Metro Urban and Rural Reserves planning map
A coalition of nonprofit organizations representing the region's agricultural industry, nurseries, and conservation organizations including the Urban Greenspaces Institute released a consensus map that outlines areas this unique coalition considers appropriate for consideration as future Urban Reserves and areas that should be placed in Rural Reserves where urban expansion would be prohibited for the next forty to fifty years. The coalition met on the steps of Metro, the region's planning agency, on January 11th to release their consensus proposal to the regional planning agency.
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 Sue Marshall of the Tualatin Riverkeepers and Larry Duyck, farmer, were among the natural resource and agricultural partners that developed a consensus approach to designating Urban and Rural Reserves. |
The Institute has worked with other nonprofit organizations, Metro, and state and federal fish and wildlife agencies to produce a Regional Natural Landscapes map that was used in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Agriculture's high value farm land maps to create the composite agricultural and natural resource map which was used by the coalition to determine where future urbanization would be most appropriate and where urban expansion should be avoided to protect both the working and natural landscapes from urban uses.
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Urban Greenspaces Institute participates in creating an agricultural and natural resources map for Metro's Urban and Rural Reserves planning. ![[See photo]](images/mural-Portland-Memorial-1200px_090918.gif){kind=link}
