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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">The Fish Habitat Distribution Data Standard</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> workgroup</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">
of the Bioscience FIT</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> has been working on a</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">n amended
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">standard</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"> to better align with NHD as well as incorporate a number of other changes</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">of this standard
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">is now available for wider review by the Oregon framework community at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/fit/bioscience/docs/OregonFishHabitatDistributionDataStandardv3Draft20150324.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/fit/bioscience/docs/OregonFishHabitatDistributionDataStandardv3Draft20150324.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Because of the number and complexity of amendments to the document, there is a Word version available with changes tracking turned on which will assist reviewers
to focus only on those sections which have changed. This version is available at:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/fit/bioscience/docs/OregonFishHabitatDistributionDataStandardv3Draft20150324.doc">
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/fit/bioscience/docs/OregonFishHabitatDistributionDataStandardv3Draft20150324.doc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">The draft will be open for review until
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">14</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">, 2015. If no substantive changes are needed upon completion of the review period, it will
be forwarded to the next Framework Forum for presentation to the Oregon GIS community. Comments on the draft should be directed to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Jon Bowers, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">GIS Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Fish Division, ODFW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A"><a href="mailto:jon.k.bowers@state.or.us">jon.k.bowers@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Bob DenOuden, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Oregon GIS Framework Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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