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Are the courts diminishing the role of science in land use planning with the "bibliography rule"?

May 16, 2012 | By BRIAN HODGES

On June 5, the Supreme Court of Washington will decide whether to take on PLF’s Olympic Stewardship Foundation case.  The Court’s decision could have major ramifications for the applicability of science in the land use planning process. The OSF case asks whether Jefferson County adopted illegal “channel migration zone” rule ...