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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">A new comprehensive levee database provides essential information for reducing flood risks, responding to flood events, and planning ecological restoration efforts.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Released yesterday by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI), the database is a compilation of new and existing information on levees and levee-like features for major agricultural and urban areas in western
Oregon and along the Columbia River. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Layers include: <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Levee lines representing the centerline of levee-like features that appear to protect against flooding<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Protected lands polygons representing parcels located behind levee line features<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Special district polygons representing historic and active districts for diking, drainage, or other forms of hydro-modification<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>DOGAMI Open-File Report O-17-02, Statewide Levee Database for Oregon, release 1.0: Major Agricultural and Urban Areas in Western Oregon and along the Columbia River</b>, by Fletcher E. O’Brien includes a geodatabase and report. It’s
available for free download in the DOGAMI Publications Center at <a href="http://bit.ly/2sx6utY">
http://bit.ly/2sx6utY</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jed Roberts | Program Manager<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Geologic Survey and Services Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 965, Portland, Oregon 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Direct: (971) 673-1546 | Mobile: (971) 400-6759<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:jed.roberts@oregon.gov"><span style="color:windowtext">jed.roberts@oregon.gov</span></a> |
<a href="http://www.oregongeology.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">www.oregongeology.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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