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County adopts updated Greater Sage‑Grouse combining zone map to match state rule changes
Summary
Following a public hearing with no in‑person public testimony, commissioners adopted an ordinance by emergency to update the Greater Sage‑Grouse combining zone map to align local zoning with recently adopted state habitat maps.
Deschutes County commissioners closed a public hearing and adopted an ordinance by emergency to amend the Greater Sage‑Grouse combining zone map to align the county zoning overlay with recently updated state habitat maps.
Nicole Mardell, senior planner with Deschutes County Community Development, summarized the background: the sage grouse combining zone has existed in county code since an earlier state strategy was developed to avoid federal Endangered Species Act listing, and Oregon Administrative Rule sections…
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