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It created a framework for land use planning across the state, requiring every city and county to develop a comprehensive plan for land use. SB 100 expanded on Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) of 1969. This legislation created the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), which expanded on the statewide planning goals of SB 10. [1]
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) is the chief land-use planning and regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The DLCD administers the statewide land use planning program. A seven-member volunteer citizen board known as the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) guides DLCD.
Based in Portland, Oregon, the Council was created in 1980 when the U.S. Congress passed the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. [1] The council's main task is to develop a 20-year electric power plan that will guarantee adequate and reliable energy at the lowest economic and environmental cost to the Northwest.
Oregon’s state forester will recommend moving forward with a controversial logging plan for 634,000 acres of state forest, but a final decision will come down to a vote from Oregon’s Board of ...
Dec. 25—The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded Oregon $13 million to benefit five Oregon projects intended to protect and conserve aquatic ecosystems and habitats around the state. The ...
Jul. 28—This week, the U.S. Forest Service announced a $33.9 million investment toward four local forest conservation projects in Oregon and Washington from a combination of federal dollars ...
Republican and Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation have proposed setting aside some of the federal land in Oregon as public trusts in which half would be designated for harvest to provide revenue for the counties, and half designated as a conservation area. [13] [14] [15] 2012: The extension to SRSCSDA expires in January.
During his 1966 run for Governor, Oregon State Treasurer Robert Straub proposed public ownership of lands along the Willamette. Tom McCall won the election and adopted the proposal. [3] [4] The Greenway was then established by the 1967 Oregon legislature and U.S. Senator Maurine Neuberger sought federal funds to support the program. [5] [3]