Land Use

With Morse named to "Dirty Dozen" list, Rayfield is the clear choice for voters

by: Katy Daily | 08.30.10 1:35 pm

Today, Oregon State Senator Frank Morse, who represents Albany and Corvallis, made the national League of Conservation Voters’ inaugural state-level “Dirty Dozen” list, a list of12 of the most anti-environment candidates in the country running for state office. Senator Morse won out over hundreds of candidates submitted from state leagues across the

Report From the Road: Across the state, Oregonians express strong support for a clean energy economy

by: Jon Isaacs | 08.10.10 1:17 pm

Over the past 10 days, I have facilitated community discussions about environmental problems in Bend, Ashland, Salem and Gladstone (I'm pictured here at a conversation in Salem with Rep.

Video: OLCV Heroes

by: Toby Van Fleet | 04.28.10 7:04 pm

Who we elect matters

Check out this great video, created by our friends at Compass Media, highlighting Oregon's environmental champions and the incredible environmental safeguards they have helped to secure that help preserve Oregon's unique quality of life. This video was unveiled at OLCV's 13th Annual Dinner for the Environment on April 23, 2010. More than 1,100 guests attended.

Metro reserves: Two maps, one mission

by: Andy Maggi | 01.13.10 2:13 pm

Earlier this week, a coalition of farmers and conservation groups released a map to show the areas they want to see protected as part of the current Urban and Rural Reserve designation process being undertaken by Metro and the region's County Governments.

Urban and rural reserves in Wash and Clack Co: The debate rolls on

by: Andy Maggi | 11.20.09 11:52 am

Land use gets a lot of recent ink in local papers

It ain’t over till the fat lady sings is a phrase we all know well and like the phrase the Urban and Rural reserve planning process continues. The hotbed of activity for these discussions remains the farmland north of Hillsboro in Washington County, as well as the Stafford area in Clackamas County--which has been in the news lately.

Are land use decisions aimed at creating businesses actually stopping them?

by: Andy Maggi | 11.20.09 11:40 am

If you read a recent article in the Hillsboro Argus you may be asking yourself that question. A dairy near West Union and Helvetia wants to build a creamery to produce local milk for the region. However, due to the City of Hillsboro’s aspiration for urban growth and its attempts to get the areas around the dairy labeled urban reserves, the owners are having second thoughts.

Poisner's exit interview

by: Toby Van Fleet | 10.08.09 8:48 am

In The Portland Tribune's Sustainable Life section, published today, you can read an interview by Steve Law with recently departed OLCV executive director Jonathan Poisner.

OLCV 2009 Scorecard Released - Read It and Act Today!

by: Toby Van Fleet | 09.22.09 1:27 pm

You care about Oregon's environmental legacy.

Do your legislators?

In the only thorough assessment of how Oregon legislators vote on the environment, the scores tell the story: most legislators backed stronger environmental stewardship a majority of the time.

Welcome to LCDC, Greg Macpherson

by: Evan Manvel | 02.24.09 3:49 pm

Today the Oregon Senate voted on a party-line 18-10 vote to confirm the appointment of Greg Macpherson to the Land Conservation and Development Commission, which oversees Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development.

The Great Elk-horn debate continues!

by: OLCV | 06.12.08 8:16 am

There will be a Marion County Board of Commissioners hearing on the Elkhorn project at 6 PM, Wednesday, June 18 in the first floor hearing room at the county office bldg, 555 Court Street N.E., in Salem (same location as the previous hearings).

At the hearing next Wednesday, testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person, but you can submit unlimited written testimony.

What is up for debate?