Land Use Watch

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Posts focus on conservation, regulatory and legal issues having to do with land use, especially in Oregon.

Author: Peter Bray is the primary author.

Blawg Related Categories: Environmental Law • States • Oregon

Recent Posts from Land Use Watch

The end of ranching (and the need for land use safeguards)
I went to a recent county foreclosure sale. Most of the parcels were isolated lots of land. One that was interesting was 60 acres in the middle of nowhere. Before the auction, a soft-spoken man…
View from Harney County
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Arrowhead water, Nestle, and the degradation of the environment
For whatever reason, I keep getting a large number of hits to the blog entry I wrote on Glaceau Smartwater. Well, here’s an article about the mad profit-seeking of asshole corporations like Nestle and their…
A devastating year (so far) for Oregon and the environment…
This year is bad. Very bad. Things are bleak, bleak. Here are the things on the top of my mind that have, are, or likely will happen in terms of the environment and Oregon… I…
Columbia River Gorge Commission sells out to mega-developers
That’s my opinion, anyway. To go with the new casino, the LNG terminals and pipelines… the Columbia river will soon sprout a $90 million dollar resort and hundreds of homes: The agency charged by Congress…
LNG and the Columbia: bad news
Ugh: Plans to approve land-use charges needed for a proposed liquefied natural gas plant on the Columbia River won approval this week from Clatsop County commissioners. Incidentally, that ballot initiative idea that may get on…
The Feds successfully bribe tribes to back off Columbia river complaints
Warm Springs and other tribes get hundreds of millions (through higher electricity rates) in exchange for not advocating for dam removals. Federal agencies approached Oregon officials about joining a similar agreement about 18 month ago.…
David Bragdon, infill, and the need for better land use laws (and politicians)
This article in today’s Oregonian expounds on various grumblings about infill in Portland. What’s perhaps noteworthy are the nature of some of the complaints: Chasse often hears from Powellhurst-Gilbert neighbors upset about developers cutting the…
Trap, neuter, release and the Iowa cats
Remember the Iowa town that had a bounty on feral cats? Looks as though feral cat enthusiasts made short work of that plan: Luckily for the cats, animal rights activists immediately bared their claws when…
“Animal rights” versus biodiversity
What’s the problem with the Humane Society? First, they (jokingly) promote pets “for everyone” — a simply terrible idea that desensitizes people from the fact that most people should not own an animal. Next, they…