CLUE E-Notes

Issue 12	www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/		November, 2006

From the Center Update of the Zoning Board Handbook, 2nd Edition, is complete, and is available in electronic form in the publications section of the website. The 2nd Edition is over 200 pages and the printed version will bound in a 3-ring binder. Handbooks can be ordered at a cost of $12.00 per copy today. Contact CLUE to order your copies. The electronic version is free. Workshops November 18, 2006 Zoning Board of Adjustment/Appeals Workshop - Basic to Advanced, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Mead Wildlife Area, Milladore, Wisconsin Contact CLUE if there is an interest for either Plan Commission or Zoning Board of Adjustment workshops in your area. More information will be posted to the workshops webpage as it becomes available. Conferences/Events Nov 1-3 Wisconsin County Code Administrators Fall Conference - Holiday Inn, Stevens Point, WI Nov 9 Mini-Conference on Implementing Comprehensive Plans - 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. � Midway Hotel, Wausau, WI Contact Mike Agnew at 715-849-5510 ext. 307		News From Around the State Portage Daily Register - Oct 26, 06 The pressure is on for Cambria village officials - by Ann Marie Ames, Daily Register DATCP's Livestock Siting Newsletter for November addresses "Livestock Facility Siting Standards and Management Plan Requirements" that livestock operators need to know about when completing an application for a siting permit under a local zoning or licensing ordinance. The December newsletter topic is "Deciding when an application is complete under the Livestock Facility Siting Law." For more information, check the DATCP siting website or contact Coreen Fallat at 608-224-4625 for up-to-date training opportunities. News From Around the Midwest From the Michigan Land Use Institute (MLUI): What Thirsty Arizona Really Wants - Bone-dry state seeks to import jobs, export water-saving technology, by Andy Guy, Great Lakes Bulletin News Service In the last century, �augmenting� the limited water supplies of thirsty Western states like Arizona meant cooking up schemes to divert vast amounts of liquid gold from neighboring states and regions - even those as far off as the Great Lakes Basin. If you have an article you would like to submit to the Land Use Tracker quarterly newsletter, contact Rebecca Roberts, Managing Editor, or mail your submission to: The Land Use Tracker Center for Land Use Education UW-Stevens Point 800 Reserve St Stevens Point, WI 54481 It should be 1,000 words or less; Be informative; Be of state-wide concern; And address a land use issue.
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