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September 30, 2015

Plan to turn park into golf course near Bandon Dunes encounters obstacle

  • Supporters laud the deal as a chance to make use of idle land and stimulate the local economy. Opponents argue the decision to shed state parkland at the behest of a private developer sets a dangerous precedent.
  • By KELLY HOUSE
    The Oregonian

    PORTLAND (AP) — Add about $450,000 to the price Mike Keiser must pay if he wants buy state parkland on Oregon's south coast and turn it into a golf course. Then subtract the college scholarships and environmental restoration work he vowed to provide with revenue from the course.

    The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which controls the fate of the 280-acre chunk of the Bandon State Natural area, has included those details in a list of hurdles Keiser must clear in order to buy the land.


     
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