CLUE E-Notes

Issue 26	www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/		March, 2008

Workshops Plan Commission Workshop, Mar 19, 08, Sturtevant, WI Understanding Zoning and Its Uses and Implications Mar 26, 08, Local Government Center, Balsam Lake, WI Sauk County Zoning Board of Appeals/Adjustment Workshop, Mar 27, 08, Baraboo, WI Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Law and the Plan Commission, Apr 16, 08, Seneca, WI Board of Appeals/Board of Adjustment Workshops have been requested for Langlade and Waukesha Counties. Locations, dates and times have not yet been determined. Information will be posted to the workshops web pages as it becomes available. Contact CLUE if there is an interest for either Plan Commission or Zoning Board of Adjustment workshops in your area. Conferences/Events Mar 5, 08 Design Guidelines for Small Towns and Rural Communities APA Audio Web Training, River Falls and Stevens Point, WI Mar 12-14, 08 Wisconsin Renewable Energy Summit Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, WI Mar 27, 08 WAPA/WI-ASLA 2008 Spring Workshop Conference Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI Apr 3-4, 08 WCCA Spring Conference Holiday Inn, Mosinee, WI Apr 11, 08 Density, Farmland, Natural Areas, Leadership and More Bus tour of Dakota County, Minnesota's Farmland and Natural Areas Program Apr 17-19, 08 Wisconsin Lakes Convention KI Convention Center, Green Bay, WI Apr 27-May 1, 08 APA National Planning Conference Las Vegas, NV		News From Around the State Capital Times - Feb 29, 08 Appeals court upholds land division ban Associated Press Wisconsin Dells Events - Feb 29, 08 Delton considers whether to allow seasonal employee housing by Anna Krejci, Dells Events Wausau Daily Herald - Jan 31, 08 Utility wants land rezoned by Mark Multer, Wausau Daily Herald Shifting Ground A major new series examining on-the-ground impacts of land policy will be aired on National Public Radio's acclaimed afternoon news program All Things Considered. The series, called Shifting Ground, was produced by David Baron, an award-winning author and journalist who has worked in public radio for more than 20 years, previously as science and environment correspondent for NPR, and science editor for the Public Radio International-BBC program "The World." The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy supported Baron's work, and the series was acquired and edited by NPR. After the first installment, which aired Thursday, February 28 on All Things Considered, the reports will air as an occasional series in the weeks and months ahead. They will be archived and available on the Shifting Ground website. 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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