Two claimants — in tandem with Copeland Sand and Gravel — have used Measure 37 to secure zoning waivers in their bid to strip-mine farmland straddling the Applegate River in western Jackson County, which provides valuable wildlife and fish habitat. Neighbors are horrified that a massive aggregate mining operation could be launched in the middle of their quiet farming community on 297 acres. Local residents face the prospect of a steady stream of gravel trucks along what the county has designated an "outstanding scenic roadway," and worry that the traffic will overwhelm the community’s historic Applegate Bridge.

(Sources: Portland State University/Institute for Metropolitan Studies Measure 37 database; county administrator’s summaries: M37 2005-00014, M37 2005-00015; North Applegate Watershed Protection Association website: http://www.saveapplegate.com/page/page/4277339.htm)

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(Caveat Emptor: Information provided according to most recent data available from public agencies and is not guaranteed to reflect up-to-the-moment status of individual claims.)