Now that it’s raining again is a good time to think about — what else? — wetlands, and how Oregon’s approach to their preservation is interfering with our efforts to save farmland and forests.
Now that it’s raining again is a good time to think about — what else? — wetlands, and how Oregon’s approach to their preservation is interfering with our efforts to save farmland and forests.
A one-paragraph death notice in today’s Albany Democrat-Herald announced the passing at age 96 of Hector Macpherson, the one man who more than anyone else deserves the credit for saving much of the farm land and open space we still have in the more heavily populated parts of this state.
Rulers never rest: More work for planners
Albany and seven other urban areas in Oregon are about to be hit with another land use planning rule from, well, from those who make the rules.
Tags: Climate Friendly Areas, Department of Land Conservation and Development, East Albany Plan, equitable communities, land use, Oregon land use planning