Columbia Riverkeeper v. Columbia Cnty.

*630This judicial review proceeding arises from a final order of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). In that order, LUBA remanded a decision of the Board of Commissioners for Columbia County (the county). The county's decision approved a reasons exception to Statewide Planning Goal 3 (Agricultural Land)-and related comprehensive plan and zoning changes-for an area of agricultural land adjacent to Port Westward, a deepwater port on the Columbia River. The county granted the exception to allow for the expansion of the port. LUBA concluded that the county's findings in support of the exception…