is earmarked for education). Compared to downtown Portland on the west side, over the Willamette River, the city's east side is a bit slower, more relaxed, and with a real neighborhood feel. RV park proposed near Arcadia Beach, threatened bird habitat Daily Astorian Cameron La Follette, director of the environmental advocacy group Oregon Coast Alliance, said urbanization - whether it be houses or RVs - is not the best use for the property. While surveys have yet to be conducted to show whether Smejkal's property is directly home to these birds, the Department of Forestry reported he was planning a logging operation on the other four parcels without county approval, Caplinger said. Hubbard hazelnut company goes green with solar Pamplin Media Group "This is a proud moment for rural Oregon and our agricultural sector. Also in attendance were representatives from the Oregon Department of Agriculture and leaders from the hazelnut and solar energy industries. The ribbon-cutting came soon before the start of the hazelnut harvesting season, which occurs in late September or early October. Democrats see path to 'cap and invest' in 2018 Pamplin Media Group Similar to a program in California, the Oregon proposal would limit the amount of carbon dioxide a business could emit each year. "We would have a lot of concerns about the way the program is presented so far because the idividuals affected by this are in rural and low-income communities who already have taken the brunt of policy changes recently and in the last decades." Wildfires Are Big Trouble For The Northwest's Lynx, Pygmy Rabbits And Other Creatures KLCC FM Public Radio Habitat fragmentation from wildfires, along with climate change, are considered the biggest threats to the lynx in the state. "Some animals will perish in the fire, some will evade it, but for the most part, populations will not be impacted long-term. In fact, some populationsmay flourish and exceed pre-fire numberw with the positive ecological functions following a fire," Dennehy said in an email. 'The Lungs of Our Region Are on Fire:' Wildfires Exact a Punishing Toll on the West New York Times Kids haven't been able to go outside. Smog is coming from all over the province and Washington and Oregon State. British Columbia has not had a wildfire season this bad since 1958. "In Salem, Ore., we can't see the moon at night because the smoke is so thick." New wood products may impact forest management, wildfires Capital Press Some experts believe new technology may open the door for a revitalized timber industry and change the way forests are managed in the region. Could a revival of Oregon's timber industry reduce the fuel load in public forests and east the blistering wildfires that choked much of the state in smoke the past few weeks? Wildfires Across Pacific Northwest Take A Toll On Local Economies Northwest Public Radio Wildfires Across Pacific Northwest Take A Toll On Local Economies. A total of 26 wildfires are burning in Oregon, 13 in Washington and 23 in Idaho. Many are close to towns and are having a noticeable effect on their economies. Two Democratic senators threaten to hold up Trump EPA nominee Reuters Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Jeff Merkley of Oregon sent a list of questions to Bodine, Trump's pick to head up the EPA's Office of Compliance Assistance, about her current role as a special counsel to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt while she waits out the confirmation process. Executive Summary for September 8th News Deeply High temperatures have begun to push Oregon back toward drought conditions, despite winter precipitation that was above normal. Temperature records have been broken in recent days and much of the state has been under a heat advisory. Master plan set to be revised La Grande Observer JOSEPH - With an eye to the future, the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department is preparing a new master plan for the Wallowa Lake, Minam and the Wallowa River Canyon parks. In last 2018 the final draft will go in front of the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners for approval and adoption into the county's land use plan. $23 million Adirondack 'Rails to Trails' plan still on hold thanks to lawsuit NewYorkUpstate.com The Adirondack Park Agency has also given its approval. Adirondack Scenic Railroad, which has used the track for nearly two decades to provide railroad rides for tourists, alleges in its lawsuit file in Franklin County Superior Court that the state's plan was put together in an arbitrary and capricious manner, that the state's economic analysis supporting the plan was flawed and was carried out by a firm that previously was used by advocated of the trail plan - and that land ownership issues along the rail route were not adequately addressed. Making the UN's Sustainable Development Goals Great Again Planetizen "No target left behind," was how one Gates Foundation employee described the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, according to this piece by Jeff Leitner and Tomicah Tillemann. Worldwide efforts to meet those guidelines by 2030, they write, are falling behind. A Hurricane Response Lesson: Disrupt the Cycle of Futility Planetizen How do we disrupt the cycle of rebuilding things exactly as they were before-if slightly hardened-after increasingly powerful weather events? 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: